[News] Scale maps are a scary, scary thing.

[moonvoice]

A scale map of what Cyclone Yasi would look like over the USA:





Over Western and Eastern Europe:





Rest of the article, including a scale map of what it would look like over Asia, and explanations of the devastation.

Comments

[white_rabbit]

O___O

That's disconcertingly huge. And my brain decided to process it like this: "Wow, look how perfectly it fits inside the US."

[spider_fox]

It's like "The Day After Tomorrow" D:

[toeknuckles]

It's really awesome (in the true sense of the word) and terrifying isn't it?

I find myself wondering what we'll be facing in future too...climate change (or...whatever the hell else) seems to be throwing increasingly 'interesting' natural disasters at us. QLD seems to be the ongoing victim this time around, but we can't all avoid this stuff forever, I think.
Or maybe I'm just getting all overly doomsday. Beats me.

[nachtrabe]

Huge, impressive, and terrifying.

[goddess_incarnate]

Wow. That's just really incredibly massive.

I hope everyone gets out okay! Why is Australia getting hit with all this anyway?

[hrafn]

We already have a snow storm covering about that much of us. :( (Though I think the crap hitting New England right now might be a separate storm.)

Which I prefer over a hurricane that strong, for sure!

[white_rabbit]

Yeah, it's even most of the way into Canada too in some places! Those poor southerners are not as accustomed to so much snow storm.

[skyfiery]

This gives me the shivers. I hope the people at Queensland are prepared, and damage will be minimal...>.< Meh.

[burningbright]

Eeeeesh. D:

Do you know of any relevant organizations that would be useful for people to donate to?