The Great Molasses Flood was a real weather disaster - Apparently.
On January 15, 1919, a storage tank containing over 2.3 million gallons of molasses burst in Boston's North End, sending a 25-foot wave of molasses through the streets at an estimated 35 miles per hour. The disaster killed 21 people and injured 150, with some victims trapped under the sticky molasses for hours. The disaster was so unusual that it was still being investigated 20 years later, and its cause remains a topic of debate among historians and scientists.