Posted on 07/22/2015 7:25:35 AM PDT by ShadowAce
To great social media fanfare, "Sharknado 3" premiers July 22, 2015 at 9:00 p.m. ET on the SyFy Channel.
While campy disaster films aren't known for their scientific integrity, the Sharknado series makes some interesting inaccuracies.
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| A great white shark. (Credit: Flickr/Grant Peters) |
But "Sharknado" fans who live in fear of a shark-filled tornado can rest easy, the idea still remains completely implausible.
However, the weather has been known to cause several head-scratching events, ranging from seemingly apocalyptic to downright bizarre.
Many popular colloquiums suggest animals pouring from the sky - from cats and dogs all the way to men. Thankfully, these remain in the same realm of possibility as a sharknado.
However, there have been at least four documented instances of frogs raining from the sky. The most recent occurrence was in 2005, in Odzaci, Serbia.
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| A firenado is spawned on a field in Chillicothe, Mo., the week of May 7, 2014. (Photo/Janae Copelin) Whirling Vortexes of Fire |
Firenadoes, also known as fire devils, are created when strong winds whip an active fire to create a vortex.
"The heat of the fire rising through the air allows the vortex to strengthen and create the firenado," AccuWeather Meteorologist Eric Leister said. "The firenado can then suck more brush and debris into itself and fuel the fire further."
This phenomenon can be extremely dangerous, with some reporting to be able to launch embers miles away.
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| Ana Filipa Scarpa captured this photo of a bugnado comprised of red locusts on March 9, 2014, near Leziria Grande at Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal. (Photo/NASA/Ana Filipa Scarpa). Bugnadoes Darken Skies |
While not a weather event, when an ominous vortex of bugs appear to darken skies, the name seems only fitting.
In March of 2014, residents of Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal, witnessed a swarm of red locusts formed into a "bugnado."
AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist Bob Smerbeck said after the event that the tornadolike appearance was likely due to a combination of wind and thermal uplift from the sun creating warmth on the ground.
While the film's star, Tara Reid, insists a sharknado could happen, the only real menace to society it presents are out-of-control Twitter hashtags.
However, fans of the film can watch out for many of the rare but conceivable weather phenomenon that happen around the world.
Set your DVRs kids! It’s on tonight!!
Hey! That’s not JUST “Sharknado 3.” It’s “Sharknado 3: Oh Hell no!”......
Kitsch, culty, campy and oh so mindless fun! Where else could Tara Reid actually make a comeback?
Only because they didn't ask me.
I would have gone with:
“Sharknado 3: Aw Hell gnaw!”
A swirling cyclone of ravenous sharks descending upon Washington, D.C.? If only!!!!
I like your take on it! I messaged my daughter last night. “Be there or be square!” Tonight at 9PM!
Note the White Hut in the graphic at post #6...
TTIUWPOTR
(This Thread Is Useless Without Pictures Of Tara Reid)
omg-omg-omg! Nine hours to go... psyched.
Looking forward to the scenes from Universal Orlando, my favorite park of all.
The RiffTrax (evolved MST3k) of Sharknado 1 is available to stream or download. I’d expect their SN II to be available soon too.
Ann Coulter plays the VP. An interviewer asked if she died in the film and she replied: “It’s called Sharknado, what do you think?!”
Oh my!
Still better than Miley Montana.
And Laz would hit it.
It needs Donald Trump in the Film!
Tara Reid in a bikini is perhaps the most effective anti-drug message ever devised.
Laz....yes, Laz...he was put on this Earth to ensure all females were loved. God gave him everlasting beer-goggles. God bless him!
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