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gp (Garrett)
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 01, 2002 - 07:54 pm: | 
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http://www.minca.cz/suzuki/ |
Blake Luse (Muddyrover)
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 01, 2002 - 08:34 pm: |
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what the hell is that
a natural spring in the middle of a street
????????????? |
Steve Andrews (Sillybus)
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 01, 2002 - 09:37 pm: |
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That is hilarious. |
Carter Simcoe (Carter)
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 01, 2002 - 09:37 pm: |
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holy shit |
Leslie N. Bright (Leslie)
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 01, 2002 - 10:30 pm: |
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CZ.... Czechoslovakia?
I'm guessing that there was a sinkhole developing in the Karst region, piping had been going on of the soil underneath the asphalt to begin with, then a watermain broke and flushed the last bit of support away, leaving a sheet of pavement over a hole in the ground... the car driving onto it forced it the pavement to give, dropping the car into the hole... like the Porsche dealership went into one in Florida....
-L |
Bill M. (Circekat)
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 01, 2002 - 10:32 pm: |
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I thought that only happened in Florida. Oops?!
Bill M. |
Blake Luse (Muddyrover)
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 02, 2002 - 01:57 am: |
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if only she had a rover
w/ a snorkel of course |
KJ
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 02, 2002 - 02:18 am: |
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Gotta love the old dude in the foreground with the shopping bag. Never a chance HE was going to get involved, LOL!
Karen |
Leslie N. Bright (Leslie)
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 02, 2002 - 08:28 am: |
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Oh!
I should have thought of this last night... wasn't there a LOT of flooding over there not too long ago? The flooding could have forced the acceleration of the piping of the substrate under the tarmac.....
FWIW....
-L |
gp (Garrett)
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 02, 2002 - 08:43 am: |
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i love it when you talk dirty like that leslie. all this talk of karst soils makes me crazy!!! haha.
actually we have lots of that happening here in central PA. |
Leslie N. Bright (Leslie)
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 02, 2002 - 09:04 am: |
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Anywhere that has a good amount of soluable bedrock in a humid environment..... 
PA, VA, TN, FL, KY, ie, most places with a lot of caves.....
-L |
John Cinquegrana (Johnc)
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 02, 2002 - 09:08 am: |
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I like the old man with the bag in his hand, just standing there, like nothing happened... |
Sus (Susannah)
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 02, 2002 - 09:42 am: |
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There was a sinkhole up near Staunton, Virginia last week and a couple of horses fell into it and were stuck in the mud. It took them like 4 hours to get them out! Luckily they were all recovered unharmed...but it happens a lot up there. The downtown has been known to collapse into caves in the past!
I can't figure out why she drove into it in the first place...it's obviously deep!!! |
Leslie N. Bright (Leslie)
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 02, 2002 - 09:48 am: |
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The water was hiding the fact that there was a hole... she thought she could drive across...
ANOTHER good example of why you shouldn't drive in water!
I-81 is essentially routed through karst, so those holes open up along its entire length.... I remember one in Abingdon not that long ago...
-L |
David Caton (Catonincarolina)
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 02, 2002 - 09:55 am: |
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She was traveling fast, her wave ( or splash ) at the front of the first picture seems alittle big! Maybe she was trying to get those old people wet and got hers in the end. |
Dave
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 02, 2002 - 11:41 am: |
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I like her shoes. She swam away and still has the heels. |
Greg French
| | Posted on Thursday, October 03, 2002 - 02:09 pm: |
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She was actually doing pretty good until she opened the door.
Needs to be on "Worst Case Scenario!" |
KJ
| | Posted on Thursday, October 03, 2002 - 11:08 pm: |
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I saw a "Worst Case Scenario" show last night about driving into water, and I totally disagreed with their technique for survival. I've seen a few experiments on the tube on that same topic, and this program's technique seemed to add more risk. Roll the window down ASAP, and get the hell OUT! I'm not going to wait for the nose-down posture, float back to the air pocket, wait for equalizing pressure, attempt to kick the door open and all that crap, if I'm conscious, I'm out the window NOW!
Karen |
muskyman
| | Posted on Thursday, October 03, 2002 - 11:27 pm: |
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karen ,
it is good advice, sometimes power windows wont go down after the accident that sent you into the water.
volvo's in europe all come with a special hammer designed to break a window under water
a nail punch pushed against a window with as little as 10lbs of force will break it.
I have heard that with the exception Florida no states have one mention of water related safty in there driver safty handouts or required reading before you get a license.
I saw a dateline a few years ago and they said florida had something like 5% of auto fatalitys as drownings |
KJ
| | Posted on Friday, October 04, 2002 - 12:10 am: |
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Musky,
After the very first segment I saw on this topic we bought nail punches and put them in both vehicles. I understand a ball point pen can get the job done, too. I've seen repeatedly that power windows and locks often function long after a vehicle is submerged (up to 30 minutes by some accounts), though I hope to never put it to the test. The techniques they showed last night seemed very risky, time-consuming and cumbersome. The trained woman giving the demo sure didn't make it look easy or quick. I still say if you can get the window down (or broken) get the hell out without hesitation.
Karen |
muskyman
| | Posted on Friday, October 04, 2002 - 12:45 am: |
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oh I agree get out as soon as possible
didnt the F button on the Mach5 pop the roof dome and launch Speed and Trixie outa the car?
my question is what about Spridle and Chim Chim in the trunk? |
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