We humans like to think that we’re in charge of the planet we live on. Without being able to collectively decide how it should be done, we’re at the controls. But are we in control?

The scientific community is, in fact, converging on the idea that we have entered a new phase of Earth’s history — one in which our activity has become a powerful agent of geological change, equal to the other great forces of nature that build mountains and shape continents and species. The proposed name for this emerging period is the “Anthropocene” or the age of humanity.

But nature doesn’t care about that. It’s not conceding anything and reminds us about its power whenever it has the chance. From droughts and wildfires to earthquakes and floods, it has plenty of tools to do so as well.

So we at Bored Panda decided to put together a list of pictures, showing just how chaotic our surroundings can get. Continue scrolling to check them out and upvote the most memorable ones!

#1 Dedication On Display For Buffalo Bills Fans

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#2 Hurricane Mattew Was A Sod Of A Beach In Daytona

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To learn more about the weather, we contacted Bob McDavitt, a weather guru who uses //etBoB to provide weather information for cruising sailors, primarily for those in the South Pacific.

McDavitt was born in Marton, New Zealand, and was schooled in Wellington. He graduated with B.Sc (hons) degrees in Maths and Computer Science from Victoria University, and has been a meteorologist since 1975.

For twenty years, McDavitt was the MetService Weather Ambassador, and focused on promoting friendly relations with weather users. This involved communicating awareness about any incoming nasty weather, keeping an eye on the impact of the weather on the coming season and any special events, and arranging MetService promotions, displays, and exhibitions.

#3 This Is What Happens In My Hometown When You Don’t Leave The Faucet Trickling In The Winter. Pipes Bursting In Watertown, NY

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#4 Welcome To Narnia: Two Days Of Gale Force Winds Along Lake Erie Have Iced Over Many Of The Homes Along The Beach In Hamburg, NY

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#5 Over 4 Meters (13 Ft.) Of Snow At Riksgränsen Skii Resort In Northen Sweden

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“The meteorological way of making a weather prediction is based on the scientific method,” McDavitt told Bored Panda.

“1) Data is gathered to measure what is happening now; 2) This data is turned into a grid of numbers; 3) Computer programs that mimic known physics extrapolate these numbers into a future state/time; 4)These numbers are then converted into text and graphics to send off to users who are warned when defined thresholds are exceeded,” the weather guru explained.

#6 Got A Call Earlier That A Tree Fell On My House

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#7 Tornado-Driven Branch Impales My House Directly Above My Kid’s Bed

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#8 Hail Through Sunroof

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#9 So There’s Been A Bit Of Rain In Ireland Recently

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It is said that a five-day forecast can accurately predict the weather approximately 90 percent of the time, a seven-day forecast is right about 80 percent of the time, and a 10-day—or longer—forecast will live up to its words only about half the time.

Models have to use estimates and assumptions to predict the weather. But the atmosphere is constantly changing and those estimates are less reliable the further you get into the future.

“Weather is a mix of pattern and chaos,” McDavitt pointed out. “We can only follow the pattern and attempt to work out the bounds of the chaos.”

#10 The Sky In Murcia, Spain, Turned Orange Because Of Dust From The Sahara

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#11 Went To Go See The Golden Gate Bridge

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#12 The Roof In My Apartment Collapsed Due To Rain, But The Latex Paint Caught The Drywall

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#13 When You Are Flooded, And Don’t Wanna Get Electrocuted, But Hopeful

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#14 This Tree Was Struck By Lightning 3 Hours Ago

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#15 My Sister Rented A Flat Here In North Of Iceland For Christmas. This Is Her View

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#16 Thickness Of Ice On My Windshield In Romania

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#17 I Hate Freezing Rain

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#18 Mother Nature Decided That This BMW Should Be A Convertible

Massive storm with high winds uprooted a bunch of trees yesterday.

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#19 Heavy Rain Turns Stairway Into A Waterfall

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#20 When It’s Your Stop And The Doors Open To This

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#21 This Poor Lambo I Towed In Calgary Ab After Hail And Flooding

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#22 Record Flooding In Seoul, South Korea. 336 Mm/13 In Of Rain In A Day

#23 Hurricane Damaged Boardwalk

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#24 My Trip To Mount Rushmore Last Year

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#25 Our Beloved Hotdog Stand Got Damaged During Hurricane Irma

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#26 Algeria, Les Fusillés Metro Station This Evening. After The Torrential Rains

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#27 The Glass In My Lizard’s Tank Randomly Exploded In The Middle Of A Thunderstorm

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#28 In Iceland – Restaurant Had A Broken Door During A Severe Snow Storm

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#29 Nearly One Month After Finally Repairing My House From Hurricane Laura, One Of The Worst Rainstorms In 50 Years Hit My Town And Filled My House With Water

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#30 An Australian Man Goes Shopping For Essential Groceries (Beer) During Flooding And Severe Storms

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#31 There Was A Blizzard Last Night So We Decided To Check On Our Car

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#32 This Tree Collapsed In A Very Strange Way From The Weight Of The Snow

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#33 Summers In England

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#34 Lightning Blew Up My Mailbox Last Night, Of All The Things

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#35 After Flood, Fire And Rescue Departments Going Door To Door To Check The Safety Of Structures

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#36 A Bit Windy Today

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#37 Flood Continues In The North Of Yakutia, Russia’s Largest And Coldest Territory. Several Villages Are Now Completely Under Water

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#38 Car Parked In Underground Parking (P3) Covered In Snow Overnight

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#39 My Ceiling Is Leaking And The Storm That Is Causing It Isn’t Stopping Any Time Soon

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#40 16 Years Of Ivy Growth Destroyed In A Single Night Of High Winds. The Entire Brick Wall Was Covered To The Top

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#41 My Front Yard 12 Hours Ago

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#42 Guy Parks On The Stripes Thinking He Can Avoid The Freezing Rain Only To Be Under A Leaky Pipe

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#43 So It Rained A Little At My Grandparents’

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#44 I (Left) Was Excited To See The Tip Of Africa From Gibraltar But… Fog. Still The Closest I’ve Ever Been

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#45 Not As Bad As The Guy Who Traveled To See The Golden Gate Bridge, But This Is My Wife And I At The Highest Point On Skyline Drive, Overlooking The Majestic Shenandoah Valley

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#46 St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. 75+ Cm Of Snow In Less Than 24 Hours. We Can Barely See The Top Of Our Honda Civic To The Right Of Our Truck

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#47 Record-Breaking Snowfall From Canadian Blizzard. 30 Inches Fell On Friday Alone

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#48 This Tree Fell And Pulled The Whole Lawn Up With It

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#49 Wind Did This

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#50 A Bit Of Light Rain At The Office

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#51 New Orleans Is Flooding At The Moment

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#52 Lightning Strikes A Golf Practice Green In Iowa

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#53 Tree In My Town Burning From A Lightning Strike

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#54 Lightning Hit Sidewalk

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#55 Hurricane Irma Sucked All Of The Water Out Of My Canal In Naples, FL

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#56 Wind Was A Little High In Colorado

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#57 My Friend’s Car After It Randomly Hailed, With Baseball-Sized Hails, While It Was +20 Degrees, In The Middle Of June

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#58 Colorado Got Hit By A Mild Hail Storm

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#59 Atlasjet A320 Radom And Windshield Seriously Damaged By Hail At Istanbul

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#60 Crazy Weather Golfball Size Hail Storm

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#61 It’s Been So Cold, I Snapped My Welcome Mat

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#62 Coworker’s Kids Left The Van Door Open Before A Storm

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#63 My Neighbor’s Tree Went Through My House Yesterday. Really Bad Storm Ripped Through Central North Carolina

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#64 It Was Supposed To Be My Income For The Next 2 Months. All Were Destroyed Last Night After A Storm. Before vs. After

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#65 Oregon Coast During The Wildfires, Raining Ash

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#66 A Little Windy In Phoenix

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#67 Took This Pic When The Sandstorm Was About To Hit

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#68 This Photo Was Taken At 9 AM On August 17, 2018, In Prince George, British Columbia. The Smoke From The Wildfires Is So Thick It’s Blocking Out The Sun

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#69 My Friend Was Flying Out Of Phoenix Last Night. He Just Missed The Dust Storm

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#70 My Brother With His Mouth Open In A Dust Storm. I Never Told Him, But He’s My Hero

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#71 Going To Need A Bigger Snowblower

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#72 Insane Storms In Australia. Everything Is Flooding After Millions Of Hectares Were Burned Last Year

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#73 I Guess I’m Not Driving Anywhere Today

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#74 “I Know You’re Not Feeling Well, Let Me Move Your Car For You.” The Next Morning

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#75 Drove Across Half Of The US To Witness The Majesty Of The Grand Canyon

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#76 Made It Out – Eastern Canadian Winter

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#77 Traveled To Norway From Florida, Spent 4 Hours Climbing Pulpit Rock In 40-Degree Weather With Rain To Be Blessed With This

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#78 Iowa Corn Flattened By 100mph Winds

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#79 We Had A Little Wind Yesterday. Time To Dig Out

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#80 Storm Doris Had Winds Of Up To 94 Mph

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#81 My Cousin Is A Long-Distance Truck Driver. He Underestimated The Winds In Arizona

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#82 My Dad Just Finished Remodeling His House Last Month From The Last Major Hurricane. Woke Up At 2 This Morning To 7 Inches Of Water Through The House

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#83 My Ping Pong Table After Being Left Out In The Rain

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#84 Some Apartments At My Old University Flooded Due To Rain On The First Day Of Classes

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#85 April On The East Coast. Sunday: Got My Car Out, Ready For Summer vs. Monday: Just Kidding

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#86 Damaging Winds And Severe Storms Just Blew Through Indiana. Patio Table Stuck Into A Wall

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#87 What Happens In Southern Utah After A Wind Storm

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#88 So There Were “High Wind” Warnings In Oregon. Didn’t Expect This To Happen Though

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#89 This Is What It Looks Like In New Mexico, Extremely High Winds And Drought. This Was Around Noon

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#90 Cedar Tree Explosion

A storm blew through central Kansas this evening and exploded this cedar tree near my house. Someone speculated it was a microburst. I just thought it was neat.