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    Five Tips For Staying Alive While Driving in a Flood

    Every Other Road In Virginia Is Under Water

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    Image of P161911 probably shoudn't have P161911 probably shoudn't have
    11/13/09

    In reply to Five Tips For Staying Alive While Driving in a Flood
    For #5, less than a foot of water moving fast enough can sweep away a small car, that's only about 1/2 way up the wheels. #howto
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    Image of Sam Smith Sam Smith
    11/13/09

    @P161911 probably shoudn't have: Thanks. Our mistake, and edited. #howto
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/13/09

    In reply to Five Tips For Staying Alive While Driving in a Flood
    Good advice. One point is that heavy rain also brings down trees and tree limbs and they are not always easy to spot at night. Pooling water also not always easy to see, day or night.

    Now, why is it that whenever a windshield wiper gets a bad spot or even picks up debris, it always on the driver's side and always at eye level?! I have only ever had one wiper, ever, screw up on the pasenger's side. And gee, it felt great to ignore that! #howto
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    Image of GtAkReYz GtAkReYz
    11/13/09

    @Novaload: Hehe, lucky me, I guess. Both wipers on my Opel Corsa aren't exactly in great shape, but the passenger side is specially crappy, always leaving several water lines across the windshield.

    I should be embarrassed about this too, I seriously need to replace those wipers, I'm just too lazy, luckily like the rainy weather around here (it's almost Christmas and it barely began, wtf?!)... #howto
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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    11/13/09

    In reply to Five Tips For Staying Alive While Driving in a Flood
    I'm on a boat! I ain't afraid of no flood!

    I'm on a boat! I ain't gonna spill no blood! #howto
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    11/13/09

    @Mobius: Shut up, Noah. #howto
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    11/13/09

    @Novaload: Now I'm thinking of Bill Cosby's Noah skit... "How long can you tread water? ha ha ha ha ha" #howto
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    Image of dolo54 blows minds and blows engines! dolo54 blows minds and blows engines!
    11/13/09

    In reply to Five Tips For Staying Alive While Driving in a Flood
    The "no sudden movements" rule will help keep you from sliding as well as help in a slide. Make lane changes slow, etc. Even more slow in the snow.

    When I first got my license nobody told me you need to turn the a/c on to defrost your windows when its cold out. I drove around in a fog for a while before I figured that out. #howto
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    Image of Brimful of Ash on the 78 Brimful of Ash on the 78
    11/13/09

    In reply to Five Tips For Staying Alive While Driving in a Flood
    I just did several hours of driving on dark, windy, hilly, 55mph, 2-lane country roads through rural Alabama last weekend (just after the worst of Ida).

    Everything above is very good, but what I learned was how much AWD rules, both for power application, as well as for nice, even drivetrain braking. #howto
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    11/13/09

    In reply to Five Tips For Staying Alive While Driving in a Flood
    Sheesh. It's so simple.

    Just move to the desert where rain results in everything closing.

    If ya can't do that, get a snorkel for your car's intake, route that sucker up the A-pillar, and invest in a 55 gallon drum of dielectric grease.

    The grease is optional is you have a mechanical diesel, though you may not be able to outrun a rising tide.

    "Don't Panic"

    Like Americans are capable of anything else when presented with a situation not already solved by Mother Nature...breathing is an example.
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    Image of CopterBob CopterBob
    11/13/09

    @that ain't the way to have fun, son: When I used to do motorcycle enduros, there was a guy who had a section of flex hose running from his carb, up his back, culminating in an air cleaner duct taped to the top of his helmet. I watched him ride through a stream with nothing but the handlebars showing. #howto
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    11/13/09

    @CopterBob:

    I can dig it.

    The Honda CT/Trail 90/110 had not only an OEM extra fuel tank attached to the side, but it had both a high exhaust and air intake at butt height.

    Still kinda want one of the 12V ones...dual-range gearbox and all. #howto
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    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    11/13/09

    In reply to Five Tips For Staying Alive While Driving in a Flood

    Get a Toyota. #howto
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    Image of JawzX2: Hoon The Earth @ www.cafepress.com/jawzx2 JawzX2: Hoon The Earth @ www.cafepress.com/jawzx2
    11/13/09

    @FTGDWolverineEdition'09: Yes, yes, we all know that Toyota HiLuxs can get drowned and driven away afterward, but I believe the vehicle in that particular picture is a Nissan. #howto
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/13/09

    @FTGDWolverineEdition'09: That was so excellent! #howto
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    Image of pres pres
    11/13/09

    In reply to Five Tips For Staying Alive While Driving in a Flood
    You left out avoiding distractions like pelicans near large bodies of water. #howto
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    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    11/13/09

    In reply to Five Tips For Staying Alive While Driving in a Flood

    Excellent 5 tips for staying alive while driving in a flood.

    Tip No. 6. Have a vehicle that easily adapts to flood conditions. #howto
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    11/13/09


    @skaycog: I was thinking of something with more... hydrofoils. #howto
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    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    11/13/09

    @Pessimippopotamus: Yahoo! That was my second choice. #howto
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    Image of bzr bzr
    11/13/09

    @skaycog: Contrary to public belief, land yachts don't actually float. #howto
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    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    11/13/09

    @bzr: Then I guess it's sink or swim. #howto
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    Image of Franzouse Franzouse
    11/13/09

    In reply to Five Tips For Staying Alive While Driving in a Flood
    One more thing: you've got to know where your towel is. #howto
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    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    11/13/09

    In reply to Every Other Road In Virginia Is Under Water

    Will this sort of thing be useful then? #roads
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    Image of Jeb_Hoge Jeb_Hoge
    11/13/09

    In reply to Every Other Road In Virginia Is Under Water
    TWO of the alternate roads that I can take out of my neighborhood when the main drag out is clogged (as it was today) were closed due to high water. And as I look out over the James River, I can't see any of the rocks that normally poke out. Having said that, I was just telling myself this morning that if this rainfall had been snowfall, we'd be two feet deep or more right now. #roads
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    11/13/09

    @Jeb_Hoge: When your alternate escape routes are blocked, that's just not a good sign. I'm sorry hear that you guys are having such a rough time out there.

    California's turn at that, however, is nigh. Next year is supposed to be an El Niño year for us, which means a whole hell of a lot of water in a short period of time. #roads
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    11/13/09

    @pauljones: I did end up having a remarkably nice drive in the country. Just enough slippy wet leaves to require serious attention and then I capped it off with an ABS-threshold oh-shitter when I realized one road didn't go straight. :) #roads
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    11/13/09

    @Jeb_Hoge: I'm glad that it ended up with nothing more than ABS-threshold oh-shitter as opposed to an oh-shit insurance claim. #roads
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/13/09

    @Jeb_Hoge: I don't have to cross the James but today was much better than last night, when it was raining so hard the lines on the road weren't visible. Serious accident (of course) on the 95/64 spur. These idiots who try to cut into spaces at 65 mph they couldn't parallel park in! #roads
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    11/13/09

    @Novaload: Then I dodged a bullet last night because I was originally supposed to meet my wife at Short Pump and would have had to go that way. She managed a change in plans though. #roads
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/13/09

    @Jeb_Hoge: Well, I always start out with expectation that idiots will do this on that stretch of 95/64 merge--earlier this week there were 3 cars on one side and 4 on the other on 64 right after the merge--obviously following too closely in a chain reaction. Last night was really great because they had a big sign saying "left lane closed" when they really meant "right line." I had time to get out and hack the sign to say "VDOT IZ MORANS" but Jalopnik said we shouldn't oughta do that. #roads
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    12/16/08

    In reply to Attempted Murderer Attempts Escape In Semi, Fails Again
    They can catch this guy, but the cops couldn't catch OJ? And he was going a lot slower and in a smaller vehicle...

    I guess white IS the most popular vehicle color...
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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    12/16/08

    In reply to Attempted Murderer Attempts Escape In Semi, Fails Again
    So, no extradition for attempted murder, huh?


    Good to know.

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    12/16/08

    In reply to Attempted Murderer Attempts Escape In Semi, Fails Again
    I guess it didn't occur to him to call in sick that trip and maybe skip Maryland.
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