#radiation storm

[atombombkaytee]

All a girl needs is Hancock and a rad storm 💚

[nuttystarfishdreamland]

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[mystery-salad]

The world is safe now.

You tell yourself that as Zhaitan clings to a tower of decay, crumbling beneath its claws as the canons aim true. The shots hit, cheers raise as the dragon topples down. Falling from view through the miasma it created below. No one can hear it hit the ground over the relieved shouts of victory ringing across the airships. But everyone feels it in a resounding rumble that shouldn't have carried through the air like that. The celebrating falters, confusion rising but not fast enough to prepare for what follows. The shockwave hits like nothing you've ever felt. Everything goes dark as the screams begin.

The world is safe now, Orr is not.

You wake up in the rubble as survivors try to make sense of what happened. The dragon is dead, but no one accounted for where all the consumed magic had to go. No one planned for this despite generations of preparation. Perhaps there's a reason for the dragons, you hear murmurs through the tents. But you didn't come this far to call it quits, and one land riddled with a decaying radiation can't stop the mission. The contamination in your blood won't stop you.

The world is safe now. Orr is gone.

Mordremoth stares you down from within his mind. You're like a weed that won't die, small and foreign but resilient and ready to take everything. The odds are against you with the team sent away, you can't face the gaze of the dead like last time. They're safe at a distance, you have to hope they got far enough as you defy the odds and strike another dragon down.

The world is safe, but there's a catch.

Trahearne shudders as your mind returns to your body, as you look around in wonder that there isn't a shockwave like last time. He's so calm as he explains the truth of it, defying how terrified he is of dying, of asking a friend to do this and stand at ground zero once again. But you stand just as calm, picking up the blade and telling him to close his eyes. You hope he'll rest well, wherever his life takes him next. As the blade cuts through, you know it's real as the shockwave begins just like last time. You brace for impact as much as you can.

The world is safe now. The desert is gone.

It's almost tempting to let Balthazar handle the rest, let the god walk a path of destruction to each dragon, sparing yourself further damage. But his path leaves so much unnecessary devastation...so here you are alone with another dragon. Well, not completely alone now. You have Aurene, though you're still not sure if that's truly a blessing any more. The two of you corner Kralkatorrik, the perfect trap laid deep underground in old sunspear ruins.

The world is safe now, until the dragon takes a last stand.

Waking up in wreckage is becoming normal to you. When did that happen, when did the panic vanish? No time to think on it as new plans have to be laid out. You chase him down, you and your dragon, to kill her grandfather and save the world again. Setbacks are numerous. It's harder to work alone on this one, so many soldiers are ready to see it to the end with you. You tell them they don't know what they're asking for and send them away again. Aurene, still a child, fights the dragon's minions nearly overwhelmed as you get to his heart and strike. You've never seen the explosion from inside before. It's so bright.

The world is safe now. The island is gone.

Is it worth it all? It has to be, you tell yourself, as people celebrate your victories in a shrinking world. Refugees who have fled the fallout zones don't seem to agree, but at least they're alive right? And you know you're almost done. Jormag and Primordus, opposites and twins, rise together and somehow feel like childsplay after the last one. Perhaps it's because aurene is an equal to them now. You don't dare to think of the devastation that would be left if she were to die now. Thankfully you don't have to as the siblings tear each other apart.

The world is safe now. The mountains are gone.

No one has seen the final dragon in ages, hidden away deep underwater until you stumble into the truth while chasing a lesser threat. Soo Won was so gentle once, but the void ravages all. It feasts on the magic you released so willingly into the world, your devastations have paved the way for this chaos.

The world is safe now, for the void to reform.

You've survived so much despite the odds, held together by the very magic degrading your bones and poisoning your blood. The void pulls at those strings as it taunts you through the voice of the dragon who started it all. It's the hardest fight you've ever faced. As Aurene pumps you full of power to survive, you wonder if your death would bring destruction too in this moment. But it's left a mystery as Soo Won falls and the void fades. There's a moment of peacefulness you've never felt before, the grandmother hanging on long enough to comfort her granddaughter. But she can't prevent the state of her death. The jade sea shatters beneath your feet as she dies.

The world is safe now. But how much of it is left?

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7.15.23

[funsized-panda]

Because we're best friends and you've made now one post in the cars fandom, I'm going to force you to make another/hj

BEST FRIEND/BROTHERLY HEADCANONS FOR MATER AND LIGHTNING PLEASE 🙏

HEHDIKQXJENF you're gonna make my blog become entirely cars and I honestly don't mind it

forewarning: I base all these headcannons off of things my siblings/friends and I do :)

Mater and Lightning fight like siblings

they also call each other names (i.e. slut, whore, bitch, cunt. you name it, it's being thrown out)

during the off season, Mater will drag Lightning around to mess with the tractors like they did originally when they first met (THATS MY FAVORITE FUCKING SCENE FOR NO REASON)

they info dump with one another ALL the time

Lightning never shuts up ab dinos they just so kewl :3

if they're playing a game, it's immediately a competition on who can come in first

doesn't matter what game it is or if there really will be a winner for it, they're at each other's heads trying to be first

except Mater is a sore loser

he has youngest siblings syndrome

Lightning is the oldest with middle child energy

they shit talk ab ppl they hate ALL the time

"did you see what they were wearing?" "call the fashion police, this guy is NOT it"

yk how sometimes your siblings will walk into your room for no reason? yeah they do that

except Lightning is the one who never closes the door when he leaves

Mater gets on him for it all the time

"CLOSE MY DOOR" "ITS YOUR DOOR??" "YOU LEFT IT OPEN"

they'll tease each other when the gfs/bfs are around

depending on who you ship them with, Mater will see Lightning with his partner and just "awww so you do have a heart"

cue Lightning just tackling Mater

Lightning does the same thing right back to Mater tho

no one's safe

remember Mater eating wasabi?

bc of that incident, Lightning becomes OBSESSED with trying to figure out where Mater's limit is

unfortunately Mater is extremely white 💀

Lightning also can't cook

anytime Mater sees thay mf in the kitchen he's scrambling to get him out or find Doc

bc wHO LET HIM COOK?????

THATS ILLEGAL AND ALL OF RADIATOR SPRINGS KNOWS IT

they do that "I'm not touching you" thing

Lightning always instigates it

"DOC!!" "Lightning, by all things burnin' in hell if you don't stop messin' with Mater"

Mater isn't innocent either tho

yk how younger siblings always act like the world is ending if you touch them?

Lightning accidentally tapped elbows with Mater and the reaction was SO dramatic

Mater flung himself into the wall, fell to the floor, crying so hard he almost made himself throw up

Lightning was so confused

Doc turned the corner and didn't even know how to react or respond

Anytime Lightning has an issue with his car he can't figure out, Mater is the first one on the case

they're both car nerds, but sometimes Lightning gets too overwhelmed

yk they're always causing chaos around RS

but if ANYONE touches a hair on one of their heads?

the other is behind you already

you're done

R.I.P.

anyway there are my headcannons. do with them as you please :]

[screechingfromthevoid]

Orym growing his hair out while Dorians gone because he's not really taking care of himself makes for an EXCELLENT gay hair cutting fic

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damn i didn't realize "bolas not taking their (radiation) medicine" was a joke that started as early as day 6, like i remembered they did that joke after green team members joined (on the day maxo planted the nuke iirc?) but i forgot about this one lmfao jaiden screeching bc as far as i can tell baghera and slime were chasing her around the base, they're all yelling about being stinky and making cartoon noises and philza goes COME TAKE YOUR MEDICINE and slime's like phil. i'm not gonna take this i'll be real. and phil going I RAN THOUSANDS OF BLOCKS TAKE YOUR FUCKING MEDICINE and cellbit joining mid conversation like ??? ?? ????

[wylanslcve]

I'm sorry but there's absolutely no way you can look me in the face (not in the eyes because eye contact is uncomfortable) and tell me Nikolai Lantsov wouldn't be a theatre kid.

[goosebreakroom]

Finally fought Rainmaker for the first time and...

GOD THEY"RE GORGEOUS!!! I was fawning over her the whole fight and it took every bit of energy in my body to not send "<3" everytime cloud talked.

I'm fawning over her, desperate to hug her, and also wanting to squish her (definitely metallic) face with my hands the whole time, GAH!!!! driving me CRRRRAAZY!!!!

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Kingdom Hearts IV predictions

Radiator Springs/Dinoco Rust-eze Racing Center/Fireball Beach/Thunder Hollow/Thomasville/Florida International Speedway (Cars)

Takes place after Cars 3.

Is visited by Sora.

It isn’t combat based. Missions include keeping up with McQueen’s top speed by racing down Radiator Springs’ main street, learning how to turn right to go left at Willy’s Butte, driving backwards with Mater, keeping up with Cruz’s top speed on Fireball Beach, avoiding pushy competitors with the Thunder Hollow challengers, and practicing with Cruz at Thomasville, culminating in the Piston Cup race at Florida International Speedway, where the objective is to win against Jackson Storm.

Sora enters the world as a custom-made car mixing a few real-life sports car models before visits to Luigi’s Casa Della Tires and Ramone’s House of Body Art end with him modified into a next-gen race car sponsored by Dinoco (with Tex’s blessing) and with Cruz’s number.

It’s set during Cruz’s first Piston Cup racing season, so McQueen still has Doc’s colors and spends the Florida race as Sora’s crew chief. Also, Ramone wears his “Saludos Amigos” body paint from the epilogue of Cars 3.

As Sora finishes his story, Mater is certainly unhappy with Xehanort’s actions forcing Sora’s hand. “That dad-gum Xehanort”, he says angrily. Extra points if Sora doesn’t get to the part where Xehanort is dead, then Sarge gets in his face and demands him to teach Xehanort a lesson when he gets back in a militaristic manner. “Is that understood,” Sarge yells. Then Sora tries to correct him, but gets cut off and asked again, “Is that understood,” and has to respond, “Sir, yes, sir!”

Of course, during the top speed races, Luigi is the one to signal the race to begin.

In the Radiator Springs race, Sora’s top speed is tracked by Sheriff’s speed radar, and on Fireball Beach, it’s via Cruz’s personal assistant, Hamilton.

If you fail the “Turn Right to go Left” mission, Sora goes flying into the bed of cacti, and Mater fishes him out.

“I don’t like to toot my own horn, but…” (HONKS TWICE) “Toot my own horn. That’s funny right there.” - Sir Tow Mater, beginning his backwards driving lesson, 2017

I know I’ll get hate for this, but Cars 2 elements are here. Heck, maybe Mater can’t be present most for the training because he’s busy with Finn and Holley. After all, does he still owe Holley a first date?

I wanted the player character in this world to be Kairi just so Storm can feel the embarrassment of losing to not one, but two “costume girls”.

The Piston Cup race is announced as a 500-lap race, but no game developer is that malicious to force the player to race 500 laps around an oval, so they’d take after the first Cars game and make it twelve laps with the sun slowly lowering throughout the race.

Starring the voices of:

Lori Alan as Millie

Carlos Alazraqui as Ronald

Cristela Alonzo as Cruz Ramirez

Eric Baudour as Noah Gocek

Brendan Blaber as Pileup

Ryan Blaney as Ryan “Inside” Laney

Jen Brown as Jambalaya Chimichanga

Burnie Burns as Herb Curbler

Corey Burton as Doc Hudson

Tiana Camacho as Airborne

Clifford Chapin as Dan Carcia

Tyler Coe as Bill

Will Collyer as Brick Yardley & Roscoe

Chris Cooper as Smokey

Bob Costas as Bob Cutlass

Django Craig as Superfly & Kurt

Andra Day as Sweet Tea

Robbie Daymond as Ernesto

Lea DeLaria as Miss Fritter

Aaron Dismuke as Will Rusch & Sudeep

Paul Dooley as Sarge

Jason Douglas as Junior “Midnight” Moon

Barbara Dunkelman as Cigalert

Kara Eberle as Laura Spinwell

Chase Elliott as Chase Racelott

Adam Ellis as Ed Truncan

Ray Evernham as Ray Reverham

Keith Ferguson as Lightning McQueen

Nathan Fillion as Sterling

Flynt Flossy as Paul Conrev

Gavin Free as Sheldon Shifter

Scott Frerichs as Jonas Carvers

Teresa Gallagher as Mater’s Computer

Grant George as Krzysztof

Blaine Gibson as Steve LaPage

Jessie James Grelle as APB

Christopher Guerrero as Run

Harvey Guillén as Gabriel

Todd Haberkorn as Junyi

A.J. Hamilton as Jackson Storm

Lewis Hamilton as Hamilton

Anna Hullum as Melissa Bernabrake

Bonnie Hunt as Sally Carrera

Garrett Hunter as Harvey Rodcap

Samantha Ireland as Liability

Jason Isaacs as Siddeley

Martin Jarvis as Finn McMissile

Lindsay Jones as High Impact

Michael Jones as J.D. McPillar

Corey Krueger as Rich Mixon

Nick Landis as Eric Braker

Larry the Cable Guy as Sir Tow Mater

Mick Lauer as Nick Shift

Jenifer Lewis as Flo

Yuri Lowenthal as Flip Dover

Miles Luna as Aaron Clocker

Joe MacDonald as Stephenson

Alex Mai as Todd

Michael Malconian as Jae

Wendie Malick as Louise “Barnstormer” Nash

Cheech Marin as Ramone

Aaron Marquis as Conrad Camber

Dustin Matthews as Fishtail & George New-Win

Jeremy Maxwell as Arvy Motorhome

Madeleine McGraw as Maddy McGear

Michel Michelis as Tomber

Emily Mortimer as Holley Shiftwell

Laraine Newman as Lizzie

Paul Newman as Doc Hudson

Jessica Nigri as Blind Spot

Richard Norman as J.P. Drive

Angel Oquendo as Bobby Swift & Aiden

Neath Oum as Spikey Fillups

Jason Pace as Faregame

Bryce Papenbrook as Shriram

Bob Peterson as Chick Hicks & Dr. Damage

Kyle Petty as Cal Weathers

Richard Petty as Strip “The King” Weathers

Kyle Phillips as Broadside

Connor Pickens as Chris Roamin’

Steve Purcell as Tractors

Guido Quaroni as Guido

Anairis Quiñones as Gale Beaufort

Jerome Ranft as Red

John Ratzenberger as Mack

Vanessa Redgrave as The Queen

Kevin Michael Richardson as River Scott

A.J. Riebli III as McQueen’s Biggest Fan

Zeno Robinson as Cam Spinner

Patrick Rodriguez as Taco

Jason Rose as Pat Traxson

Alejandro Saab as H.J. Hollis

Christopher Sabat as Prince Wheeliam

Anthony Sardinha as Jimbo

Ben Schwartz as Richie Gunzit

Tony Shalhoub as Luigi

Kerry Shawcross as Tim Treadless

Lloyd Sherr as Fillmore

Peter Sohn as Mr. Drippy

Gus Sorola as Hit

Shannon Spake as Shannon Spokes

Andrew Stanton as T-Bone

Daniel Suárez as Danny Swervez

Kaiji Tang as Pushover

Jen Taylor as Tailgate

Kyle Taylor as Barry DePedal

Maggie Tominey as Patty

Bubba Wallace as Bubba Wheelhouse

Michael Wallis as Sheriff

Darrell Waltrip as Darrell Cartrip

Howard Wang as Jim Reverick

Kerry Washington as Natalie Certain

Christopher Wehkamp as Tom W.

Humpy Wheeler as Tex Dinoco

Travis Willingham as Michael Rotor

Todd Womack as M Fast Fong

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[lvminisciel]

other than diasomfam im actually a sucker for madam spade+deuce dynamic like heeeyyyy there's so much to explore thereeee

how deuce stated tht he's not close w/ his mom during his 'delinquent days'??? even to the point tht he avoids being at home

is it just the pure awkwardness of barely talking to each other? or perhaps incomprehensible guilt? that he's not doing well in school, meanwhile his mom is doing the best she can to support the house; paying bills & basically striving to keep foods on the table

after all, he said it himself tht he chose the delinquent path bc no matter how hard he tried on studying his grades doesnt seem to improve; leading him to going down tht path out of frustration

do they get to talk it out? if yes, then how? did his mother approach him first? or did deuce himself subtly apologize while mustering up the courage that he's willing to change, for the sake of his mom?

how did their mother-son relationship flourish into what it is now? we all knew the turning point was when deuce overheard his mom talkin to his grandma abt him, but what happens in-between?

I'd like to think that it's the little things that made them appreciate each other more.

maybe he starts helping w/ the dishes. waiting for his mom to hv dinner together instead of eating of his own, bringing up the chance to hv small talk. it may started off stiff at first, but then it gradually grew into something warmer and before they knew it, telling each other about their days had become a habit of theirs.

during talks like this, his mother learnt of his fondness towards blastcycle. and now deuce knew that just like him, his mother too adored the color blue

... and many other things they shared with each other 💙

[thepastisalreadywritten]

By Marcia Dunn

Updated 9:45 PM, 11 May 2024

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An unusually strong solar storm hitting Earth produced stunning displays of color in the skies across the Northern Hemisphere early Saturday, with no immediate reports of disruptions to power and communications.

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a rare severe geomagnetic storm warning when a solar outburst reached Earth on Friday afternoon, hours sooner than anticipated.

The effects of the Northern Lights, which were prominently on display in Britain, were due to last through the weekend and possibly into next week.

Many in the U.K. shared phone snaps of the lights on social media early Saturday, with the phenomenon seen as far south as London and southern England.

"There were sightings from top to tail across the country,” said Chris Snell, a meteorologist at the Met Office, Britain’s weather agency.

He added that the office received photos and information from other European locations including Prague and Barcelona.

NOAA alerted operators of power plants and spacecraft in orbit, as well as the Federal Emergency Management Agency, to take precautions.

“For most people here on planet Earth, they won’t have to do anything,” said Rob Steenburgh, a scientist with NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center.

The storm could produce northern lights as far south in the U.S. as Alabama and Northern California, NOAA said.

But it was hard to predict and experts stressed it would not be the dramatic curtains of color normally associated with the northern lights, but more like splashes of greenish hues.

“That’s really the gift from space weather: the aurora,” Steenburgh said.

He and his colleagues said the best aurora views may come from phone cameras, which are better at capturing light than the naked eye.

"Snap a picture of the sky and there might be actually a nice little treat there for you,” said Mike Bettwy, operations chief for the prediction center.

The most intense solar storm in recorded history — in 1859 — prompted auroras in central America and possibly even Hawaii.

“We are not anticipating that but it could come close," NOAA space weather forecaster Shawn Dahl said.

This storm poses a risk for high-voltage transmission lines for power grids, not the electrical lines ordinarily found in people’s homes, Dahl told reporters.

Satellites also could be affected, which in turn could disrupt navigation and communication services here on Earth.

An extreme geomagnetic storm in 2003, for example, took out power in Sweden and damaged power transformers in South Africa.

Even when the storm is over, signals between GPS satellites and ground receivers could be scrambled or lost, according to NOAA.

But there are so many navigation satellites that any outages should not last long, Steenburgh noted.

The sun has produced strong solar flares since Wednesday, resulting in at least seven outbursts of plasma.

Each eruption, known as a coronal mass ejection, can contain billions of tons of plasma and magnetic field from the sun’s outer atmosphere, or corona.

The flares seem to be associated with a sunspot that’s 16 times the diameter of Earth, NOAA said.

It is all part of the solar activity ramping up as the sun approaches the peak of its 11-year cycle.

NASA said the storm posed no serious threat to the seven astronauts aboard the International Space Station.

The biggest concern is the increased radiation levels, and the crew could move to a better shielded part of the station if necessary, according to Steenburgh.

Increased radiation also could threaten some of NASA’s science satellites.

Extremely sensitive instruments will be turned off, if necessary, to avoid damage, said Antti Pulkkinen, director of the space agency’s heliophysics science division.

Several sun-focused spacecraft are monitoring all the action.

“This is exactly the kinds of things we want to observe,” Pulkkinen said.

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From "The Fantastic Four!" in Fantastic Four #1, November 1961. Stan Lee script, Jack Kirby pencils, George Klein inks—with alterations probably by Sol Brodsky, Stan Goldberg colors, Artie Simek letters.

[funsized-panda]

Could I make a request? I would like random headcanons about lightning being that young racing driver in the modern human au, You could add doc too! Thanks!

absolutely! headcanons are my favorite thing to make sjcjwnfjjwr

I'm pulling Chick and King into this too thEY NEED MORE LOVE

reminder: I'm not apart of the cars fandom. check out @x0stormie0x for more cars content :)

in the beginning, Lightning was a nervous wreck

like I mean full on wouldn't talk to anyone but his team

he didn't even know how to get a team together 😭

his first race he got fourth place and he was content with that

he genuinely thought he'd do worse

then he just slowly got better

consistently first every race after like 2 years

when Lightning first met King, Chick and the other older races, he genuinely saw them as family

Chick was literally like an older brother that'd always tease the shit outta you

King was the dad before Doc came along

during off season they'd all hangout

and I'm not saying drives, I'm saying like they'd meet up at one of their houses and just fuck around like teenagers

they were all menaces

When Lightning found himself in Radiator Springs and meeting the whole town, he really felt a connection with them

stronger than with King and Chick

King became the cool uncle and Chick is now the annoying cousin

Doc is the dad, Mater is his brother, Flo is the cool aunt and so on

When RS became Lightning's new pit crew, King and Chick weren't exactly too keen on these people

bc who tf are they and why are they so friendly with McQueen?????

ofc everyone did meet and things weren't so tense

Doc even showed appreciation towards King, as he was more old school when racing and Doc loves seeing that in the younger generations

the RS crew was rowdy compared to the other crew in the pit, but that just made them that much easier to spot

after Lightning won his first race with RS on his side, it was like you never saw him away from those people

during the off season, Doc would give him new tips and tricks to learn

he keeps flying into the cacti while training

Mater is always on standby

"Getting towed is so embarrassing" "Just be glad it's not on the actual track"

Doc, McQueen and Luigi always talk about what tires would be best for the next season, especially with potential rain

Flo makes sure he has only the best quality oil all season

Ramone gives Lightning's car a new paint job each season

there's always something new

one time Ramone suggested a Lightning bolt with a few extra at the bottom and Lightning thought he couldn't do it

he did

everyone loved that specific paint job

originally Lightning thought everyone from RS would want him gone once Mac found him, but he was so happy to know they wanted him to stay at much as he wanted to

in the beginning, Lightning pushed for a lot of his earnings to be spent on RS once it got out that, that was where he was staying

mans wanted EVERYONE'S business/shop to look the best

even as he gets older, most of the fundings of RS is 80% Lightning

okay that's all I got for now :] hope ya liked and I'm open for more requests. this is sm fun hehe

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"An international team of scientists have discovered a huge spike in radiocarbon levels 14,300 years ago by analyzing ancient tree-rings found in the French Alps.

The radiocarbon spike was caused by a massive solar storm, the biggest ever identified.

A similar solar storm today would be catastrophic for modern technological society—potentially wiping out telecommunications and satellite systems, causing massive electricity grid blackouts, and costing us billions of pounds.

The academics are warning of the importance of understanding such storms to protect our global communications and energy infrastructure for the future."

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