# . . . and it's only May. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 24, 2011, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-its-only-may/583082 "2011-05-24T22:46:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-its-only-may/583082/1 "2011-05-24T22:46:10Z")
Civil strife all across the Middle East. Earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accidents in Japan. Floods and tornadoes up and down the Mississippi Valley. And it’s only May. What has the rest of the year in store for us, I wonder? :eek: And the hurricane season hasn’t even started yet! ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-its-only-may/583082/2 "2011-05-24T22:58:29Z")
Still won’t be as bad as 2010, unless some jackass brings vuvuzelas back. ---
**Author:** ![Tracyfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f14d63/32.png) [@Tracyfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracyfish)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-its-only-may/583082/3 "2011-05-25T01:09:38Z")
Don’t forget about the rapture that Harold Camping still says happened in May. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-its-only-may/583082/4 "2011-05-25T10:56:11Z")
No, he had miscalculated. The real end of the World is in October. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-its-only-may/583082/5 "2011-05-25T13:19:57Z")
> [@Floater](#): > > No, he had miscalculated. The real end of the World is in October. [July 5,](http://www.modemac.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl/The_End_Is_Coming) actually. But that’s still quite a long way off! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-its-only-may/583082/6 "2011-05-25T13:58:17Z")
Extraordinary dought and record wildfires across much of the south. Iceland has gone volcanic on Europe again. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-its-only-may/583082/7 "2011-05-25T14:02:58Z")
Bring on the hurricanes, I could use the rain. ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-its-only-may/583082/8 "2011-05-25T15:23:24Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Iceland has gone volcanic on Europe again. I think they have already switched it off (someone on radio said so anyway). ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-its-only-may/583082/9 "2011-05-25T15:25:22Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [July 5,](http://www.modemac.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl/The_End_Is_Coming) actually. But that’s still quite a long way off! ☹ But that’s my birthday. I hope the world ends _after_ I get my presents. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-its-only-may/583082/10 "2011-05-25T15:34:49Z")
I often wonder the total number of people that have lost their homes to floods or tornadoes this year. It’s got to be tens of thousands. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-its-only-may/583082/11 "2011-06-16T16:53:42Z")
Just saw on CNN that there’s a raging uncontained forest fire in Arizona, it’s affecting air quality, and the whole Southwest is at increased fire risk this season. Whew! We were almost in danger of getting bored! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-its-only-may/583082/12 "2011-07-23T22:41:43Z")
[And July does not disappoint.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Behring_Breivik)☹