Canada's mowing man and tornado photo goes viral
A picture of a man in Canada calmly mowing his lawn with a menacing tornado swirling in the background has gone viral on social media.
Theunis Wessels was "fully aware" of the twister but "wasn't worried at all", his wife Cecilia, who took the photo, told the BBC.
She said the tornado was about 2km (1.25 miles) from their house in Three Hills, Alberta - much further away than it appeared in the photo.
The storm was quickly gone, she added.
Mrs Wessels told the BBC she was sleeping in the house on Friday - but then was woken by her nine-year-old daughter who was concerned that her father would not abandon his lawn-mowing and hide inside from the tornado.
"My daughter was the most upset, saying 'Mum, what we gonna do?'"
Mrs Wessels came outside to check on her husband, who continued mowing.
He said "Everything is OK," and he looked "calm, in control," she recollected.
She added that he had some knowledge about twisters as he had recently attended a seminar organised by a storm-chasing association.
Many town residents were taking pictures of the tornado, and Mrs Wessels decided to post hers on Facebook and also sent them to her mother in South Africa.
She said her mother was very worried about her son-in-law, asking: "Why are you letting him outside? Please stay safe."
Very soon the picture began causing a storm on the social media.
One user wrote: "This is the craziest picture! Lol. I'm glad that the tornado didn't come down on your house!", while another described Mrs Wessels' husband as "the Chuck Norris of lawn mowers!"
Mrs Wessels said her photo had already been shared 3,500 times in two days, and she had received 256 friend requests.
She said Friday's tornado was moving east - away from the house, and was gone in less than five minutes.
It caused no injuries in the town, and only minor structural damage was reported.
Local authorities only issued a tornado warning after she had posted her pictures, Mrs Wessels said.
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A real definition of "Don't panic during a disaster!"
She got a cool daddy. Kept a cool head during a tornado. LOL.
I panic just thinking about it lol
Any normal man would. But he's a super daddy.
This is my backyard, right next door.
Lol 😂
Wow, what a brave dude
Yeah for sure! No way in hell I'd be out there!
Wow
That was my exact reaction lol
Haha yea, the photo is a gooder!!
Yes indeed 😉
HAHA great post! I've always heard them Canadians be crazy :)
Thanks! I thought it was interesting. I guess that's why it went viral.
So this is a copy pasted news item from the BBC, which you have no copyright over, but intend to turn into profit?
Remember, citing sources doesn't mean you have the right to republish other people's work for profit. And neither does this bring any value to Steemit, as this is not unique content.
Its true, but there are a lot of people who do this all day long. One muted me when I called him out on it. Not much lower rank like me can do. What do you suggest for people who do this every post? Compared to @riosparada who doesnt.
FULLY STEEM AHEAD!!!😉
If you see and article you like, post a link to it, use a couple of citations and comment on them, showing what you're thinking. Or take up a hobby, which you can share with the rest of the people here. For example, I publish my street photography.
If you take a close look at the highest paid articles, you will notice that most of them offer original work.
It is true though. If you notice i spend a lot of time writing from my head and reference very little in my posts, mostly. I agree that one shouldn't necessarily make anything from copying.
Look at @everittdmickey for example. He is a writer. Yet all he does is copy & paste.
It depends how you see things. He summarizes articles and posts links to them without much thought (I just criticized him for reposting some NASA data, which was not really proof checked by Forbes). And for this work he gets a couple of dollars.
If you want to get tens or hundreds of dollars per post you need original content and people to notice that you are consistently getting higher and higher payouts on your posts. Then they will mindlessly click, as soon as they see you username, knowing that they will get a good curator reward for your new posts.
On Steemit money followes money. To stand out from the crowd, do something unique, persistently, until you succeed in attracting people's attention.
Pfff this is fake.
They actually don't owe a mowing machine, just a scythe. What a poser.
On a more serious note: What a boss.
What is the opposite of going viral? Going dodo?
It's antivirus lol
That's what we call a redneck :) I live about 2 hours from Three Hills (redneck country)