This is a far more accurate vision of what I think the apocalypse will actually look like. We drove up to the (defunct, non-radioactive) Satsop Nuclear Plant for photos today, and it gave me that tingle down the base of my skull that I get when I encounter the brute force of humanity. Inexorable, awe-inspiring, impassive and ominous. The weather was appropriately nasty as well, all in all it made a good case for being prepared with your handknitteds.
This colossus is just four feet shy of being 500' tall (why not go the extra four feet? Beats me, ask a civil engineer). The echo in there is amazing, a rolling syncopation evocative of the evil and desolate parts of Hollywood thrillers.
And, yes, the entire time I was there this song from
The Simpsons was on a loop in my head. Thank you, Matt Groening.
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