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Revision as of 18:53, 26 February 2013
Welcome to the explain xkcd wiki!
We have collaboratively explained 6 xkcd comics, and only 3261 (54350%) remain. Add yours while there's a chance!
Latest comic
| Types of Tornado Alert |
 Title text: I hate the unearthly sound my phone makes when the weather service issues a tornado harbinger. |
Explanation
This comic describes the idea of a tornado alert and then humorously extends it to decreasingly dangerous situations, soon reaching increasimgly farfetched warnings, which don't help to prepare for a tornado at all.
A table showing these warnings is below:
Transcript
- [There are multiple panels showing different scenes, prefixed by some label beginning with "Tornado" and followed by a description.]
- Tornado warning
- [Silhouette of a tornado spraying dust on the ground. To its right is a house and a dead tree.]
- A tornado has been detected; take shelter
- Tornado watch
- [Hairbun stands in front of a board containing two graphs (one a skew-T log-P) and points to it with her right arm. Cueball is standing, facing her.]
- Conditions are favorable for tornadoes to form
- Tornado precaution
- [Cueball stands with his arms out.]
- Tornadoes happen sometimes, so be ready
- Tornado inkling
- [Cueball has his hand on his chin, looking to the right.]
- No tornadoes yet, but we have a feeling
- Tornado suspicion
- [Cueball is standing outside looking at several clouds, including a cumulonimbus.]
- Weird clouds have been observed
- Tornado premonition
- [Cueball stands to to the left of a pole with a crossbar that has been driven into the ground, and is leaning to the right. Upon the pole two black birds are sitting, and beside the pole is a skull. In the background, more birds form the shape of a tornado.]
- Tornado portents and omens have been observed
- Tornado recollection
- [Cueball has his hand on his chin, looking to the left. He has a thought bubble, containing the silhouette of a tornado.]
- Tornadoes have occurred in the past
- Tornado contemplation
- [Cueball is sitting on a cube, with his arms in his lap, and facing left.]
- Cueball: Wow.
- Tornadoes are very big and powerful
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Rules
Don't be a jerk. There are a lot of comics that don't have set in stone explanations; feel free to put multiple interpretations in the wiki page for each comic.
If you want to talk about a specific comic, use its discussion page.
Please only submit material directly related to —and helping everyone better understand— xkcd... and of course only submit material that can legally be posted (and freely edited.) Off-topic or other inappropriate content is subject to removal or modification at admin discretion, and users who repeatedly post such content will be blocked.
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