Funny weather pictures

[Rob H]

I thought it might be interesting to post some funny weather pictures that have been saved up over the years...

Just a few simple rules:
1) no blatant attacks on people, light-hearted mocking of "celebrity" chasers is probably OK
2) no NSFW pics
3) no more than 3 pictures per post, we don't want this to be an image dump that takes 5 years to load on a cable modem
4) tying in with #3, keep image sizes small - preferably under 800x600

UPDATE: Argh! I nuked my flickr account. I'll work on getting the images back up for all 10 people that enjoyed them

 

[Rob H]

Sorry, Skip

 

[Rob H]

"There were no tornadoes on 5/24/11" <insert date you busted here>

 

[Skip Talbot]

 

[Rob H]

This was not only a hilarious example of why not to hotlink, but also led to this:

 

[Scott Taylor]

I didn't take this picture but saw it recently and thought it funny...

From: http://blogs.woodtv.com/2013/11/26/weinermobile-ditched/

 

[Shawn Schuman]

I didn't take this picture but saw it recently and thought it funny...

From: http://blogs.woodtv.com/2013/11/26/weinermobile-ditched/

That must have been interesting if they had to call a wrecker.

"Hello, um, I just wrecked my weiner. Could you please send a tow truck?"

 

[Bob Schafer]

There is a connection between the Wienermobile and stormchasers. I wonder if anyone on here knows the connection besides me. Anyone know? It does NOT have anything to do with the TIV (which I state because a quick search led to some connection that way). I'll give this 24 hours to see if anyone knows this trivia, and then I'll reveal the answer!

 

[Joey Ketcham]

There is a connection between the Wienermobile and stormchasers. I wonder if anyone on here knows the connection besides me. Anyone know? It does NOT have anything to do with the TIV (which I state because a quick search led to some connection that way). I'll give this 24 hours to see if anyone knows this trivia, and then I'll reveal the answer!

You were the one driving the wienermobile when it wrecked into a snowy hillside and someone took the picture of it?

 

[Michael Towers]

There is a connection between the Wienermobile and stormchasers. I wonder if anyone on here knows the connection besides me. Anyone know?

The weinermobile once got stuck in a farmer’s field with several other weinermobiles after a navigation snafu led to a panicked decision to take the weinermobiles off road?

 

[Bob Schafer]

LOL..... nope. ~13 hours before I reveal the answer!

 

[Michael Towers]

A Yahoo Weinermobile once illegally passed a horde of other weinermobiles and when subsequently called out by the outraged weinermobile community tried to justify it by claiming it had another weinermobile up ahead playing scout?

 

[Skip Talbot]

 

[Bob Schafer]

I will provide the answer at 12:30 PM EST/11:30 AM CST/10:30 AM MST/9:30 AM PST. I suppose at this point I should provide a clue. I have struggled to come up with a "clever" clue, but here is one nonetheless: The connection is one that goes back many years. Many.

 

[Bob Schafer]

I saw a headline online in 2010 that the "Coroner Munchkin" from the Wizard of Oz had died. He was one of the last surviving "Munchkins".

As coroner, I must aver
I thoroughly examined her
And she's not only merely dead
She's really, most sincerely dead!

Upon reading the article I discovered that Meinhardt Raabe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meinhardt_Raabe had written and published a book: Memories of a Munchkin; An Illustrated Walk Down the Yellow Brick Road. I purchased a copy of it on Amazon, and I highly recommend it! http://www.amazon.com/Memories-Munc...823395&sr=8-1&keywords=Memories+of+a+Munchkin

From Wikipedia:

"In addition to his role in the film, Raabe worked for many decades as a spokesman for Oscar Mayer, where he was known as "Little Oscar, World's Smallest Chef". He traveled in the first Wienermobile, which was the idea of the company founder's nephew, Carl Mayer, in 1936. Because the vehicle had little space for any passengers, Mayer realized the spokesman would have to be small and Raabe got the job"

So there's the connection. Now whenever I see a reference to the Wienermobile, I of course immediately think of Meinhardt Raabe, and I bet you will too!

One of my favorite anecdotes from the book:

The World's Fair was held in Chicago in 1934. It featured "The Midget City", and a number of the Little People who worked there became Munchkins a few years later, including Meinhardt. There was a venue at the fair known as the "Old Mexico Nite Club", where various acts performed, the most famous of whom was dancer Sally Rand. Another act that appeared at the Old Mexico was the (3) Gumm Sisters, who danced and sang. Of course, we all know that the youngest of Grand Rapids Minnesota's Gumm sisters, Frances, later changed her stage name. So, it seems, there is a good chance that some of the Munchkins and Judy Garland were acquaintences several years prior to the making of The Wizard of Oz.