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So far...3 dead, 230'000 without power,and all non-emergency business(schools,government etc) closed in Ireland...lots of trees down on roads and rail lines in Wales and down in the South West,we just got the last of the winds-lots of bins and fence panels and things blowing around. There's a large tree branch that was blowing wildly very close to the greenhouse,but its survived...so far
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So far...3 dead, 230'000 without power,and all non-emergency business(schools,government etc) closed in Ireland...
It does suck I can't help wondering about the deaths though; 2 people were killed in their cars when trees fell on them (and what was so important they had to go out before the winds died down?) and 1 died due to a "chainsaw related accident" when he was trying to chop up a tree downed in the storm; why didn't he wait until the storm was over before trying to deal with it?
That's what happens in every wind storm around here... last year a dad was killed bt a tree driving with his toddler child. Where to, in the middle of a storm? On the way home from Costco. I think part of it is the lack of any Impressive Named Staorm. Here it's just "Winter Storm Warning."
Replace anger management with stupidity management.
Greek jester, “what could be so important”is a question we ask in New England every time there is a severe snowstorm. There will always be a great number of idiots who think that their vehicle is somehow impervious to blizzards.
As for chainsaw guy.....without knowing the details, the most charitable explanation I can think of is that the tree for some reason -say it was through a window or presenting a further risk of injury or damage - had to be moved right away. Or he’s just a dumbass.
Stay safe everyone!
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... Forgetting that "four-wheel drive" does NOT mean "four-wheel stop."
Or even more amusing, "four-wheel cornering"
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I saw a study not too long ago that said that four-wheel drive only has one benefit. Getting started from a stop in slick conditions. The braking is no better and the cornering is no better.
And none of that protects you from a falling tree or flying debris.
And none of that protects you from a falling tree or flying debris.
I did see a picture of a situation where the four wheel drive vehicles saved someone from a falling tree. Their small car was parked between two big four wheel drive vehicles. The tree rested across the bigger vehicles and didn't touch the smaller car.
"I don't have to be petty. The Universe does that for me."
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