Awesome Disasters

This video shows the kind of terrifying catastrophe that can happen in a metal factory. J.D. Christopher shared this footage of a fiery disaster on an aluminum extrusion line that he described accurately as opening “a portal to a demon dimension.” Fortunately, nobody was injured in the incident.

Movies and TV shows use a mix of practical, optical, and digital visual effects to simulate natural disasters. Insider compiled behind-the-scenes footage from eight movies where VFX pros brought storms, earthquakes, tsunamis, and other acts of Mother Nature’s fury to life.

(NSFW:Language) Here’s hoping our East Coast readers are overcoming any difficulties that Sandy dealt them. We can only imagine what it’s like to witness nature’s fury like what imasharky captured.

No matter what your opinion of the megafest is, you have to hand it to the Lollapalooza organizers for getting the capacity crowd out of the path of this dangerous storm and safely back to raging.

Here we were thinking that bee swarms and hungry bears were the scariest thing about being outdoors. Let’s just say that there will be no pic-a-nik basket negotiating when it comes to mudslides.

An ice hockey team in Slovakia manages to narrowly escape tragedy when the roof on their rink unexpectedly collapses under the weight of the snow outside. Incredible footage, and no injuries.