Real-Life Weirdness

[kaulesh]

Town freaks out about an alien invasion being broadcast over the radio. This is not a repeat from 1938.

[vicky_molokh]

SpecOp Ninjas Among Us.

[Anaraxes]

The aliens have come for our water. Alert Marc Singer.

20,000 gallons of water were stolen from a water tank at a school in Humboldt County, CA, forcing the school to close for lack of running water. This left comes a month after another 20,000 gallons of water was stolen from a different community.

http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-...umboldt-county

Apparently the alien ship or shuttle has a capacity of only 20,000 gallons at a time. That's about the cargo capacity of the Classic Traveller Type S scout ship. It could be the Vilani. So beware -- they look like humans. Anyone could be a Vilani mole.

[Flyndaran]

Only at the end of the article, as an afterthought, is the most likely reason for stealing water mentioned. Marijuana growing where legal gather of such large amounts would likely alert authorities to hanky panky.

[Luke Bunyip]

Originally Posted by Anaraxes

The aliens have come for our water. 20,000 gallons of water were stolen ... That's about the cargo capacity of the Classic Traveller Type S scout ship. It could be the Vilani.

Originally Posted by Flyndaran

Marijuana growing where legal gather of such large amounts would likely alert authorities to hanky panky.

So, we're looking for drug dealing, possibly intoxicated Vilani?

[Anders]

Ground squirrels threaten nuclear missile silos.

I see two possibilities: a) these are super-squirrels afected by the radiation, or b) China is breeding supoer-squirrels to destroy the U.S. missile program.

[vicky_molokh]

Originally Posted by Asta Kask

Ground squirrels threaten nuclear missile silos.

I see two possibilities: a) these are super-squirrels afected by the radiation, or b) China is breeding supoer-squirrels to destroy the U.S. missile program.

Nah, just EU-produced squirrel bioshells carrying gremlin cyberswarms. Waiting until the Americans feel safe and used to squirrels digging nearby.

[Anaraxes]

Originally Posted by Asta Kask

these are super-squirrels afected by the radiation

From the article:

Originally Posted by Smithsonian

they initially tested steel fabric (similar to steel wool) and a metal chain-link mesh, but they were no match for the squirrels. “They just tore through steel fabric, with their claws and ever-growing incisors, and squeezed right through the chain-link mesh,”

Mutant squirrels swarms with Armor Divisor and Biting Strength.

Follow only if ye be men of valour, for the entrance to this cave is guarded by a creature so foul, so cruel that no man yet has fought with it and lived! Bones of full fifty men lie strewn about its lair. So, brave knights, if you do doubt your courage or your strength, come no further, for death awaits you all with nasty, big, pointy teeth.

[rust]

So they need Holy Hand Grenades in Montana ... ?

[Irish Wolf]

Love the picture at the top of the article, though. Have you ever seen anything so menacingly cute? :-)