As a freak storm battled the Chinese city of Qingdao social media began to buzz with the term ‘Seafood Rain’. Why? It was raining octopuses, starfish and molluscs. The bizarre storm featured winds as fast as 78mph and rain heavy enough to shatter windows. The weather in the Yellow Sea created waterspouts. This octopus storm […]
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It rained ice cubes in Gatlinburg
In Pure Spirit Have you ever seen hail like that? These ice cubes are large enough to hold between your fingers. It seems all too likely that windows will break. Is the weather getting stranger and do you think the changes are man made or not?
Watch this incredible supercell form
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoO89cqDgJU The weather can be impressive. In this video from Basehunters we can see the formation of a powerful supercell. Thanks to the timelapse we can see the clouds darken, swirl and become an incredible column of danger. In Pure Spirit What was the most impressive or scary weather you’ve ever been trapped in?
Super rare: Spinning circle of ice caught on camera
This spinning circle of ice was captured on camera by George Loegering. The retired engineer was out and about on the banks of the Sheyenne River in North Dakota when he witnessed the rare weather phenomenon. The spinning ice is odd because water normally still water freezes and water flowing quickly enough to swirl and […]
Would you name storms after US policy makers who deny climate change?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efAUCG9oTb8 This video has only been live for two days but it has already had nearly 1.5m viewers. If you’ve not yet seen it it’s funny despite being very serious. The proposal is that we stop giving topical storms and hurricanes names like “Andrew” and “Sandy” and name them after policy makers who refuse to […]
Mystical cloud wave photographed
Photographs that some have been described as a “cloud tsunami” have been taken in Flordia and published by MSNBC. The effect can happen when clouds are low and there’s a gentle breeze. The clouds are not dangerous but helicopter pilots need to be extra careful near them in due to the possiblity of sudden visiblity […]
Jumping and flickering clouds seem more alien than real
This video takes a few seconds to kick in – but it’s worth watching, paying attention and finally noticing what seems to be going on? There’s the question! What just is going on? It seems all too alien. Surely there’s no way clouds could flicker as quickly as that? But they are; take a look. […]
The face of Zeus appears in the clouds
This YouTube video has had about 2,500,000 views – two and a half million – that shows just how many people were amazed by the formation in the clouds. Of course, that number will only go up. The video has been online for less than a month at the time this blog post was written. […]
The mystery of the alien doughnut clouds
Radar screens used to track weather patterns have been seen to show giant doughnut sized clouds. The clouds are large enough to circle a small country and vanish as quickly as they appear. The rings are actually created by the weather messing with the radar technology. The doughnuts occur on radars when snow melts in […]
