Bizarre blood red sky in China city freaks out residents

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“Red skies at night, sailor’s delight. Red skies at morning, sailor take warning.”

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Red sky all day, sailors stay inside and get drunk? I bet it rhymes in Cantonese.

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Any natural phenomenon that people interpret as a portent of doom.

Me: Neat!

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The East is red. What’s the problem?

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Yah, right. Just like UFOs are really weather balloons!

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Do not be alarmed citizens! In an actual emergency fire and brimstone will fall from the sky. Do not be alarmed. Keep calm and carry on.

The Muppets Panic GIF

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My, what a creative explanation. Did anyone get stats on how many fell for it?

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I’ve only ever seen a sky get a dark red when there were massive forest fires in BC, Canada and they winds were blowing the smoke over south east Alaska. We had a few weeks of orange/red skies and the faint smell of wood smoke.

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My experience

I lived close to the auction that was the initial superspreader event.

Orange skies, and I had to wash my hair several times a day to keep the smell of burning farm animals out of my hair. They did not smell of beef and lamb.

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