Tiras que se hacen realidad, más o menos, porque Randall al final no se enteró usando servicios web de moda, sino… IRC. ¡Ah, qué clasico!:
As many people have pointed out, my comic about tweets outrunning seismic waves seems to have been widely verified in yesterday’s earthquake:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/earthquake-twitter-users-learned-tremors-226481
It’s always nice to see real-life confirmation of your calculations! The quake started in Virginia at 13:51:04 EST, where most of my family lives. Texts from my brother in Charlottesville (25 miles from the epicenter) were slowed down by the spike in cell traffic, but I got an IRC message from my brother in Newport News, VA at 13:52:09. Based on USArray/EarthScope detector readings posted at Bad Astronomy, his message overtook the seismic waves outside Philadelphia, and reached New England over a minute before the quake was felt there.
Me debí perder esa tira, por cierto.
