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The pollen count in the Northeast is out of control right now. It’s ranging from ‘Very High’ to ‘High’ throughout the region, and people with allergies are getting hit harder than they have in recent memory.
We can all read a forecast on Weather.com but without seeing the pollen pile up on a car and turn it yellow it’s hard to visualize how bad the allergy forecast really is. Eric Henderson of Millville, New Jersey wanted to test out just how bad the pollen really is outside and he did so by driving his backhoe loader into a tree to release the pollen and that clip has gone viral because HOLY HELL it’s the most pollen you’ll ever see.
Here are both Instagram and Twitter versions of the video (the same clip) so you can choose which one you’d rather watch based on your preferred format:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bil-Gu2H5eK/
Pollen Bomb! Eric Henderson wondered what would happen if he tapped a pollen-laden tree with his backhoe in Millville, NJ. His wife Jennifer grabbed the video. Makes you want to sneeze!#AllergySeason pic.twitter.com/L2cURSNmXf
— Mike Seidel (@mikeseidel) May 8, 2018
Naturally, people saw this pollen release and started retweeting like hell. There were also plenty of jokes to be made on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/casspa/status/994300892936536064
— Adrian A. Santana (@Foxhoundx12345) May 9, 2018
Guzuntite! pic.twitter.com/6dALWLcdAn
— Tommy Vito (@tommyvito) May 9, 2018
Brought to you by @Benadryl and @Zyrtec.
— Twinsguy15 (@twinsguy15) May 9, 2018
looks like when you stir miso soup after not touching it for a few minutes
— Arcaydes 🏳️🌈 (@arcaydes) May 9, 2018
The struggle is real out there for people who suffer from allergies. I’ve always been fortunate enough to never struggle with pollen allergies but I’ve witnessed ex-girlfriends look like they were going to die from the pollen count in the Northeast and I can’t even imagine what it’s like for central New Jersey residents right now with a pollen count like that.