Finding Humor in Hurricane Sandy

Hurricane Sandy is tearing its way up the East Coast, and the entire tri-state area has been practically shut down. Governor Cuomo has suspended mass transportation services, roads and bridges are closed and Fordham has cancelled classes for the next two days.  I decided to wait out the storm at home.

My family and I all noticed that the Internet is turning the storm into a pop culture sensation. This unprecedented storm has also succeeded in flooding social media. In honor of Hurricane Sandy preparing to hit land at some point today, here are some of my favorite tweets and memes.

The funniest of these spoofs is the Twitter account @AHurricaneSandy, which portrays the storm as a gangster ready to destroy the East Coast. Most of the tweets are pretty vulgar, so I’m not putting them on here. But here’s two of the best ones. The second one’s my favorite!

	HURRICANE SANDY (@AHurricaneSandy)
10/28/12 2:23 PM JUS BLEW DA ROOF OFF A OLIVE GARDEN FREE BREADSTICKS 4 EVERYONE

	HURRICANE SANDY (@AHurricaneSandy)
10/27/12 9:20 PM JUST BLEW A LAPTOP INTO THE OCEAN. NOW A DELL IS ROLLING IN DA DEEP.

The hurricane has also brought us some new Internet memes and images that refer to some famous Sandys in popular culture, starting with plays on Sandy Cheeks from Spongebob Squarepants.

Of course, Hurricane Sandy can’t be properly parodied without throwing in Sandy from Grease. Broadway World found this Facebook photo of “Hurricane Sandra Dee”:

Some other websites created a new meme combining the danger of the hurricane with Grease lyrics. Check them out at Buzzfeed! Here’s one example you’ll see there:

Although these things make Hurricane Sandy look like fun and games, this could be one of the most dangerous storms the East Coast has seen in a century. Everyone please stay safe!