# Firenado

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firenado/821606>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 19, 2018, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firenado/821606 "2018-09-19T23:34:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firenado/821606/1 "2018-09-19T23:34:23Z")

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Everyone needs to see this just because it is awesome. A cyclone of fire.

[https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-45478931/officials-watch-as-fiery-cyclone-grows-over-200-ft-high](https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-45478931/officials-watch-as-fiery-cyclone-grows-over-200-ft-high)  
The next Sharknado is being written as we speak…

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**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firenado/821606/2 "2018-09-20T00:36:35Z")

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Obviously fake. You expect me to believe there’s a place called Vanderhoof?

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**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firenado/821606/3 "2018-09-20T00:52:55Z")

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They got all kinds of weird things up there in BC!

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firenado/821606/4 "2018-09-20T01:37:24Z")

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There was something in the air that night. The stars were bright.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firenado/821606/5 "2018-09-20T04:47:00Z")

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Oh, bull.  
(As in Fernando the…)🙂

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**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firenado/821606/6 "2018-09-20T05:05:36Z")

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Needs more sharks.

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**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firenado/821606/7 "2018-09-20T05:12:56Z")

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I remember a fire at a Jim Beam factory, caused by a lightning strike, and reported as a [Whisky Firenado](https://www.iflscience.com/environment/firenado-fuelled-jim-beam/). Ever since, I’ve known what my band will be called.

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**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firenado/821606/8 "2018-09-20T16:39:38Z")

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The [longer version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Prz8k4hGRkQ) shows why the firefighter was throwing the rock at the firenado. He was pissed off because it had sucked up their firehose and melted the end!

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**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firenado/821606/9 "2018-09-21T00:11:28Z")

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> [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#):
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> I remember a fire at a Jim Beam factory, caused by a lightning strike, and reported as a [Whisky Firenado](https://www.iflscience.com/environment/firenado-fuelled-jim-beam/). Ever since, I’ve known what my band will be called.

[Better link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELo7VtCN9s8)