War Of The Worlds has been blamed for a mass panic in Siberia after locals mistook a tornado for an alien invasion.
People in the Khabarovsk region of Siberia jumped into their cars and fled their homes in panic when the freak wind arrived out of nowhere, flattening trees and destroying property.
But officials from local emergency services said the destruction had been caused by a freak tornado that ripped through the area.
They blamed the fear of an alien invasion on the recent showing of the Tom Cruise epic.
Natalia Lukash, spokesperson for Russia's Far-Eastern Emergency Situations Centre, said: "It was a strange phenomenon and many people jumped to the wrong conclusion and believed it had been caused by alien space ships landing in the area."
A team of experts has been sent to the area to survey the damage.
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_14 ... irkygaffes
OT: Tornado sparks 'alien' panic
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Re: OT: Tornado sparks 'alien' panic
Anybody know the whereabouts of Don Brash that day?CbFan wrote:War Of The Worlds has been blamed for a mass panic in Siberia after locals mistook a tornado for an alien invasion.
People in the Khabarovsk region of Siberia jumped into their cars and fled their homes in panic when the freak wind arrived out of nowhere, flattening trees and destroying property.
But officials from local emergency services said the destruction had been caused by a freak tornado that ripped through the area.
They blamed the fear of an alien invasion on the recent showing of the Tom Cruise epic.
Natalia Lukash, spokesperson for Russia's Far-Eastern Emergency Situations Centre, said: "It was a strange phenomenon and many people jumped to the wrong conclusion and believed it had been caused by alien space ships landing in the area."
A team of experts has been sent to the area to survey the damage.
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_14 ... irkygaffes
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Hiya Brian,Manukau heads observer wrote:how much rain did you get cb fan over the last few days?
(sorry to change the subject)
For the three days of the event we got:
47mm Mon
44mm Tues
32mm Wed
About 15km due west of the Purerua AWS.
The catchment handled it okay around here - Whangarei got the action this time.
(And it's more topical than some Russians getting the wind up )
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