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Some people are brave...and some people are idiots. (Original Post) brooklynite May 2013 OP
I cant get it to play darkangel218 May 2013 #1
Works for me... brooklynite May 2013 #2
Its probably because im on my cell. i will go watch it on my puter darkangel218 May 2013 #3
When you see a trash can flying down the street as if it weighed no more than a pizza flyer, winter is coming May 2013 #4
They made a decision. As long as it only put them at risk I have no issue with it! n-t Logical May 2013 #5
Trouble is Cirque du So-What May 2013 #7
True, same with skydivers, mountain climbers, etc. n-t Logical May 2013 #9
I can give those two activities a bit of slack Cirque du So-What May 2013 #11
And if he's injured, he won't be showing up at the hospital? brooklynite May 2013 #12
Same with hikers, mountain climbers, dirt bikers? n-t Logical May 2013 #15
Most people don't hike during a storm that may generate extra large numbers of patients brooklynite May 2013 #18
That's not a shelter - that's a car! Cirque du So-What May 2013 #6
I was thinking it was a car too.. Bay Boy May 2013 #8
It sure looked like the hood of a car at the bottom of the frame Cirque du So-What May 2013 #10
Personally, i would stay in my car. darkangel218 May 2013 #16
In that instance, however, Cirque du So-What May 2013 #17
Yeah, but it's cool! randome May 2013 #13
I had a Platoon Sergeant.. actslikeacarrot May 2013 #14

winter is coming

(11,785 posts)
4. When you see a trash can flying down the street as if it weighed no more than a pizza flyer,
Tue May 21, 2013, 09:41 AM
May 2013

you shouldn't be near a window.

Cirque du So-What

(25,812 posts)
7. Trouble is
Tue May 21, 2013, 10:03 AM
May 2013

they may get severely injured, exhaust all their financial resources, and end up having to turn to Medicaid for who knows how many years. It's the same argument I use in protest of changing laws to allow motorcycle riders to go without helmets. I have nothing against providing medical care at government expense to those who need it through no fault of their own, but when yahoos go out of their way to do dumb shit without personal regard - along with becoming a public burden - then I have a problem with it.

Cirque du So-What

(25,812 posts)
11. I can give those two activities a bit of slack
Tue May 21, 2013, 10:21 AM
May 2013

as both of them have been over-engineered with regard to safety. Some mountain climbers have been known to take unnecessary risks, however, in order to pursue their 'extreme' thrills. I put them in the same category as those who ride helmetless - an activity with a mountain of empirical data proving that it's one of the riskiest thing people can do. I cannot fathom why states would relent to these 'daredevils' when it's been shown that there's a good chance of paying huge bucks over the years when one of these people, for example, ends up a quadriplegic.

Cirque du So-What

(25,812 posts)
6. That's not a shelter - that's a car!
Tue May 21, 2013, 09:49 AM
May 2013

Foolhardy doesn't begin to describe the idiocy inherent to sitting in a car with that monster approaching. Hasn't everyone seen video from those official storm-chaser vehicles? Practically every one has a cracked windshield. Even if the vortex doesn't getcha, the debris fucking well can. Storms of this strength have been known to drive pieces of straw into telephone poles - not to mention the bigger stuff: livestock, roofs, other cars, etc. No matter how flimsy the construction of those houses may be, I'd still rather be inside one of them instead of risking the possibility of an aerial Nantucket sleighride followed by a less-than-graceful landing.

Bay Boy

(1,689 posts)
8. I was thinking it was a car too..
Tue May 21, 2013, 10:09 AM
May 2013

...but do you know for sure it was? It would make sense because a storm shelter is unlikely to be in someone's front yard.

Cirque du So-What

(25,812 posts)
10. It sure looked like the hood of a car at the bottom of the frame
Tue May 21, 2013, 10:15 AM
May 2013

I could be wrong, of course, but even if it's a bona fide shelter, how wise is it to stick any part of your body outside, where debris is clearly flying around like confetti?

 

darkangel218

(13,985 posts)
16. Personally, i would stay in my car.
Tue May 21, 2013, 11:46 AM
May 2013

Seatbelt on, you have better chances surviving than say in a mobile home.

Cirque du So-What

(25,812 posts)
17. In that instance, however,
Tue May 21, 2013, 11:53 AM
May 2013

I would prefer seeking shelter in one of those houses than in a car - probably in the center of the main floor and if it's a bathroom, in the tub, considering that those houses likely don't have basements.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
13. Yeah, but it's cool!
Tue May 21, 2013, 10:28 AM
May 2013

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