Pictured here is a rare but TOTALLY AWESOME fire tornado that happened in Brazil, where a severe drought has dropped the humidity levels to those of the Sahara Desert. And no, before you ask, it didn’t smite any enemies of the Israelites.

Watch the ITV news report below, and check out the charming GIF that RoboPanda made for it over at Gamma Squad. There’s also this soundless video of the footage, which you can pair with the music of your choice over at YouTube Doubler. I think it goes nicely with Social Distortion’s cover of “Ring of Fire.”

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Some guy proposed to the on-air talent live on the Weather Channel (she said yes). Man, that must take some really big balls, knowing that ten, maybe even 12 people are watching.

[BuzzFeed]

You may recall the Weather Channel’s move to show weather-related movies on Friday nights, starting with The Perfect Storm last week. And as you can see from this clip where the network interrupts the film’s climactic scene with a poorly-timed commercial break, the people at the Weather Channel are not yet experts at showing movies. In case you’re unfamiliar with the movie [SPOILER ALERT], this is the part where the brave fishermen go up against the giagntic wave and they all die. And someone thought, “Hey, why not insert some commercials in the middle of the movie’s most important and dramatic scene?” C’mon guys. This isn’t today’s high temperatures in the Midwest.

Side note: you know what channel’s a real dick about showing movies? Spike. They’ll show something awesome like Kill Bill and put almost no commercials in the first hour to suck you in. And they gradually cut to commercial more and more frequently throughout the movie, so the final three scenes take like 45 minutes. Die in a fire, Spike. I’ve got HBO.

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The Weather Channel has announced its intention to begin airing weather-related movies on Friday nights, with the first installment being The Perfect Storm on October 30th — the 18th anniversary of the actual storm.

The films are either weather-themed or have plots in which weather plays a key role, Darby said. Meteorologist Jennifer Carfagno will host movie night and offer commentary.

Other movies include the documentary “March of the Penguins,” the thriller “Deep Blue Sea” and “Misery,” for which Kathy Bates won an Academy Award. [Yahoo]

Pfffft, if you’re going to use a Stephen King-penned movie with a blizzard, I’d go with The Shining over Misery six days a week (Sundays are for watching people get hobbled). But overall, this is a terrific idea. I love movies that feature weather as a character, especially if it’s a villain. And even more so if it’s an overly CGI’d villain. (See: Twister, The Day After Tomorrow, Dante’s Peak.)

And dude, Hard Rain? Hard Rain is an ACTUAL MOVIE. “It keeps raining and won’t stop raining! It really is raining very hard! Starring Christian Slater.” I love Hollywood.