Two fin-shaped objects were seen floating down a flooded street in Florida causing some to think there were sharks. Officials urged residents to evacuate the island as Tropical StormNicole approached. THUMB: Ohana Surf Shop via Storyful
with wind, rain and flooding battering the state, a common hoax resurfaced. A video of fin-like objects being swept down a flooded road on the Sunshine State's east coast sparked a joke that the objects were two sharks carried through the streets by the rushing water., which hammered the state six weeks ago. Residents were urged to evacuate in certain areas as floodwaters cascaded down roadways.
The post's caption said,"Sharks on the streets!!" and included hashtags for"Sharknado," a made-for-TV science fiction comedy disaster movie that is commonly referenced when shark hoaxes resurface during hurricanes. A Great White Shark swims about 50 meters off the coast of the Cape Cod National Sea Shore in Massachusetts on July 15, 2022. Shark appearances in public areas are a common hoax during hurricanes, and a man recently filmed debris rushing by on a flooded street."We've got a couple sharks," he joked.Storyful, a social media intelligence agency, shared the video and said it was taken by Jordan Schwartz, a local man who owns Ohana Surf Shop in Stuart, Florida.
The video was taken after residents received evacuation orders when storm surges breached the coast and flooding overwhelmed local streets. Schwartz also recorded more debris transported by floodwaters down the roadway, including a kayak."It looks real all the way through," he said in an Instagram message."So we were kinda in shock and [definitely] thought we had sharks at the beginning.
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