Unstrange Phenomena by Ed Allison for August 09, 2012

Surely, that’s only in the Northern hemisphere?

^It is… Where I come from it’s so damp and wet it grows on all sides of everything, maybe if you measured the depth you could determine that the deeper side is north… maybe.

Or you could actually bring a compass and know what you were doing.

Why bring a compass when a GPS works just as well?

Technically, in most of the US and Canada this would work. The satellite dishes are all oriented to face the communication satellites in geo-stationary orbit over Texas.

he mossy ed u cator

Unreliable means of finding North (regardless of which side of the equator you are on) …

http://www.nwf.org/News-and-Magazines/National-Wildlife/Outdoors/Archives/2010/Nature-Myths.aspx

1. Geo-synchronous orbits are all over the equator.2. Texas does not extend to the equator.3. There are several satellites that service the US. http://www.satsig.net/maps/satellite-tv-dish-pointing-usa.htm

Although probably not accurate it doesn’t matter. This cartoon is intended to be a criticism of how the deforestation has affected life, (like the joke about the dogs lining up to pee on the tree), it used to be moss grows on the northside of the tree, but now satelites have replaced the trees. At least that is the way that I see it. :)

and saying that, I say bravo Ed.. love the cartoon its funny,.

Mmmmmm……..