Sharknado, a 2013 B-movie farce about sharks taking over Los Angeles after a massive hurricane, is about as silly a premise as you’ll see in even that level of film.
But it turns out that something eerily similar happened in Australia recently. The country’s Queensland region of Burdekin is being levelled by Cyclone Debbie, which has dropped some 15 inches of rain and caused 160 mph winds, resulting in power outages and massive flooding.
The only people crazy enough to venture out in such weather are storm jouanalists, and one of them happened upon a five-foot Bull Shark, which was washed so far inland that comparisons to Sharknado have been circulating on social media.
Think it's safe to go back in the water? Think again! A bull shark washed up in Ayr. Stay out of floodwater. #TCDebbie #ifitsfloodedforgetit pic.twitter.com/DpP29Va1JG
— Queensland Fire Department (@QldFireDept) March 30, 2017
Now, if you ever actually see sharks flying through the air like in Sharknado, that’s when you know to start hauling ass.
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