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FIRENADO AT A JIM BEAM POND.

September 26, 2015 at 9:17 PM · Uncategorized

FIRENADO AT A JIM BEAM POND. I posted here about Sharknado, a frankly bad movie about sharks and a bad storm (the word “sharknado” is formed from “shark” and “tornado”.)

Matthew Ainslie posted on Facebook about a “firenado”. This video from the USAToday site shows the firenado, which occurred when lightning struck a Jim Beam warehouse in Kentucky. The accompanying article by Mike Foss tells what happened next: “hundreds of gallons of bourbon poured into a retention pond and caught fire. Finally, forceful winds brought the fire into the sky, creating a firenado.”

You could think of it as a testament to the powers of bourbon.