11 Viral Photos That AREN’T Hurricane Sandy

It’s very, very easy to accidentally spread misinformation on social media, especially when it comes to natural disasters — as shown by this oft-blogged image from a Brunei storm. Here are some pictures to watch out for in Sandy coverage.

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This is often credited as Hurricane Isabel, but Snopes says it is not so: Its provenance is not known but some think it was a 2003 tropical cyclone in Australia.*

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A photoshop job of the Statue of Liberty and a supercell thunderstorm from 2004 taken by photographer Mike Hollingshead.

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This image is from a video called “Flooded McDonald’s” once part of a French* art installation by the Danish Group Superflex. Not the real thing.

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This Manhattan skyline fake has been floating around Twitter and Instagram today, but was originally on a Wall Street Journal post from 2011.

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This photo was taken during a storm in September 2012, in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

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Crazy satellite picture…of Hurricane Ike.

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Perfect Storm. From the movie.

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Twitter jokes.

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Instagram jokes.

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Facebook jokes.

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Updating as new photographs surface throughout the day, keep adding more in the comments!

*Corrected an earlier version that mistakenly attributed the first item to Hurricane Isabel. Thanks to Alex Ogle for the catch.

*Corrected an earlier version that incorrectly listed German not French. Thanks Alexj19.

*For some background on #2, check out this image. It only takes a few people to make a picture go viral, and then it’s out of the original poster’s hands!