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xkcd #2931: Chasing (imgs.xkcd.com)

https://xkcd.com/2931

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Certain hybrid events can only happen in certain locations where all the conditions are present; chasers flock to the area in and around Kansas known as tumbleweed-colliding-with-possum alley.

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[-] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

Okay, but now I want to chase an ice cream truck with a convoy of vehicles...

[-] GoosLife@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

"Convoy Lead, this is Echo Three. Visual on Tango Ice at grid two-four-niner by one-seven-five. Heading east on Maple Avenue. Initiating pursuit. How copy, over?"

[-] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Neighborhood possums is rated too low.

[-] FunkyMonk@kbin.social 9 points 1 month ago

It was hard to do and took a shit ton of fuel but the Tornado Whales were worth seeing ole sport.

[-] kbal@fedia.io 9 points 1 month ago

"The International Date Line" makes this one worthwhile.

[-] NeptuneOrbit@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

I thought "total solar eclipse" would be on the chart. It appears not to be.

Grand Canyon is actually fucking sweet from an airplane. I guess you don't have to chase it with radios etc but I flew from Denver to San Diego one time and it was amazing from my window seat.

[-] Bach37strad@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Maybe not chasing, but meteor showers are actually a really big deal to ham operators. They cause certain bands to open up allowing us to talk all over the world!

[-] randomaccount43543@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago
[-] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

I'd probably rank the international date line above sand traps, because (I think) more people have seen a sand trap in person and there's an interesting naval tradition associated with crossing it traveling west.

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago
[-] Davel23@fedia.io 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Slowly I turned...

this post was submitted on 11 May 2024
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