There are stories of residents helping each other after Hurricane Irma barrelled through the Caribbean. And then, there are reports of people planning to blow their fans towards the hurricane to prevent it from making landfall. About 60,000 people are attending a public event created on Facebook, called ‘Everybody Points Their Fans At The Hurricane To Blow It Away’. The description of event, posted by Joshua Stanaland, reads:Everyone takes their fans outside and points them at Hurricane Irma to blow it away from us. There were images and videos of people pointing industrial fans, home fans, even hairdryers out of their windows to ‘blow’ the storm away.

Source: Hindustan Times September 09, 2017 10:30 UTC