I had something similar happen to me in Ottawa, Ontario - late at night, on my way home from work. Big storm, tree down on the road so I stopped - and then another tree fell in front of me. I turned around and found another route.
According to the Anarchist's Cookbook you run a cable between two trees so that it crosses the road at a 45deg angle. When the car full of NKVD/Stasi/Gestapo agents strikes the cable it guides the car into the tree. Al_in_Ottawa
Happened to me once during the height of Covid. Had it in my car and it developed a dried-up snot booger at the tip of the nozzle. I pressed it to clean my hands, and took it right in the face. Fortunately, I always wear safety glasses when I drive (airbag incident - metal glasses nose pillars and eyeballs don't mix) so all I got was a smeared glasses lens.
#6. Back in the early 90's was on the interstate, saw a dual axle truck shed its short shaft yoke. Back wheels picked it up, slung it about 5 cars back right through the wind shield from straight down. Pretty sure it penetrated the glass. Someone had dirty chonies that day!
#6 I had to replace the front bumper on a straight truck after catching a trailer tire that came across the median on I-80. The tire hit the bumper then flew over the truck. Happened too fast to react, just "WTF, boom"
Did #4 with a fireproof gunsafe, on a dolly, in the back of a U-Haul during a snowstorm in January, except my feet went forward and the safe landed on my chest.
You never know you can throw a 400# safe until one lands on you. But you always remember afterwards that frozen aluminum and snow do not mix.
#9: Lesson learned I hope. A lot of us have done something like this once. I'm talking about the unbalanced part, not the food on fire coming out of the oven part.
#1- "Well, that's a litttle more than I want to clean up with my chainsaw. Besides, I don't have enough mix with me. I'll take the long way around."
ReplyDeleteI had something similar happen to me in Ottawa, Ontario - late at night, on my way home from work. Big storm, tree down on the road so I stopped - and then another tree fell in front of me. I turned around and found another route.
Delete#1 what an unwanted armor column should see. Bonus points if they see it their rear-view mirrors too :-)
ReplyDeleteAccording to the Anarchist's Cookbook you run a cable between two trees so that it crosses the road at a 45deg angle. When the car full of NKVD/Stasi/Gestapo agents strikes the cable it guides the car into the tree.
DeleteAl_in_Ottawa
#2 a life lesson she should carry .
ReplyDeleteHappened to me once during the height of Covid. Had it in my car and it developed a dried-up snot booger at the tip of the nozzle. I pressed it to clean my hands, and took it right in the face. Fortunately, I always wear safety glasses when I drive (airbag incident - metal glasses nose pillars and eyeballs don't mix) so all I got was a smeared glasses lens.
Delete#1 was a landslide, #10 cracked me up :-)
ReplyDelete#6. Back in the early 90's was on the interstate, saw a dual axle truck shed its short shaft yoke. Back wheels picked it up, slung it about 5 cars back right through the wind shield from straight down. Pretty sure it penetrated the glass. Someone had dirty chonies that day!
ReplyDeleteTom762
#1 Is that a mudslide? I don’t see a windstorm
ReplyDeleteYep, a wind storm. The full video shows some trees landing on the car.
DeleteMichael in Nelson
The ground must have been saturated too.
Delete#6 I had to replace the front bumper on a straight truck after catching a trailer tire that came across the median on I-80. The tire hit the bumper then flew over the truck. Happened too fast to react, just "WTF, boom"
ReplyDelete#8: Nice job; looks like four equal pieces.
ReplyDelete#2 Money Shot
ReplyDeleteDid #4 with a fireproof gunsafe, on a dolly, in the back of a U-Haul during a snowstorm in January, except my feet went forward and the safe landed on my chest.
ReplyDeleteYou never know you can throw a 400# safe until one lands on you. But you always remember afterwards that frozen aluminum and snow do not mix.
#3: Asian drivers...
ReplyDelete#7 just makes my day.
#9: Lesson learned I hope. A lot of us have done something like this once. I'm talking about the unbalanced part, not the food on fire coming out of the oven part.