'Congress, fund this!' NASA follows triumphant Pluto fly-by with multiple 'Sharknado 3' tie-ins

With Syfy’s “Sharknado 3” sitting comfortably atop Twitter’s list of trending topics as expected, it was inevitable that every brand manager and TV meteorologist would be hard at work trying to play off the publicity somehow.

#Sharknado3 is ready to hit the east coast! Are you ready? Be safe out there! http://t.co/uQZY6kvMbU

— American Red Cross (@RedCross) July 23, 2015

.@TonyTalls Simply put, any #Sharknado has no bite against our @USArmy soldiers.

— Department of Defense ?? (@DeptofDefense) July 23, 2015

#Sharknado3 viewing party look. ? pic.twitter.com/fyql9bmHrS

— Victoria's Secret (@VictoriasSecret) July 23, 2015

Phone is ringing off the hook here in the weather center in Charleston! No folks it's just a movie, we're fine! #Sharknado3

— Dave Williams (@LCWxDave) July 23, 2015

My two favorite things! @NASA and tornadoes! #Sharknado pic.twitter.com/qZIWJe1zI9

— JR Hehnly (@stormchasing) July 23, 2015

Speaking of NASA, those close-ups of Pluto were pretty cool, but what do they do now that they’ve run out of solar system? Lots of Sharknado-related things, it turns out.

Watching #Sharknado3 on @SyfyTV? Well, we're watching storms across the globe: http://t.co/1qAJIdyUfO @NASAHurricane pic.twitter.com/9Vq7WQnRve

— NASA (@NASA) July 23, 2015

Watching #Sharknado3 on @SyfyTV? Star mapping for @NASA_Hubble now helps track whale sharks: http://t.co/EWUpe2BgTD pic.twitter.com/jQGq16WRyR

— NASA (@NASA) July 23, 2015

Watching #Sharknado3? We help protect actual endangered sea creatures using satellite data: http://t.co/diXmLVnVCe pic.twitter.com/deVmJqOFl7

— NASA (@NASA) July 23, 2015

But are you protecting #SHARKTOPUS and #dinoshark cc @tinynotebook https://t.co/IdfJPly82B

— SalenaZito (@SalenaZito) July 23, 2015

@NASA no one cares, NASA. Focus on making sharks in space

— Goose Is Loose (@Cobra_Chicken) July 23, 2015

@NASA @_AmandaWyss Thank you NASA!

— Christine Machanska (@ChristineMachan) July 23, 2015

https://twitter.com/carmalcowboy/status/624032950783451136

@NASA thats a big ass catfish, hands down

— Sean Bustafree (@sean489mob) July 23, 2015

Watching #Sharknado3? No secret space shuttle but @NASA_Orion will take us on a #JourneyToMars http://t.co/6yFUQcUHYC pic.twitter.com/T2I1vWnotU

— NASA (@NASA) July 23, 2015

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