Posted on 06/15/2018 2:01:47 PM PDT by BBell
It's raining octopus! Sea creatures fall from the sky after being 'sucked from the ocean by a waterspout and carried into coastal city' during powerful storm in China
The pictures were taken in Qingdao city in east China's Shandong Province
Qingdao Meteorological Administration posted images of the sea creatures
An octopus, mollusks, shellfish and other marine life can be seen in the images
The hurricane-force wind speeds generated during the storm set a new record
Incredible photos have emerged from China that show octopus and other sea creatures raining from the sky after being sucked out of the ocean by a violent storm.
The images were taken in the coastal city of Qingdao in eastern China's Shandong Province on Wednesday.
Although the images may seem unlikely, fish can be sucked from the sea by tornado-strength winds which form a waterspout. The animals sucked up with the water can be deposited hundreds of yards or even miles away after being released by the wind.
Recent examples of the phenomenon include a 2017 incident in Mexico in when fish rained from the sky in the town of Tampico, and a downpour of fish in the town of Kerala, India in 2008.
The Chinese Meteorological Administration, China's national weather agency, confirmed there had been a number of sea creatures blown onto the land by a waterspout.
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Octnado!!
That did not take long.
Noooo, not Patrick!
The Fortean weather forecast for tomorrow.
Cold, with a rain of frogs late afternoon,
turning to fish after 9pm.
Honey! Get the bucket! It’s raining dinner!
My god, look at the size of that giant shrimp!!!
Now it’s raining oxy-moron’s too!
Shrimp on the Car-bie?
It was the Fish Monger’s wife!
All coming soon to a Chinese restaurant near you!
It took nine comments to get a Sharknado pic. Man, we Freepers are slowing down...
How come the octopus has only 7 arms? Septapus?
Man I remember the Cthulhu bumper stickers in 2008 when McStain ran against Odungo. Couldn’t find him on the ballot though as I surely would have voted the lesser evil.
Is that where a ship full of Chinese mobile homes sank?
“Noooo, not Patrick!”
Yeah, its Patrick. Shame....Guess the Bikini Bottom Super Band is looking for a new drummer. If only we had an octopus?
One lost in travel.
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