Fah Kiew Tu
Curmudgeon, First Rank
I used to love watching people in Tucson drive after a rain storm. Great entertainment.
As long as you weren't on the road with them, anyway.
FKT
Don't MoveTo Florida
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I used to love watching people in Tucson drive after a rain storm. Great entertainment.
As long as you weren't on the road with them, anyway.
FKT
We could body surf down the streets when I was a kid in Las Vegas.
You also couldn't see the front yard, let alone across the street in a dust storm'
Dust devils - mini tornados were interesting as they scooped up anything, light enough - you could spot dust devils by the clothing pulled off of lines and cardboard in the upper spin cycle of a dust devil.
You also couldn't see the front yard, let alone across the street in a dust storm'
Dust devils - mini tornados were interesting as they scooped up anything, light enough - you could spot dust devils by the clothing pulled off of lines and cardboard in the upper spin cycle of a dust devil.
Not everyone listens to radio or news broadcasts. Flash flood signs on the roads in populated, and some signage and warnings in National parks or DNR desert that people frequent such as the Sonoran desert, but not in all gullies or washes off the beaten paths.
justsomeguy!
Super Anarchist
FTFY.
I have danced on top of dust devils while under parachute. Stayed at about 2,000 feet for 5 minutes or so on one.
Mike in Seattle
Super Anarchist
Me too.
, moved from Phoenix to PNW in '62 and been on the wetside ever since.
However, I am enjoying the dryside when I visit.
Different trees, different environment.
, not in the mid '50s.
I was down with some kind of bug, so did not get to go hunting with my Dad ( bummed, bummed )
He put camp on a high place, and saw that another camp was in a wash. , went over and mentioned thunderstorms in the mtns, but they said nevermind.
2nd day it happened, Dad and Uncle were able to get the people out of the wash, but they lost their camp.
They were stranded themselves for a couple of days before they could get out.
justsomeguy!
Super Anarchist
That's true.
Mike in Seattle
Super Anarchist
A bitter and cynical viewpoint reflects only you.
, some people with a different viewpoint reflects most of us.
Stranded cow that was too cold and weak to walk 'rolled' to safety near Okanogan
OKANOGAN - You've likely heard of 'cow tipping' but 'cow rolling?' The rolling of a fully-grown heifer cow was what needed to be done in order to save its life
Steam Flyer
Sophisticated Yet Humble
A bitter and cynical viewpoint reflects only you.
, some people with a different viewpoint reflects most of us.
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Not bitter and cynical at all, just based on decades of detailed observation and far too much personal involvement. It's incredible what many people expect to impose on their neighbors.
It's also true that a lot of people are considerate and helpful. That's good, hopefully your neighborhood has more of the latter and less of the former.
billy backstay
Backstay, never bought a suit, never went to Vegas
Like watching people drive in snow here who have no practical experience.
4 wheel drive does NOT mean 4 wheel stopping!!
jerseyguy
Super Anarchist
Even in places like Wisconsin which gets it’s fair share of snow, the first snowfall is like bumper cars. People have forgotten how to drive in the stuff. You would think they grew up in Fiji or some such place
billy backstay
Backstay, never bought a suit, never went to Vegas
All young people learning to drive should have practical training in how to correct for a car exhibiting oversteer.
billy backstay
Backstay, never bought a suit, never went to Vegas
That's exactly how we learned!! Full control power slides. Did it in dirt bikes before that.
SloopJonB
Super Anarchist
ALL vehicles have 4 wheel brakes.
A fact that eludes many 4 wheel drive owners.
Around here the vehicle most commonly seen on its roof in the ditch after a snowfall is a Jeep.
billy backstay
Backstay, never bought a suit, never went to Vegas
The extreme short wheelbase of the ever popular smaller Jeeps make them doubly dangerous for drivers unskilled in vehicle control on slippery surfaces! Same goes for short wheelbase 2 seater usually convertible sport models.
Not for nothing
Super Anarchist
funny, I had a jeep many years ago, Go in snow 4 WD, stopping 0 WD, sideways
Jules
Sparky Femstrodinaire
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My dad went to Dallas to visit my brother at school. And it snowed. He loved telling the story of some Texan in a big old Eldorado with horns on the hood sliding all over the place while hootin and hollerin. He was having the time of his life. The fun ended abruptly with the sound of crunching metal.
jerseyguy
Super Anarchist
Yup. Back in my Audi Quattro driving days the Service Manager at the Audi store told me that too many Audi drivers thought that because they could go better in foul conditions they could also stop better. Prevented by the laws of Physics
South Texas is mostly flat as a pancake and in the summer violent thunderstorms are quite common and a large amount of rain falls in a short amount of time.
When I lived in San Antonio, it was amazing how many people drove through low water crossings (most of which had warning signs and a flood gauge on either side in case the water flowing across the road wasn't enough of a tip off) and then the idiots either got stranded, or in the worse case got swept downstream and drowned.
The problem wasn't only low water crossings. The building codes in San Antonio allowed for drainage of subdivisions to be directed to the nearest approved runoff point. Since storm sewers are virtually unheard of there, that meant the nearest street. I've seen white water on city streets there where one street converged on another at a tee intersection.
