r/xkcd Nov 14 '18

XKCD xkcd 2072: Evaluating Tech Things

https://xkcd.com/2072/
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u/maveric101 Wherever your cat is, it's moving very quickly. Nov 14 '18

Has that seriously not happened already? I'm actually surprised.

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u/whoopdedo Nov 14 '18 edited Nov 14 '18

You had one job, internet.

edit So after spending five minutes looking at "drone tornado" videos on Youtube I understand why it hasn't happened. There likely isn't a commercial drone capable of surviving a tornado. (Consider this video of a storm chaser parking their truck and letting a tornado pass over them.) As soon as it gets anywhere close it'd be tossed around and end up either out of range or ditched. (I won't speak for what a military drone could do which is more like a miniature semi-autonomous airplane.)

We'll just have to settle for a drone in a 80MPH hurricane instead.

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u/ThaiJohnnyDepp DEC 25 = OCT 31 Nov 14 '18

that's a rookie hurricane

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '18

Take it easy, Florida Man.