so, i go to "pre-orientation with Susan Van" today...and among all the topics brought up; GPS scores, valedictorian, alumni networking, post education job market...the one topic that caught my attention most, and i thought about it all the way home, was:
Florida is the Lightning Capital of the U.S.
I'm not quite sure how it came up, but my adviser found it necessary to tell me this particular little fact, along with a bunch shit about attitude. but seriously? who the fuck cares about attitude when lightning is the #1 threat to your life down here in what's called, LIGHTNING ALLEY!
"Central Florida, from Tampa to Titusville is "Lightning Alley" in the U.S.!"
and for those of you not too hot on your geography:
In Florida, lighting bolts kill an average of 10 people per year.
Florida leads the U.S. in lightning deaths, injuries, and casualties
Lightning has been observed over 100 miles long:
That gives me a 100 mile radius of danger. The possibility of being attacked from 100 miles away will make any sane person paranoid. And you may say, "well what about the government, dumbass? They could do that, easy." And I'd say: "At the speed of light, mother fucker? Didn't think so." Government is pea shooters compared to this shit.
i did NOT notice anything in the Full Sail Real World Education prospective student book about how lightning is more likely to kill you than a hurricane here in Orlando, Florida...probably because no one would ever come to this fucking lightning rod of an educational facility had they known that. i mean, a school with 6 degree programs that all revolve entirely around electronics smack dab in the middle of Lightning Alley, which is in the middle of the Lightning Capitol of the U.S.?? Smart business move, dumbasses....i find it fishy that it wasn't until they had my first installment of 27,000 dollars before they let this piece of information slip. typical. i'll bet next i find out that the entire school is built on top of one of earths largest sources of electromagnetic activity, and there's a select few students who never graduate, they just end up pushing a fucking button every 108 minutes so the world doesn't end...and you know what ELSE, that fucking student will be me. figures. i am so pissed off.
on another note, i get my computer in 2 days! woo!
2 comments:
I'm pretty sure that the government can kill you at the speed of a microwave. kenmore or general electric. I think there might be a law suit in their disinformation tactic, putting your life at risk and all. Do they offer courses in studio executive nut gargling? Not that they would keep you in a state of negative electrical charge, but it may help you find employment..
omigod... i never knew that about Orlando. what about the poor children that flock to Disneyland?
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