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2607:F140:400:AF:3852:D3CF:FFAC:ED7A: /* Hurricane Illinois-Has-It-Too-Easy */ Mentioned Cristobal and Audrey

2025-08-28T04:53:49Z

‎Hurricane Illinois-Has-It-Too-Easy: Mentioned Cristobal and Audrey

172.71.142.75: /* Hurricane Illinois-Has-It-Too-Easy */ Added citation needed tag

2024-08-27T21:15:26Z

‎Hurricane Illinois-Has-It-Too-Easy: Added citation needed tag

172.71.178.206: /* Hurricane Freud */ If you must, repuncuating.

2023-04-27T19:04:19Z

‎Hurricane Freud: If you must, repuncuating.

172.70.85.66 at 12:53, 27 April 2023

2023-04-27T12:53:15Z

PoolloverNathan: {{Citation needed}}

2022-09-20T15:39:12Z

172.70.85.13: /* Hurricane Cos(x) */

2022-08-18T15:48:46Z

‎Hurricane Cos(x)

172.70.91.78: /* Hurricane Cos(x) */ it's 2 Cos (x) + C, of course...

2022-08-18T14:25:23Z

‎Hurricane Cos(x): it's 2 Cos (x) + C, of course...

172.70.85.135: /* Transcript */ As someone has (rigutfully) changed this in the Explanation section

2022-07-15T22:23:16Z

‎Transcript: As someone has (rigutfully) changed this in the Explanation section

172.71.10.65: Brazil is lower

2022-07-15T18:26:44Z

Brazil is lower

Davidy22: Reverted edits by Explain xkcd server admin (talk) to last revision by Theusaf

2022-05-21T02:56:46Z

Reverted edits by Explain xkcd server admin (talk) to last revision by Theusaf

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 ====Hurricane Illinois-Has-It-Too-Easy====
-Comes from somewhere to the north-west, goes through {{w|Illinois}}, and then back to the north-west. Illinois is located far from the ocean, and thus suffers few hurricanes{{Citation needed}} - this particular one is extremely unlikely, and according to the name, exists purely so that Illinois will have a hurricane to deal with. Interestingly enough (though it did not affect the Chicago area or correspond with the path displayed in the comic), roughly one year later, a {{w|Derecho|Super derecho}}, a storm resembling a hurricane or tropical storm in movement and form, {{w|May 2009 Southern Midwest derecho|struck}} central and South Illinois, in addition to much of {{w|Missouri}} and {{w|Kansas}}.
+Comes from somewhere to the north-west, goes through {{w|Illinois}}, and then back to the north-west. Illinois is located far from the ocean, and thus suffers few hurricanes{{Citation needed}} - this particular one is extremely unlikely, and according to the name, exists purely so that Illinois will have a hurricane to deal with. Interestingly enough (though it did not affect the Chicago area or correspond with the path displayed in the comic), roughly one year later, a {{w|Derecho|super derecho}}, a storm resembling a hurricane or tropical storm in movement and form, {{w|May 2009 Southern Midwest derecho|struck}} central and South Illinois, in addition to much of {{w|Missouri}} and {{w|Kansas}}. Also, while it had never reached hurricane strength, {{w|Tropical storms Amanda and Cristobal#Cristobal|Tropical Storm Cristobal}}'s center tracked over Illinois (and then Iowa) before becoming extratropical, and other tropical and post-tropical cycles have affected Illinois. For example, while its center did not pass over Illinois, {{w|Hurricane Audrey#Elsewhere in the United States|Hurricane Audrey}} dropped over ten inches of rain in some parts of Illinois before becoming extratropical, flooding highways there for three days.
 ====Hurricane Freud====

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 ====Hurricane Illinois-Has-It-Too-Easy====
-Comes from somewhere to the north-west, goes through {{w|Illinois}}, and then back to the north-west. Illinois is located far from the ocean, and thus suffers few hurricanes - this particular one is extremely unlikely, and according to the name, exists purely so that Illinois will have a hurricane to deal with. Interestingly enough (though it did not affect the Chicago area or correspond with the path displayed in the comic), roughly one year later, a {{w|Derecho|Super derecho}}, a storm resembling a hurricane or tropical storm in movement and form, {{w|May 2009 Southern Midwest derecho|struck}} central and South Illinois, in addition to much of {{w|Missouri}} and {{w|Kansas}}.
+Comes from somewhere to the north-west, goes through {{w|Illinois}}, and then back to the north-west. Illinois is located far from the ocean, and thus suffers few hurricanes{{Citation needed}} - this particular one is extremely unlikely, and according to the name, exists purely so that Illinois will have a hurricane to deal with. Interestingly enough (though it did not affect the Chicago area or correspond with the path displayed in the comic), roughly one year later, a {{w|Derecho|Super derecho}}, a storm resembling a hurricane or tropical storm in movement and form, {{w|May 2009 Southern Midwest derecho|struck}} central and South Illinois, in addition to much of {{w|Missouri}} and {{w|Kansas}}.
 ====Hurricane Freud====

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 ====Hurricane Freud====
-Refers to {{w|Sigmund Freud}}, who believed that accidental sexual expression was a reflection of the unconscious mind's sexual desires. The hurricane's path forms a pair of testicles beside Florida. Florida, due to its shape and location, resembles a penis{{citation needed}}, and the hurricane's shape and position exemplify Freud's ideas.
+Refers to {{w|Sigmund Freud}}, who believed that accidental sexual expression was a reflection of the unconscious mind's sexual desires. The hurricane's path forms a pair of testicles beside Florida. Florida, due to its shape and location, resembles a penis,{{Citation needed}} and the hurricane's shape and position exemplify Freud's ideas.
 ====Hurricane Screw-It-Let's-Just-Trash-Florida-Again====

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 ====Hurricane Freud====
-Refers to {{w|Sigmund Freud}}, who believed that accidental sexual expression was a reflection of the unconscious mind's sexual desires. The hurricane's path forms a pair of testicles beside Florida. Florida, due to its shape and location, can be said to resemble a penis, and the hurricane's shape and position exemplify Freud's ideas.
+Refers to {{w|Sigmund Freud}}, who believed that accidental sexual expression was a reflection of the unconscious mind's sexual desires. The hurricane's path forms a pair of testicles beside Florida. Florida, due to its shape and location, resembles a penis{{citation needed}}, and the hurricane's shape and position exemplify Freud's ideas.
 ====Hurricane Screw-It-Let's-Just-Trash-Florida-Again====

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 ====Hurricane Red and Hurricane Blue====
-Blue is the only hurricane path drawn in blue. The two hurricanes are playing a game zipping in straight lines and right angles around {{w|Haiti}}, {{w|Jamaica}}, and {{w|Cuba}}. When ''Red'' successfully cuts off ''Blue'', the latter instantly dies, and then ''Red'' dies shortly thereafter. The game they play is the game of {{w|Tron_(video_game)#Light_Cycles|Light Cycles}} from the {{w|Tron_(video_game)|video game}} based on the movie ''{{w|Tron}}''. ''Hurricane Blue'' lost because it crashed into the wall of light left by ''Hurricane Red's'' {{w|Light_Cycle#Light_cycles|light cycle}}. (Note that real hurricanes are not dotted lines; the two hurricanes would have merged long before Hurricane Blue "lost.")
+Blue is the only hurricane path drawn in blue. The two hurricanes are playing a game zipping in straight lines and right angles around {{w|Haiti}}, {{w|Jamaica}}, and {{w|Cuba}}. When ''Red'' successfully cuts off ''Blue'', the latter instantly dies, and then ''Red'' dies shortly thereafter. The game they play is the game of {{w|Tron_(video_game)#Light_Cycles|Light Cycles}} from the {{w|Tron_(video_game)|video game}} based on the movie ''{{w|Tron}}''. ''Hurricane Blue'' lost because it crashed into the wall of light left by ''Hurricane Red's'' {{w|Light_Cycle#Light_cycles|light cycle}}. (Note that real hurricanes are not dotted lines{{Citation needed}}; the two hurricanes would have merged long before Hurricane Blue "lost.")
 ====Hurricane cos(x)====

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 Blue is the only hurricane path drawn in blue. The two hurricanes are playing a game zipping in straight lines and right angles around {{w|Haiti}}, {{w|Jamaica}}, and {{w|Cuba}}. When ''Red'' successfully cuts off ''Blue'', the latter instantly dies, and then ''Red'' dies shortly thereafter. The game they play is the game of {{w|Tron_(video_game)#Light_Cycles|Light Cycles}} from the {{w|Tron_(video_game)|video game}} based on the movie ''{{w|Tron}}''. ''Hurricane Blue'' lost because it crashed into the wall of light left by ''Hurricane Red's'' {{w|Light_Cycle#Light_cycles|light cycle}}. (Note that real hurricanes are not dotted lines; the two hurricanes would have merged long before Hurricane Blue "lost.")
-====Hurricane Cos(x)====
+====Hurricane cos(x)====
 Forms a curve in the shape of a {{w|sinusoid}} above the bottom edge of the map. Its path resembles a {{w|sine}} wave. This kind of {{w|trigonometric functions}} can, however, both be expressed as sin(x) or cos(x), the latter being a {{w|cosine wave}}. They look exactly the same when there is no clearly defined coordinate system as in this case. Given this oscillates between six and ten degrees north (using Paramaribo and the southern shore of
-Trinidad as references) perhaps this hurricane might be better described as Hurricane 2 Cos (x) + 8.
+Trinidad as references) perhaps this hurricane might be better described as Hurricane 2 cos (x) + 8.
 ===Title Text===

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 ==Transcript==
-:[An unlabelled map shows the region roughly between central Canada and northern Brazil. Dotted lines indicating hurricane paths cover the map, all red except Hurricane Blue, which is blue. Each line is labelled - here follows the labels as they appear from the top and down:]
+:[An unlabelled map shows the region roughly between central Canada and northernmost parts of South America. Dotted lines indicating hurricane paths cover the map, all red except Hurricane Blue, which is blue. Each line is labelled - here follows the labels as they appear from the top and down:]
 :Hurricane Where-the-Hell-Is-Bermuda
 :Hurricane Illinois-Has-It-Too-Easy

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 ==Explanation==
-This comic gives ludicrous and ironic upcoming {{w|Tropical cyclone|hurricane}} paths on an unlabelled map of the {{w|Americas}} that shows the region roughly between central {{w|Canada}} and northern {{w|Brazil}}. Blue and red dotted lines indicate the future hurricane paths.
+This comic gives ludicrous and ironic upcoming {{w|Tropical cyclone|hurricane}} paths on an unlabelled map of the {{w|Americas}} that shows the region roughly between central {{w|Canada}} and northern {{w|South America}}. Blue and red dotted lines indicate the future hurricane paths.
 ===Hurricanes===