"Mini tornado" strikes teachers' picket lines in Surrey (VIDEO)

Is this a sign of where mother nature leans in the teachers’ strike debate?

Earlier today, a powerful air vortex hit teachers who were picketing just outside Queen Elizabeth Secondary School on King George Boulevard in Surrey.

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Video captured and published on YouTube shows the spontaneous freak windstorm: picket signs and papers are seen spinning around in circles, flying high above several hundred feet into the air.

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Feature Image: Concerned BC Teachers YouTube screencap