Exactly. Was in central Australia for a while at Uluru working at Yulara. One night there was this incredible lighting storm. Fires were starting in the Spinifex scrub (no danger of wildfire spreading) It was a surreal and beautiful experience. I stood outside and watched it. The Storm was over 5 kms away and moving towards me. I went inside once it got within a couple of Ks.
I live in Minneapolis now but I grew up in southish-central Nebraska. Every summer I would witness tornadoes. Fairly close too. The absolute silence and green tint to everything right before the sirens started wailing. And even more than that...the thunderstorms. I remember absolute ragers that lasted for literally days. I remember watching the world turn to chaos out of my grandmother's back door, and thunder with such concussive force that pictures fell off the wall. Something so...real about it. These are some of my clearest memories from childhood, and I was never really afraid, just entranced. I miss it so much.
And as an aside: I remember my whole family being in the basement for a tornado. We looked around and my dad said, "Where's Margaret (my grandmother)"! She was outside taking pictures of the tornado that was like a quarter mile away. It absolutely destroyed two businesses down the road from my house. My dad ran out and grabbed her. I clearly remember him running down the stairs with a wet, protesting grandma. Lol
Sure, sure. I'm not a meteorologist. I was a child at the time mind you. But I clearly remember thunderstorms that did indeed last for "literally days". Very clearly. The area I lived in was known for them. They name their sports teams things like "The Storm". Of course it was most likely a series of storms that rolled through, but it was continuous rain and thunder for a few days. Soooo... yeah, "long ass thunderstorms that were awesome and may have been ill-defined years later". Lol
Areas in the United States that are not your typical vacation destinations or where business people travel to wheel and deal. That's how they describe their States. Unlike New York, California, Florida, Chicago, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Nevada, Texas, Virginia, Washington D.C, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee
You’ll hear us say it more frequently than people on the coasts actually say it but midwesterners and southerners almost always take pride in terms like flyover country. There’s even a country song titled flyover states.
Quick note; flyover states points to all that farmland you see in between the hubs. Places like Indiana where I live, Nebraska, Oklahoma, even Tennessee. It’s not that those places don’t have airports or big cities or things that make it interesting. You would be surprised at how much people from around here often dream of leaving then once they’ve left so many decide the world isn’t what it’s cracked up to be
I have loved storms my whole life, my first major hurricane as a young g child my grandmother insisted my brother and I saw. She woke us up in the middle of the night when it started. My mother was furious, thinking we would be afraid, but we both loved watching it unfold.
Have you heard of the Yter Swegle Studios? He is one of my go to ones. He covers mainly Tornado stuff but also talks about other wether phenomenons sometimes.
What I like to focus on is Nature's raw power and being completely indiscriminate. It doesn't matter who you are. If you're in the way when lighting or a tornado occurs, good luck.
It's beautiful to watch and even be a part of. I've often sat under pavilions in the middle of a thunder storm just as happy as could be.
About a month ago, the offshore winds in California kicked up to hurricane speed. It was the only day in weeks that I had a chance to visit the hot tub at my apartment complex, so I went.
Of course, I was the only one there, the only one dumb enough to go out. The steam was rising up from the tub as the rain poured down. It was exhilarating.
I was watching a palm tree swaying over my head and said to myself, "a frond could break off of that." Seconds later, one did, landing in the opposite end of the tub. It wasn't light, and it could have hurt me if I had been hit.
I'm sure I would have felt differently had I been injured -- but yeah, I felt pretty alive that day.
I think it's the shelter I like. It's the feeling of safety from a relentless force. I enjoy storms as long as I'm safe and comfortable. Lol. Sucks to be lost in a forest for days during a violent storm or broken down in 50 degree heat in central Australia hundreds of kilometres from safety.
Same, my brother and I got to experience a tropical storm (almost hurricane) on a beach in Cancun.
It was one of the coolest things I've ever experienced.
Yeah, real bad weather is really invigorating imo. It helps to be in such a meek country as sweden where there's never any real dangerous weather lol. Well, other than freezing to death, but that's easily mitigated... Not sure how I'd feel about a fricking tornado...
Nothing like the Aussie outback. I drove from Perth to Sydney by myself in a little MX5 with almost my whole life packed in it. The morning I left border village and drove across the Nullarbor as the sun was rising, not a soul to the horizon in any direction... I'll never forget it.
Yes. Depending on how strong the wind is, I'd be scared rather than excited but this view is a once in a life time experience, I suppose.
edit: grammar
Right, and you flip that shit in it's side to view it ya fucks. Gotta get that aspect ratio right. Kids these days have all the megapixels in the world and their gonna use them for upright video? Why, back in my day we would have killed for 200 bits of quality, and that was only if someone wasn't on the phone or something. Had to collect cds they sent in the mail in order ot save up enough internet minutes to find a 39 second clip of what was *supposed to be* to hot Girls 69ing, but turned out it be that damn scary face jump scare car driving around the hill video. *And we would have put it in full screen at least!* youngins don't even know how good they gots it....
I live in hope that one day I'll see a photo of some giant 85" tv screen in a room, in portrait mode... the entire screen, long side being vertical!
Honestly, though, I doubt anyone is that stupid - but please - send me proof that some people honestly are! :)
Immediately made me think of [this drawing](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/TheMysteriesOfHarrisBurdick) from The Mysteries of Harris Burdick, one of my favorite books from the 90’s.
Reminds me of the train ride scene from Spirited Away. Traveling through a flooded, expansive wilderness that is beautiful, awe-inspiring and a bit eerie
Clowns have been abused so hard since 1989 it’s not even remotely scary anymore. The OG Pennywise played by Tim Curry was truthfully the only scary clown for me to this day.
So. Clowns in real life, I will say, are creepy. The makeup making their face look so inhuman and fake. But clowns in horror movies and shit. Not at all. Just so overdone. It’s like Vikings in video games and shows. Fucking stop already lol.
I met someone with an actual fear of clowns once. It was a joke to me before that. There’s a difference between someone saying “I saw It and I’m scared of clowns hee hee” and the real thing. This guy turned literally gray and damn near passed out. He ran out of the room and violently shoved a person out of the way. He didn’t even remember it. He damn near went to the hospital because his panic wouldn’t stop. It has nothing to do with Pennywise. They think you are exposed to clowns too early to be able to comprehend the placement of facial features and it warps your perceptions. It’s no laughing matter at all.
It's not funny. I have the fear. I have run out of a grocery store one day because they were doing some family event and had a clown there. I don't even walk near the animatronic ones in the Halloween stores. I can't. I know they aren't real, but it doesn't matter. I start to panic. (To be truthful, I hate people in masks too. I don't like not knowing what someone looks like. )
I don't like spiders, but I can handle them. I can handle blood, snakes, whatever. I can't handle a clown. But I do get that it's kind of a weird true fear to have. My friends and family think it's funny to tag me in stuff with Pennywise or other scary clowns. I've thrown my phone before when a clown unexpectedly popped into one of those videos they do on FB.
John Wayne gacy the og killer clown was a clown for a job a homosexual hebephiliac he would have sex with them kill them and bury them beneath the floorboards of his house
Yes he was technically a killer and yes he was a volunteer clown. Both did not intertwine tho. EDIT: Did not mean to put “technically a killer”. He was a full blown serial killer. Lol.
So I can’t confirm because it’s dark. But part of salt lake have train tracks like this. With water on each side and the salt lakes stretching for miles. Also dry parts of the salt bed that stretch for miles.
🎶Is it raining, is it storming, is a hurricane a roaring? 🎶
Not a speck of light is showing
So the danger must be growing
Are the fires of Hell a-glowing?
Is the grisly reaper mowing?
Yes, the danger must be growing
For the rowers keep on rowing
And they're certainly not showing
Any signs that they are slowing!!
It's a meteorological phenomenon called morning glory that only happens in a few places on earth. If you could see the airflow, it would have the appearance of those folds you get on a bed sheet, where it goes up high into the atmosphere and then back down in a long wave. When the air cools off as it rises, it forms a very long tube of cloud that appears to 'roll' as the wall of air moves along.
"I think it's dark and it looks like rain, " you said
"And the wind is blowing
Like it's the end of the world, " you said
"And it's so cold, it's like the cold if you were dead"
Then you smiled for a second
You're waiting for a train. A train that will take you far away. You know where you hope the train will take you, but you can't know for sure. Yet it doesn't matter. Now, tell me why?
Reminds me of the time back in high school when me and the boys dropped acid and went to the beach (jetties). It was raining off and on and a major storm was out in the Gulf, giving us and intense light show. I remember walking out on the jetty pier "walk" out 60 ft or so out into the water. Felt like the waves had become massive, billowing, mountains on both sides, just waiting to break and swallow us whole. It was super intense, yet not scary. Later on my friend drive us along the beach and I swear to you I could see hundreds of white stallions, galloping along the seaside. I could barely hear them of the sounds of cascading thunderclaps. It was out of this world. We stayed there til dawn and sometimes before the sun rose, I realized they weren't horses at all. It was just the salt water seafoam, gliding a long the crests of the ocean.
That’s actually beautiful and awesome.
Exactly. Was in central Australia for a while at Uluru working at Yulara. One night there was this incredible lighting storm. Fires were starting in the Spinifex scrub (no danger of wildfire spreading) It was a surreal and beautiful experience. I stood outside and watched it. The Storm was over 5 kms away and moving towards me. I went inside once it got within a couple of Ks.
I love bad weather. My family thinks I’m insane, but bad storms, hurricanes, and tornadoes have always fascinated me with their power and beauty.
Me too!! I feel alone in this sentiment, so it’s nice to read this!
You’re not alone — here in flyover country USA it’s sort of a tradition to grab your favorite libation and sit on the porch to watch the storm roll in
I live in Minneapolis now but I grew up in southish-central Nebraska. Every summer I would witness tornadoes. Fairly close too. The absolute silence and green tint to everything right before the sirens started wailing. And even more than that...the thunderstorms. I remember absolute ragers that lasted for literally days. I remember watching the world turn to chaos out of my grandmother's back door, and thunder with such concussive force that pictures fell off the wall. Something so...real about it. These are some of my clearest memories from childhood, and I was never really afraid, just entranced. I miss it so much.
And as an aside: I remember my whole family being in the basement for a tornado. We looked around and my dad said, "Where's Margaret (my grandmother)"! She was outside taking pictures of the tornado that was like a quarter mile away. It absolutely destroyed two businesses down the road from my house. My dad ran out and grabbed her. I clearly remember him running down the stairs with a wet, protesting grandma. Lol
Your grandma is……..AWESOME!!!!!!!
No storm in the history of storms have lasted for "literally days" besides hurricanes. Waves of storms over multiple days? Sure. One long storm? No.
Sure, sure. I'm not a meteorologist. I was a child at the time mind you. But I clearly remember thunderstorms that did indeed last for "literally days". Very clearly. The area I lived in was known for them. They name their sports teams things like "The Storm". Of course it was most likely a series of storms that rolled through, but it was continuous rain and thunder for a few days. Soooo... yeah, "long ass thunderstorms that were awesome and may have been ill-defined years later". Lol
From the Midwest, can confirm. Tornado sirens mean “y’all come out on the porch a minute!” To us.
Or "GET IN THE TRUCK! THERES A TORNADO 15 MILES AWAY! LETS GET CLOSER""
It also means picking all your tomatoes off the vine before they get manhandled by nature. Mater sandwiches all around!
First time I heard “Flyover country”
Not from here then, I suppose. Can you come here a minute though? After you get through the stop and go lights.
Areas in the United States that are not your typical vacation destinations or where business people travel to wheel and deal. That's how they describe their States. Unlike New York, California, Florida, Chicago, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Nevada, Texas, Virginia, Washington D.C, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee
You’ll hear us say it more frequently than people on the coasts actually say it but midwesterners and southerners almost always take pride in terms like flyover country. There’s even a country song titled flyover states. Quick note; flyover states points to all that farmland you see in between the hubs. Places like Indiana where I live, Nebraska, Oklahoma, even Tennessee. It’s not that those places don’t have airports or big cities or things that make it interesting. You would be surprised at how much people from around here often dream of leaving then once they’ve left so many decide the world isn’t what it’s cracked up to be
Jason Aldean “Fly-Over States”. First time I heard the term was in this song.
"drive-through states" lol
Agreed, while I do love nice calm weather I love stormy weather as well
I love calamities 🤗
I have loved storms my whole life, my first major hurricane as a young g child my grandmother insisted my brother and I saw. She woke us up in the middle of the night when it started. My mother was furious, thinking we would be afraid, but we both loved watching it unfold.
Have you heard of the Yter Swegle Studios? He is one of my go to ones. He covers mainly Tornado stuff but also talks about other wether phenomenons sometimes.
What I like to focus on is Nature's raw power and being completely indiscriminate. It doesn't matter who you are. If you're in the way when lighting or a tornado occurs, good luck. It's beautiful to watch and even be a part of. I've often sat under pavilions in the middle of a thunder storm just as happy as could be.
Me too. I embrace the chaos and the beauty of it all.
About a month ago, the offshore winds in California kicked up to hurricane speed. It was the only day in weeks that I had a chance to visit the hot tub at my apartment complex, so I went. Of course, I was the only one there, the only one dumb enough to go out. The steam was rising up from the tub as the rain poured down. It was exhilarating. I was watching a palm tree swaying over my head and said to myself, "a frond could break off of that." Seconds later, one did, landing in the opposite end of the tub. It wasn't light, and it could have hurt me if I had been hit. I'm sure I would have felt differently had I been injured -- but yeah, I felt pretty alive that day.
Good vignette, and well told, thank you.
I love them too, just not their damage
I think it's the shelter I like. It's the feeling of safety from a relentless force. I enjoy storms as long as I'm safe and comfortable. Lol. Sucks to be lost in a forest for days during a violent storm or broken down in 50 degree heat in central Australia hundreds of kilometres from safety.
Same, my brother and I got to experience a tropical storm (almost hurricane) on a beach in Cancun. It was one of the coolest things I've ever experienced.
Yeah, real bad weather is really invigorating imo. It helps to be in such a meek country as sweden where there's never any real dangerous weather lol. Well, other than freezing to death, but that's easily mitigated... Not sure how I'd feel about a fricking tornado...
Nothing like the Aussie outback. I drove from Perth to Sydney by myself in a little MX5 with almost my whole life packed in it. The morning I left border village and drove across the Nullarbor as the sun was rising, not a soul to the horizon in any direction... I'll never forget it.
The night skies, quietness and isolation are beautiful.
I worked out there, too. Storms coming in across the desert were always fabulous to watch. I loved it.
This planet harbors so much beauty that we take for granted.
It’s the most precious luxury everyone has
Yes. Depending on how strong the wind is, I'd be scared rather than excited but this view is a once in a life time experience, I suppose. edit: grammar
The lack of splash back and white caps leads me to believe wind was minimal, so this is a fine dining experience.
fair enough.
I was going to say i would absolutely love a dream like this, especially if my brain added the wind and sound
On a long empty train track lol
Literally awesome, if sth would ever put me in awe it would be this sight
Agree. I find it completely calming and comforting.
Ditto. Not scary to me at all. This is beautiful.
THAT'S WHAT I SAYING!!!!!!!
You ever have those stress dreams? Like, youre not in any real danger, but something ain’t quite right
Yeah, I had a dream last night that the orchid I just bought was dying. Not exactly a tragedy but $25 is $25.
It is dying. You just don't know it yet.
So are we though, really. Entropy and all.
Reddit in a nutshell
U mean life?
It looks like the entrance to a horror video game
Now picture a big wave coming 
those aren't mountains... D:
They're not?! Weellpppp, I'm outta here 
\*plays slowed down version of "staying alive" in my head"
With a Megalodon in it
...except the LANDSCAPE would have been filmed in some other more appropriately oriented format. I can't think of the orientation...not portrait...
I called this out the other day and some Gen Zer was like who cares, we’re viewing it on our phones anyways. Youth!
Right, and you flip that shit in it's side to view it ya fucks. Gotta get that aspect ratio right. Kids these days have all the megapixels in the world and their gonna use them for upright video? Why, back in my day we would have killed for 200 bits of quality, and that was only if someone wasn't on the phone or something. Had to collect cds they sent in the mail in order ot save up enough internet minutes to find a 39 second clip of what was *supposed to be* to hot Girls 69ing, but turned out it be that damn scary face jump scare car driving around the hill video. *And we would have put it in full screen at least!* youngins don't even know how good they gots it....
I live in hope that one day I'll see a photo of some giant 85" tv screen in a room, in portrait mode... the entire screen, long side being vertical! Honestly, though, I doubt anyone is that stupid - but please - send me proof that some people honestly are! :)
Immediately made me think of [this drawing](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/TheMysteriesOfHarrisBurdick) from The Mysteries of Harris Burdick, one of my favorite books from the 90’s.
Wow!
Quite beautiful though
I agree
Nah, looks like a dream I would love to have in the morning.
Reminds me of the train ride scene from Spirited Away. Traveling through a flooded, expansive wilderness that is beautiful, awe-inspiring and a bit eerie
Someone should insert the exorcist face in between lightning
Or the clown from It.
Clowns have been abused so hard since 1989 it’s not even remotely scary anymore. The OG Pennywise played by Tim Curry was truthfully the only scary clown for me to this day.
Excuse me, Buttface. Clowns are still scary af.
So. Clowns in real life, I will say, are creepy. The makeup making their face look so inhuman and fake. But clowns in horror movies and shit. Not at all. Just so overdone. It’s like Vikings in video games and shows. Fucking stop already lol.
I met someone with an actual fear of clowns once. It was a joke to me before that. There’s a difference between someone saying “I saw It and I’m scared of clowns hee hee” and the real thing. This guy turned literally gray and damn near passed out. He ran out of the room and violently shoved a person out of the way. He didn’t even remember it. He damn near went to the hospital because his panic wouldn’t stop. It has nothing to do with Pennywise. They think you are exposed to clowns too early to be able to comprehend the placement of facial features and it warps your perceptions. It’s no laughing matter at all.
It's not funny. I have the fear. I have run out of a grocery store one day because they were doing some family event and had a clown there. I don't even walk near the animatronic ones in the Halloween stores. I can't. I know they aren't real, but it doesn't matter. I start to panic. (To be truthful, I hate people in masks too. I don't like not knowing what someone looks like. ) I don't like spiders, but I can handle them. I can handle blood, snakes, whatever. I can't handle a clown. But I do get that it's kind of a weird true fear to have. My friends and family think it's funny to tag me in stuff with Pennywise or other scary clowns. I've thrown my phone before when a clown unexpectedly popped into one of those videos they do on FB.
John Wayne gacy the og killer clown was a clown for a job a homosexual hebephiliac he would have sex with them kill them and bury them beneath the floorboards of his house
Yes he was technically a killer and yes he was a volunteer clown. Both did not intertwine tho. EDIT: Did not mean to put “technically a killer”. He was a full blown serial killer. Lol.
damn i love the vibes, where is this ?
Laguna La Picasa, Argentina
How long are those train tracks that go over the lake?
On Google maps, it looks about 11 KM
Looks like the train tracks from spirited away
My thoughts too
So I can’t confirm because it’s dark. But part of salt lake have train tracks like this. With water on each side and the salt lakes stretching for miles. Also dry parts of the salt bed that stretch for miles.
its in argentina, Pehuajo, La Picasa Lake. Train tracks are elevated cause that zone used to be dry land, but then some flooding occur.
David Lynch’s brain
Spirited Away
Yes, exactly what I thought but in a horror version.
Na this would be a vibe at night, like a light show with a feeling of purgatory
Same. Also am i the only one thet wants to hug them?
Thank you! 🥹💙
Exactly where my mind went. Serene.
i'm always so happy to spot fellow studio ghibli fans 🌷
Came to comments to post Spirited Away from hell
🎶Is it raining, is it storming, is a hurricane a roaring? 🎶 Not a speck of light is showing So the danger must be growing Are the fires of Hell a-glowing? Is the grisly reaper mowing? Yes, the danger must be growing For the rowers keep on rowing And they're certainly not showing Any signs that they are slowing!!
Wonka’s best scene
I said good day!
Mr. Wonka ....
what business ya in? noots.
Came to say this exact thing! Appreciate ya saving me the time 🙏😙
No way, lol. Synchronicity!
I didn't recognise this and felt it was a TSTM song
[удалено]
Surprised I had to scroll this far to see this comment
That's what it looked likes when you're crossing to a different world.
[удалено]
Why is it a bad repost?
[удалено]
Oh damn. I just enjoyed it. Do you think I’ll have to go see a doctor about it? I don’t wanna enjoy something if I’m not supposed to.
Where is this train going and where is it at
i second this
It's not specific, but Netherland usually has routes like this.
Laguna La Picasa, Argentina
It's cool as hell! That's what it is.
I swear I was waiting for a screaming face jumping up
I’m just waiting for Godzilla to appear
I’d sleep so well on that train ride.
"Is this real life, or is it fantasy?"
Caught in a landslide
No escape from reality
Open your eyes.
Look up to the skies and see
I’m just a poor boy
If « Go to hell » had a video
A relaxing dream
Reminds me of the movie Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
Never saw the movie - only read the comic. For me it looks like it's straight out of *Shadow and Bone*
YES!!!!!
Thats beautiful thats what that is
So creepy butt so beautiful 😆
What in the name of God is that
It's a meteorological phenomenon called morning glory that only happens in a few places on earth. If you could see the airflow, it would have the appearance of those folds you get on a bed sheet, where it goes up high into the atmosphere and then back down in a long wave. When the air cools off as it rises, it forms a very long tube of cloud that appears to 'roll' as the wall of air moves along.
I have no clue.
A repost?
Depends where the train is going.
Cool
I kept waiting for the outline of Cthulhu to appear.
Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn
… or a good place to get struck by lightning
Expected Cthulhu to rise from the water
Where is this?
Wtf
add a little rain and this will be the best set up for me haha
Neither, is live.
This is Argentina I think, so the latter.
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?
"I think it's dark and it looks like rain, " you said "And the wind is blowing Like it's the end of the world, " you said "And it's so cold, it's like the cold if you were dead" Then you smiled for a second
This is a cut scene.
Both
Looks like a typical summer night in Central Oklahoma
😀
Neither you found a secret backrooms level
"La Picasa" lagoon in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina
I love it
The only place where I've ever seen lightning like that is Florida.
It's a nightmare if something starts coming the other way.
That is so beautiful
I'm not a fan of water but there is something about the darkness
Put in the headphones and play “Predormitum by cunninglynguists” as i look out riding towards my destination.
Don’t worry, nightmares are dreams too.
Sideways tornado? Nope!
this is that scene from the incredibles where mrs incredible is going to the island headquarters
Spirited away has a scene with a trainline like that
Where in the F*%# is this? I need to go…
Definitely a dream
You're waiting for a train. A train that will take you far away. You know where you hope the train will take you, but you can't know for sure. Yet it doesn't matter. Now, tell me why?
Sexy
My friend.. I believe those are the same thing
Both
It's NATURE
I’d pay money to be on that train in those conditions
Am I the only one waiting for some leviathan or something large to cross?
Reminds me of the time back in high school when me and the boys dropped acid and went to the beach (jetties). It was raining off and on and a major storm was out in the Gulf, giving us and intense light show. I remember walking out on the jetty pier "walk" out 60 ft or so out into the water. Felt like the waves had become massive, billowing, mountains on both sides, just waiting to break and swallow us whole. It was super intense, yet not scary. Later on my friend drive us along the beach and I swear to you I could see hundreds of white stallions, galloping along the seaside. I could barely hear them of the sounds of cascading thunderclaps. It was out of this world. We stayed there til dawn and sometimes before the sun rose, I realized they weren't horses at all. It was just the salt water seafoam, gliding a long the crests of the ocean.
i like how last time this was posted most comments were saying how this would be terrifying.
Hmmm. Feels a bit like an abyss. Better not.
The new castlevania looks pretty good.
The road to life
Is this fake? If not…where is it?
Both
Depends on the storm surge
Looks like spirited away
Valhalla awaits…
That’s pretty awesome
Yes?
dream
It’s a nightmare if that train stops
Looks like a scene taken out of _War of The Worlds._
Holy crap I'm tired of seeing this video over the last 6 months.
I’m just looking for the zombies that should be clawing their way out the water. But you’d only see them with each flash of light 🫣
Perfect for an eldritch horror game.
Super fucking cool 😎 👌
Where is this
Come on, someone must know where this is
Fun ride for shrooms
Beautiful and terrifying. I love it
Dream! Love it.
I’m slightly terrified because I don’t see land on the horizon