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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
+ | {{incomplete|Created by a LIQUID 90s KID. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | ||
+ | Alex Mack was the main character in the Nickelodeon show ''{{w|The Secret World of Alex Mack}}'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20120516025126/http://articles.latimes.com/1994-10-02/news/tv-45351_1_alex-mack] who developed superpowers after being drenched by an experimental substance. One of these is the ability to turn into a puddle of liquid. | ||
− | + | A {{w|drainage basin}} is an area of land where all flowing water converges to one or more outlets to the same body of water. A depiction of drainage basins is a {{w|Drainage divide|watershed map}}, which for the United States is shown in the comic. | |
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− | A {{w|drainage basin}} is an area of land where all flowing water converges | ||
When Randall sees a map of the US's major drainage basins, he thinks of Alex turning into liquid and flowing as part of the basin she happens to be in at the time. | When Randall sees a map of the US's major drainage basins, he thinks of Alex turning into liquid and flowing as part of the basin she happens to be in at the time. | ||
− | The title text refers to the {{w|Wicked Witch of the West}}, a character from ''{{w|The Wonderful Wizard of Oz}}'' | + | The title text refers to the {{w|Wicked Witch of the West}}, a character from ''{{w|The Wonderful Wizard of Oz}}''. When a bucket of water is thrown on her, she dissolves into a puddle. If this happens in the {{w|Great Basin}}, she'll flow into Utah's {{w|Great Salt Lake}}. If its dissolved particles are measured, a tiny fraction will be witch. Seven trillionths of its 18.93 cubic km volume is about 130 liters, which is approximately twice the volume of a typical human being — Randall is likely including the Witch's sister, the Wicked Witch of the East as well. Randall does however assume that Oz is somewhere within the Great Basin, when it's usually known {{citation needed}} to be another world entirely. |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | ||
− | : | + | :US Drainage Basins [Crossed Out] |
− | : | + | :<span style="color:red">Where Alex Mack Will End Up</span> [Below, in red] |
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+ | :[Map of the United States, with the following drainage basins labeled:] | ||
+ | :Pacific Ocean | ||
+ | :Great Basin | ||
+ | :Arctic Ocean | ||
+ | :Various Basins | ||
+ | :Hudson Bay | ||
+ | :Gulf of Mexico | ||
+ | :Atlantic Ocean | ||
:[Caption below the panel:] | :[Caption below the panel:] | ||
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[[Category:Comics with color]] | [[Category:Comics with color]] | ||
− | [[Category:Comics with red | + | [[Category:Comics with red corrections]] |
[[Category:Geography]] | [[Category:Geography]] | ||
[[Category:US maps]] | [[Category:US maps]] | ||
[[Category:Fiction]] | [[Category:Fiction]] |