Good god … not only is there rampant flooding, there are also giant mutant children. AND the storm has made New York look like L.A.! It’s so much worse than we thought.

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Via Jack Stuef, whose joke I basically stole, and David Townes, who appears to be the original artist.

Hey, while we’re at it, here are nine more viral photos that aren’t Hurricane Sandy! (Uh, that one above is also not Hurricane Sandy. Spoiler alert?) Buzzfeed does a public service, yet again.

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