Random Thoughts

[Angrboda]

Don’t shoot at the hurricane, it’s not scared of your guns

More than 30,000 people have joined a Facebook event organizing an effort to fire guns at Florence to scare the storm away from Richmond. The event is clearly not serious and carries a disclaimer from its organizer: “Do not actually discharge firearms into the air. You could kill someone and you cannot frighten a hurricane. I cant believe I actually have to write this.”

The Facebook group is one of several promoting tongue-in-cheek ideas for stopping Florence. One, playing off the “Aunt Flo” nickname for menstruation, suggests throwing tampons at the storm.

But in the past, law enforcement officials have had to clarify that shooting a bullet at a hurricane, even in frustration or jest, isn’t a great idea.