Comments on: An Attack Of Sanity http://whynow.dumka.us/2009/11/09/an-attack-of-sanity/ On-line Opinion Magazine...OK, it's a blog Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:38:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Bryan http://whynow.dumka.us/2009/11/09/an-attack-of-sanity/comment-page-1/#comment-49761 Bryan Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:28:42 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=12102#comment-49761 Empty full-sized pick-ups will really get squirrely in a cross wind. With all of the weight biased to the front wheels, the back tires seem to look for an excuse to break loose. The fire department has been busy responding to accidents, as the water slowing drains off the roads. You would thing that with all of the rain we've had for the last few years, they would be flushed out, but some roads become lakes with a ¼-inch of rain. Empty full-sized pick-ups will really get squirrely in a cross wind. With all of the weight biased to the front wheels, the back tires seem to look for an excuse to break loose.

The fire department has been busy responding to accidents, as the water slowing drains off the roads. You would thing that with all of the rain we’ve had for the last few years, they would be flushed out, but some roads become lakes with a ¼-inch of rain.

]]> By: hipparchia http://whynow.dumka.us/2009/11/09/an-attack-of-sanity/comment-page-1/#comment-49758 hipparchia Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:56:13 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=12102#comment-49758 <i>Driving across a humped bridge in an SUV with wind and water is just asking to end up in the bayou.</i> i loved my little toyota of many years ago, but it was a true lightweight [part of the reason why it got 40mpg]. more than once i inadvertently changed lanes at the top of a bridge in rough weather, even though the car didn't really have a high profile. Driving across a humped bridge in an SUV with wind and water is just asking to end up in the bayou.

i loved my little toyota of many years ago, but it was a true lightweight [part of the reason why it got 40mpg]. more than once i inadvertently changed lanes at the top of a bridge in rough weather, even though the car didn’t really have a high profile.

]]> By: Bryan http://whynow.dumka.us/2009/11/09/an-attack-of-sanity/comment-page-1/#comment-49754 Bryan Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:32:43 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=12102#comment-49754 Hunker down may be the correct choice, but it has to be made based of facts, not what some guy in the bar said. The big thing was keeping the school buses off the roads during a wind event on wet roads. They are just too easy to get blown around. Vans and SUVs are nearly as bad. Driving across a humped bridge in an SUV with wind and water is just asking to end up in the bayou. Hunker down may be the correct choice, but it has to be made based of facts, not what some guy in the bar said.

The big thing was keeping the school buses off the roads during a wind event on wet roads. They are just too easy to get blown around. Vans and SUVs are nearly as bad. Driving across a humped bridge in an SUV with wind and water is just asking to end up in the bayou.

]]> By: Steve Bates http://whynow.dumka.us/2009/11/09/an-attack-of-sanity/comment-page-1/#comment-49752 Steve Bates Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:06:28 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=12102#comment-49752 I can't help thinking of the <a href="http://www.1900storm.com/" rel="nofollow">Galveston hurricane of 1900</a>. An estimated six thousand people died, mainly because in those days there was no long-range warning available to give people time to get out. Today, many storms are almost as bad; people are given plenty of warning, but they <i>don't</i> get out. I understand better than most people the inclination to "hunker down," but sticking at home in the face of a really bad storm is madness. I can’t help thinking of the Galveston hurricane of 1900. An estimated six thousand people died, mainly because in those days there was no long-range warning available to give people time to get out. Today, many storms are almost as bad; people are given plenty of warning, but they don’t get out. I understand better than most people the inclination to “hunker down,” but sticking at home in the face of a really bad storm is madness.

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