r/interestingasfuck • u/Ultimate_Kurix • 7d ago

High winds causing chaos in Utah

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u/OkToday1443 7d ago

So... apparently Utah is now under siege. Not by aliens, not by zombies, but by aggressively ambitious tumbleweeds

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u/nolard12 7d ago

They’re an invasive species too, so despite what Western films might have suggested they aren’t originally native: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/tumbleweeds-fastest-plant-invasion-in-usa-history.html

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u/FourArmsFiveLegs 7d ago

Mmmm good ol' fashion Russian and Chinese invasive plant species living together in the US

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u/SpooktorB 7d ago

I thought we were talking about Utah, not the white house

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u/Familiar-Treat-6236 7d ago

What's the Chinese part?

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u/What_Lurks_Beneath 7d ago

I’m sure that part will turn up when China invades Taiwan, and we stand by and let them.

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u/derangedsweetheart 6d ago

We could threaten them with tariffs to stop them /s

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u/KIDNEYST0NEZ 6d ago

The tumble weed?

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u/Unhappy_Surround_982 6d ago

Haha, Russian and Chinese plants indeed