A picture of a man in Canada calmly mowing¹ his lawn with a menacing tornado² swirling³ in the background has gone viral on social media.

 

身后龙卷风疯狂肆虐，但加拿大一名男子仍在镇定自若地修剪自家草坪的照片近日在网络上走红。
 

 

Theunis Wessels was "fully⁴ aware" of the twister but "wasn't worried at all", his wife Cecilia, who took the photo, told the BBC.

 

She said the tornado was about 2km from their house in Three Hills, Alberta - much further away than it appeared in the photo. The storm was quickly gone, she added.

 

Mrs Wessels told the BBC she was sleeping in the house on Friday - but then was woken by her nine-year-old daughter who was concerned that her father would not abandon his lawn-mowing and hide inside from the tornado.

 

"My daughter was the most upset, saying 'Mum, what we gonna do?'"

 

Mrs Wessels came outside to check on her husband, who continued mowing. He said "Everything is OK," and he looked "calm, in control," she recollected⁵.

 

She added that he had some knowledge about twisters as he had recently attended a seminar organised by a storm-chasing association.

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