It's like Hoth out there

December 22, 2009 4:20 AM

Star Wars Weather
posted by fearfulsymmetry (22 comments total)

Also bits of the Death Star might fall on your head.
posted by bwg at 4:34 AM on December 22, 2009

Two inches of snow from the weekend, lingering only in the shadows on the north sides of things, is like Hoth? Whatever.
posted by fantabulous timewaster at 4:34 AM on December 22, 2009

That's not what I was expecting. I was expecting:

HOTH: Cold
TATOOINE: Hot
ENDOR: Manmade Holocaust
posted by Plutor at 4:36 AM on December 22, 2009 [4 favorites]

Also,
posted by mrgrimm at 4:51 AM on December 22, 2009

That's not what I was expecting. I was expecting:

HOTH: Cold
TATOOINE: Hot
ENDOR: Manmade Holocaust

Well, considering that Endor is what pops up when you type in Los Angeles, I don't think you were far off.
posted by piratebowling at 5:04 AM on December 22, 2009

Utinni!
posted by steef at 5:06 AM on December 22, 2009 [1 favorite]

and I thought this thread smelled bad... on the outside!
posted by bondcliff at 5:50 AM on December 22, 2009 [4 favorites]

Now, if only it was in Fahrenheit...
posted by mollywas at 5:54 AM on December 22, 2009

It's like Hoth here in Boston, alright. Time to turn my cat into a tauntaun.
posted by Cat Pie Hurts at 6:02 AM on December 22, 2009

I discovered this a few days ago. Make sure to type in "nowhere".
posted by Lucinda at 6:32 AM on December 22, 2009 [2 favorites]

It gives me Yavin IV rather than Tattooine for Dubai.
posted by atrazine at 6:48 AM on December 22, 2009

Lame
posted by stormpooper at 6:50 AM on December 22, 2009

It's always Hoth for me. I guess that's what I get for living in Minnesota.
posted by punchdrunkhistory at 7:35 AM on December 22, 2009

At first I was told it was like Alderaan (the 404 page); but it turns out northern Norway is Hoth. No surprise; the scenes from Hoth were actually filmed in southern Norway.
posted by taursir at 8:03 AM on December 22, 2009

Saw this a few days ago linked on Twitter. Had fun with it for about 10 minutes. The funniest thing was accidentally stumbling onto the Alderaan page via a typo.
posted by cmgonzalez at 8:39 AM on December 22, 2009 [1 favorite]

That was a nice two minutes.
posted by Lacking Subtlety at 10:31 AM on December 22, 2009

It may currently be an Endor-like 18 °C in Palm Springs, CA, but I suspect the relative humidity needed to grow those big redwood-like trees needs to be a smidge higher than Palm Spring's current 19%.

I am not a botanist, let alone your botanist.
posted by timing at 12:26 PM on December 22, 2009

Vegas is like Endor? Hmmm...

(On a related note, I was never clear as to whether the moon's name was Endor, or the planet's name was Endor. "Forest moon of Endor" implies that Endor is the planet, and the action in the movie takes place on its forest moon -- otherwise they would say, "Forest moon Endor." I just learned today that both the planet AND its moon are named Endor. Interesting.)
posted by coolguymichael at 12:41 PM on December 22, 2009

I just learned today that both the planet AND its moon are named Endor. Interesting.

Interesting. No, wait. The other thing: tedious.
posted by Cogito at 1:50 PM on December 22, 2009 [1 favorite]

Darth Tedious.
posted by JHarris at 3:56 PM on December 22, 2009

Tallahassee is the summer is more like Kamino.
posted by grubi at 9:16 AM on December 23, 2009

*in*, not is.
posted by grubi at 9:16 AM on December 23, 2009