Holy Crap! Freakin' Aliens Are Stealing Our Water!

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A positively massive and downright otherworldy waterspout vortex formed over Tampa Bay, Florida on Tuesday.

WDRB meteorologist Jeremy Kappell shared the above photograph to Facebook. Said one commenter: "Thats freakin aliens stealing our water........."

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In fact, waterspouts are just non-supercell tornados that form over water. Via the American Meteorological Society:

Waterspouts occur most frequently in the subtropics during the warm season; more are reported in the lower Florida Keys than in any other place in the world. Funnel diameters range from a few up to 100 m or more; lifetimes average 5–10 minutes, but large waterspouts can persist for up to one hour.

http://io9.com/holy-crap-this-waterspout-is-enormous-743287385

[sbh]

1. And here I thought only Nestle did that.

[ConcernedCanuk]

2. No way - -

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If Aliens wanted water, I think they are smarter than to take it out of the Gulf.

Probably suck one of our Northern Lakes dry

oops - do they read english??



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[A Simple Game]

3. No, this way they get a threefer, they get water, salt, and heavy crude all in one swoop. n/t

[ConcernedCanuk]

4. LOL - never thought of it that way, but ya forgot something

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FOOD!

gotta be a few fish in there . . .



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[A Simple Game]

5. Yes, how could I forget? n/t

[ConcernedCanuk]

6. You were not hungry at the time

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I was . . .



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