"Water Damage" by XKCD comic (mirror bots @xkcd @xkcdbot ) - It's always trouble when XKCD's ponytail character does her home inspector gig. "Is there a subduction zone nearby?" In the #PNW, yes, it's under all of us. https://xkcd.com/3059/ #geology #oops #WTF
![XKCD comic #3059 "Water Damage" https://xkcd.com/3059/
explanation from explainXKCD https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3059:_Water_Damage
transcript:
[Ponytail stands to the left of Cueball. She is looking down at a meter of some sort in her left hand, and is holding a clipboard in the other hand.
Ponytail: The crust under your house shows signs of water damage. Is there a subduction zone nearby?
Cueball: Uh, I think there's one off the coast.
Ponytail: Oof. I was afraid of that.
[Closeup on Ponytail who is pointing to a diagram of subducting faults.]
Ponytail: Subducting hydrous minerals carry water down into the mantle, causing melting in the overlying crust. If you let this go, you'll have volcanoes everywhere.
[Cueball, with his hand to his chin, looks at the diagram. Ponytail, holding her equipment, is standing behind him.]
Cueball: Is there any solution?
Ponytail: Giant lithospheric dehumidifiers. But the installation won't be cheap.
Cueball: Oh no...
title text: Your homeowner's insurance might cover it, but be sure to check the subductible.
explanation:
Similar to 3037: Radon, Cueball is once again getting his home inspected by Ponytail. This time, she alerts Cueball for water damage, normally caused by leaky pipes. [...] Upon further investigation, Ponytail discovers that Cueball's home is near a subduction zone, [...]
An example of an area with many volcanoes caused by subduction is the Ring of Fire along the coasts of the Pacific Ocean.
[...]](/proxy/post_attachment/1563687/5fe9dcc936.png "XKCD comic #3059 \"Water Damage\" https://xkcd.com/3059/
explanation from explainXKCD https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3059:_Water_Damage
transcript:
[Ponytail stands to the left of Cueball. She is looking down at a meter of some sort in her left hand, and is holding a clipboard in the other hand.
Ponytail: The crust under your house shows signs of water damage. Is there a subduction zone nearby?
Cueball: Uh, I think there's one off the coast.
Ponytail: Oof. I was afraid of that.
[Closeup on Ponytail who is pointing to a diagram of subducting faults.]
Ponytail: Subducting hydrous minerals carry water down into the mantle, causing melting in the overlying crust. If you let this go, you'll have volcanoes everywhere.
[Cueball, with his hand to his chin, looks at the diagram. Ponytail, holding her equipment, is standing behind him.]
Cueball: Is there any solution?
Ponytail: Giant lithospheric dehumidifiers. But the installation won't be cheap.
Cueball: Oh no...
title text: Your homeowner's insurance might cover it, but be sure to check the subductible.
explanation:
Similar to 3037: Radon, Cueball is once again getting his home inspected by Ponytail. This time, she alerts Cueball for water damage, normally caused by leaky pipes. [...] Upon further investigation, Ponytail discovers that Cueball's home is near a subduction zone, [...]
An example of an area with many volcanoes caused by subduction is the Ring of Fire along the coasts of the Pacific Ocean.
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