BuzzFeed - Buzz Tagged "disasters" http://www.buzzfeed.com BuzzFeed, Find Your New Favorite Thing en Copyright 2012 BuzzFeed, Inc. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:39:56 -0500 editor@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) info@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) Massive Florida Highway Pileup Looks Like A Real-Life Disaster Film http://www.buzzfeed.com/mattcherette/massive-florida-highway-pileup-looks-like-a-real-l These images are stunning. Authorities are still trying to figure out the cause of a massive pileup on Florida's Interstate 75 highway early Sunday that left at least 10 people dead and 18 more injured. These photos of the post-crash carnage—which look like they're straight out of a disaster movie—put the enormity of the tragedy into perspective. (h/t Fark )

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/mattcherette/massive-florida-highway-pileup-looks-like-a-real-l Mon, 30 Jan 2012 04:32:07 -0500 <strong>These images are stunning.</strong> Authorities are still trying to figure out the cause of <a href="https://news.google.com/news/story?pz=1&amp;cf=all&amp;ned=us&amp;hl=en&amp;q=massive+pileup&amp;ncl=dIedANJHgU1qjaMFWLkp6XTGXBNZM">a massive pileup</a> on Florida&#39;s Interstate 75 highway early Sunday that left at least 10 people dead and 18 more injured. These photos of the post-crash carnage--which look like they&#39;re straight out of a disaster movie--put the enormity of the tragedy into perspective. (h/t <a href="http://www.fark.com/comments/6909632/">Fark</a>) mattcherette nonadult The Most Cringe-Inducing Promo For A Marketing Agency You&#39;ll See Today http://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/the-most-cringe-inducing-promo-for-a-marketing-age This promo for marketing agency SapientNitro is making the rounds today, but not in a good way. I guess the point is that if you are a marketing agency, you should probably know better? Idea engineer! Plus (obligatory) rapping. Enjoy.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/the-most-cringe-inducing-promo-for-a-marketing-age Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:32:08 -0500 <b>This promo for marketing agency SapientNitro is making the rounds today, but not in a good way.</b> I guess the point is that if you are a marketing agency, you should probably know better? Idea engineer! Plus (obligatory) rapping. Enjoy. expresident nonadult 5 Major Cities That Are Going To Be Destroyed http://www.cracked.com/article_19394_5-major-cities-that-are-going-to-be-destroyed.html

If you turn on the news and hear that some city is being devastated by its fourth flood in 20 years, or that a village at the foot of some volcano has just been buried under lava, there is a 100 percent chance that someone in the room will ask, Why don't those people just move? It's a good question, and the answer gives us a nice insight into mankind's absolute refusal to back down from nature, even if it means certain destruction, particularly in these five major cities.

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]]> http://www.cracked.com/article_19394_5-major-cities-that-are-going-to-be-destroyed.html Tue, 06 Sep 2011 19:17:09 -0400 <b>If you turn on the news and hear that some city is being devastated by its fourth flood in 20 years, or that a village at the foot of some volcano has just been buried under lava, there is a 100 percent chance that someone in the room will ask, <i>Why don&#39;t those people just move?</i></b> It&#39;s a good question, and the answer gives us a nice insight into mankind&#39;s absolute refusal to back down from nature, even if it means certain destruction, particularly in these five major cities. cracked nonadult How To Ruin Star Wars http://www.buzzfeed.com/lenkendall/how-to-ruin-star-wars-wh6

I hope George Lucas sues the &%*# out of the people who put this concert together.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/lenkendall/how-to-ruin-star-wars-wh6 Thu, 26 May 2011 22:02:10 -0400 I hope George Lucas sues the &amp;%*# out of the people who put this concert together. lenkendall adult Meltdowns, Floods, Tornadoes, Oil Spills: Why Disasters Are Becoming More Frequent http://www.slate.com/id/2294013/

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]]> http://www.slate.com/id/2294013/ Tue, 17 May 2011 07:32:14 -0400 And what you can do about it. slate nonadult Disaster Wedding Cake http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewrhg/disaster-wedding-cake-1cr1 Think the wedding might be a disaster? Try this!

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewrhg/disaster-wedding-cake-1cr1 Fri, 18 Feb 2011 21:02:04 -0500 <b>Think the wedding might be a disaster?</b> Try this! andrewrhg nonadult Old School Disaster Girl! http://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/old-school-disaster-girl TurtleFeed found this rare photo of Disaster Girl 's evil grandma presiding over the 1933 Long Beach earthquake. Look at her dashing white ribbon!

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/old-school-disaster-girl Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:12:49 -0500 <a href="http://www.buzzfeed/com/turtlefeed">TurtleFeed</a> found this rare photo of <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/disaster-girl">Disaster Girl</a>&#39;s evil grandma presiding over the 1933 Long Beach earthquake. Look at her dashing white ribbon! expresident nonadult Movie Stunt Disaster http://www.buzzfeed.com/eliot/movie-stunt-disaster-26q

A stunt driver lost control of his Ferrari last night while filming Nicolas Cage's new movie The Sorcerer's Apprentice , crashing into a Sbarro in Times Square.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/eliot/movie-stunt-disaster-26q Mon, 04 May 2009 15:40:44 -0400 A stunt driver lost control of his Ferrari last night while filming Nicolas Cage&#39;s new movie <i>The Sorcerer&#39;s Apprentice</i>, crashing into a Sbarro in Times Square. eliot nonadult Leo DiCaprio-Jack Nicholson Morph http://www.buzzfeed.com/akdobbins/leo-dicaprio-jack-nicholson-morph Leo is turning into Jack (I'll never let go!). This is desperately unfortunate.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/akdobbins/leo-dicaprio-jack-nicholson-morph Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:03:29 -0400 Leo is turning into Jack (I&#39;ll never let go!). This is desperately unfortunate. akdobbins nonadult Blago's Pearl Harbor http://www.buzzfeed.com/akdobbins/blagos-pearl-harbor

Says the indicted gov: “Dec. 9 to my family, to us, to me, is what Pearl Harbor Day was to the United States…It was a complete surprise, completely unexpected. And just like the United States prevailed in that, we'll prevail in this.”

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/akdobbins/blagos-pearl-harbor Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:52:56 -0500 Says the indicted gov: "Dec. 9 to my family, to us, to me, is what Pearl Harbor Day was to the United States...It was a complete surprise, completely unexpected. And just like the United States prevailed in that, we&#39;ll prevail in this." akdobbins nonadult Disaster Girl! http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/disaster-girl She loves starting fires , but this devilish girl is responsible for other disasters, too!! Upload yours .

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/disaster-girl Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:43:20 -0400 She loves <a href="http://buzzfeed.com/jonah/pyromaniac-girl">starting fires</a>, but this devilish girl is responsible for other disasters, too!! <a href="http://buzzfeed.com/scott/disaster-girl#respond">Upload yours</a>. scott nonadult World Disaster Map http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/world-disaster-map-bu

A map of all the disasters happening in the world right now, in real time.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/world-disaster-map-bu Sat, 04 Oct 2008 11:28:33 -0400 A map of all the disasters happening in the world right now, in real time. mjs538 nonadult Universal Studios Fire http://www.buzzfeed.com/blanca/universal-studios-fire

Universal Studios caught fire Sunday morning, destroying sets from “Back to the Future”, “Austin Powers”, and “Bruce Almighty”, a mechanical King Kong, and 40,000-50,000 film and TV show reels.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/blanca/universal-studios-fire Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:47:47 -0400 Universal Studios caught fire Sunday morning, destroying sets from "Back to the Future", "Austin Powers", and "Bruce Almighty", a mechanical King Kong, and 40,000-50,000 film and TV show reels. blanca nonadult Ug99 http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/ug99

The U.N. warns that a quarter of the world’s wheat could be threatened by a new, “highly pathogenic strain” of wheat stem rust called Ug99.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/ug99 Tue, 13 May 2008 17:04:36 -0400 The U.N. warns that a quarter of the world's wheat could be threatened by a new, "highly pathogenic strain" of wheat stem rust called Ug99. scott nonadult Twittering The China Earthquake http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/twittering-the-china-earthquake

Twitter updates provided breaking news on the major quake near Chengdu, China.

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