Hurricane Michael Causes A Flood of Storm Footage, Memes Online

TAMPA, FL – Hurricane Michael has inspired thousands of people to take to social media to share storm footage, memes, and best wishes for those in the path of what is being called one of the worst storms to hit Florida's panhandle. Thousands of homes and businesses have already lost power. Heavy rainfall is expected to produce life-threatening flash flooding as the day goes on, Florida's State Emergency Response Team tweeted Wednesday morning.

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J.E. Mccullar took this video Wednesday morning near Fort Walton beach showing the storm rolling in.

A similar video was posted by the Okalaoosa Sheriff's office in Destin.

The following video was taken by Dennis Crum at Miramar Beach.

Memes including horror film favorite Michael Myers, pop music god Michael Jackson, and "The Office's" Michael Scott abounded. The latter, played by Steve Carrell, was the dysfunctional, yet lovable, regional manager of the fictional Dunder Mifflin company.

Other Floridians used memes to share some advice.

And some Twitter users decided to have some Photoshop fun at the expense of CNN's Anderson Cooper.

Email fernando.alfonso@patch.com or message him on Twitter, @fernalfonso, with your storm photos, videos, and memes.

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