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1. about 1 hour ago on Endtown

   The explosion went off in the last panel of the previous post. Since this is moments after that, it is now a past event. He knew, before he was shanghaied to travel with the others, that the reactor would go critical. When was not specified then (Nov 20, 2021), but it seemed that it would not be too far off from when they started their trip that landed them near the fountain of souls. As was pointed out by Amesworth and probably Marx, time flows differently elsewhere.

2. about 1 hour ago on Endtown

   That is what I suggested in my comment in the previous episode, but re-reading the last events before the monsters broke thru into the lab, it doesn’t appear as if they had any outside communication at that point, and had not been able to ask for help. Of course, the topsiders could have had a system which required regular reporting and the absence of that reporting would trigger a strike on the facility. That is well within the topsider mentality. So one question is, how much time has elapsed on the beach since the guys escaped? My impression is “not much.”

3. about 6 hours ago on Endtown

   I knew that. I was being sarcastic because even fission reactors don’t blow up like that (huge blinding flash of light).

   Neathery did declare in the last moments before the gang left the topsider facility that the reactor would go critical and explode. (Nov 20, 2021)

   The explosion at Chernobyl was not from fission, but because steam explosions (the kind of thing that used to destroy riverboats and ships). Likewise, at Fukushima, it was a buildup of hydrogen gas in the reactor buildings, which could not be vented due to lack of electrical power.
4. about 11 hours ago on Endtown

   Well, the reactors must have been designed by the Soviets… or been producing a lot of hydrogen… But even so, the explosions at Chernobyl and Fukushima were not on the order of what was implied in the last episode. So I still vote for that it was a nuclear weapon going off.

   So, what do we know about how radiation affects the mutants?

   And Terence has a lot of explaining to do to this crowd…

5. 2 days ago on Warped

   Very nice! These days, truth is indeed a candle in the wind of lies.

6. 2 days ago on Last Kiss

   Nice conversion there. With a jaw like that, he definitely fits into the comics superhero model.

7. 2 days ago on Jane's World

   I like the way Ethan thinks… at least there is lest angst than with Jane’s thinking…

8. 2 days ago on Frank and Ernest

   So much for that “words will never hurt me!” nonsense…

9. 2 days ago on Doonesbury

   I had to get in the wayback machine and follow this up. Hilarity ensues starting March 12, 2001.

10. 2 days ago on Tarzan

    Called it! He’s going to be one with his god…