How SyFy's 'Sharknado' took over Twitter

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The Syfy channel aired "Sharknado" Thursday night - a movie about sharks being tossed on land by a tornado, terrorizing the people of Los Angeles. Twitter had a little fun with it...

'Sharknado': Watch the trailer and understand what everyone is talking about

The Syfy channel aired "Sharknado" Thursday night - a movie about sharks being tossed on land by a tornado, terrorizing the people of Los Angeles.'Sharknado' has gotten a huge response from people, generally in the form of making jokes. The premise is, after all, about sharks falling from the sky.Watch the 'Sharknado' trailerThe hashtag #Sharknado quickly started trending on Twitter, and stayed the top trend into Friday morning.No way is SHARKNADO as entertaining as the Tweets about it. Congrats, @SyfyTV. ...

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