Battery fire

Mik

That gas station will be utterly depleted within an hour. It reminds me of all us hitchhikers walking through Poseyville, IN (the watermelon capital of Indiana!) after the Bull Island rock festival in 72. There was nothing left to eat or drink. It was apocalyptic.

Aqua Letifer

@LuFins-Dad said in Battery fire:

@Aqua-Letifer said in Battery fire:

Toilet bowl emergency management. Nicely done.

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"Toilet bowl" anything involves sitting down on the throne, taking a shit, and for the length of time that shit takes, you become a foremost authority on that topic and tell everyone how wrong everyone else is because of what you were able to Google.

LuFins Dad

@Aqua-Letifer said in Battery fire:

@LuFins-Dad said in Battery fire:

@Aqua-Letifer said in Battery fire:

Toilet bowl emergency management. Nicely done.

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"Toilet bowl" anything involves sitting down on the throne, taking a shit, and for the length of time that shit takes, you become a foremost authority on that topic and tell everyone how wrong everyone else is because of what you were able to Google.

Nice. Whatever… I’ve been stuck on I70 in an ice storm behind a pileup. There was no going back or forward for 4 hours. We doubled up in cars to conserve gas and warmth. I was also on the Cumberland bridge on 68 about 10 years ago when a semi full of cantaloupes caught fire and blocked off 68E. Lucas and I helped guys direct traffic and block the shoulders so cars could turn around on the shoulders and drive up the entrance ramp. Burning cantaloupe is a very weird smell…

So yeah, this isn’t exactly sitting on a toilet talking out my ass.

89th

@George-K said in Battery fire:

@89th said in Battery fire:

Lady you're sitting in a car.

She says people have been stranded for hours.

Ever been stranded on a highway because of an accident up-road? I have. You start getting worried about gas, your car overheating, etc.

Yes, we turned off the car. Actually took a football out and started throwing it around. Granted I'm not sure how hot it was in her video, maybe she pull the car off to the side, turn it off, and walk to shade.

Pull it to the side and walk to shade or a store.

Did you see the video? What shade should she walk up to? What store?

Yes, the gas station she films.

Screenshot:

Or make a U-turn and go down the other way of the highway until things clear up.

See those silvery things on the side of the road - guard rails. They're there to prevent that. And, even if you could, the terrain looks like it might be rough for a non-SUV to negotiate.

Agree about watching for terrain, but there's nothing else stopping her from a U-turn. I've done this once when in a stand-still back-up.

Screenshot:

Does she sound like a whiny bitch? Yeah, a bit.

But, she's not wrong.

She's correct that there is a traffic jam. Everything else is dramatics. "This is absolute chaos"

89th

@George-K said in Battery fire:

We sat, in the heat, for an hour and a half, if not longer. Turning the engine off to save gas, and opening all windows and the moon roof to stay cool. By the time it opened up, we had about ½ gallons in the fuel tank.

Not fun.

Not fun at all. I'm not trying to downplay the situation, just downplay the lady's interpretation of the situation as chaotic and people are "stranded". Figured she was about to tell me the cannibalism had started or that her phone's battery was going to die (most people didn't have car phones 20 years ago).

There were a few major traffic jams in DC where people waited 12+ hours. It is not fun.

Good to have an emergency kit... as @LuFins-Dad said. After having kids I make sure all our vehicles have emergency kits in them all of the time.

89th

@LuFins-Dad said in Battery fire:

when a semi full of cantaloupes caught fire

I'll take Phrases I Didn't Expect To Hear Today for $500, ~~Alex~~ Ken.

89th

On a side note, there was a self-induced "gas shortage" a few years ago in Virginia. I remember filling up my tank during it, and there was a very, very, very weird animalistic frenzy between people trying to get their car in for the next spot. Some tanks were running try so people were asking others to fill up their gas containers. It was a weird panic feeling.

Aqua Letifer

@LuFins-Dad said in Battery fire:

@Aqua-Letifer said in Battery fire:

@LuFins-Dad said in Battery fire:

@Aqua-Letifer said in Battery fire:

Toilet bowl emergency management. Nicely done.

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"Toilet bowl" anything involves sitting down on the throne, taking a shit, and for the length of time that shit takes, you become a foremost authority on that topic and tell everyone how wrong everyone else is because of what you were able to Google.

Nice. Whatever… I’ve been stuck on I70 in an ice storm behind a pileup. There was no going back or forward for 4 hours. We doubled up in cars to conserve gas and warmth. I was also on the Cumberland bridge on 68 about 10 years ago when a semi full of cantaloupes caught fire and blocked off 68E. Lucas and I helped guys direct traffic and block the shoulders so cars could turn around on the shoulders and drive up the entrance ramp. Burning cantaloupe is a very weird smell…

So yeah, this isn’t exactly sitting on a toilet talking out my ass.

Do you think those experiences make you a subject matter expert in either traffic emergencies generally or this situation in the desert in particular?

Here's my thing about this. I'll walk through the thought process and identify where I have a problem.

Look at that video!
That woman's annoying.
Her video is annoying.
I wouldn't make such an annoying video.
And I wouldn't be as annoying, either.
Here's what I would do...
And what I would do would be flawless and perfect and I'd be just fine.
I'm smart and this person isn't because she made an annoying video and I didn't.

I don't see what the fuck the point is in fixating on #3. We're just going to arbitrarily cherry-pick the internet for an endless supply of shitty videos? What in the hell for?

And somewhere between #5 and #8 we get to blowhard activity and wishful thinking.

Doctor Phibes

@Aqua-Letifer said in Battery fire:

Do you think those experiences make you a subject matter expert in either traffic emergencies generally or this situation in the desert in particular?

Just wait until he gets lost on his drive to Cornwall and gets stranded in the middle of rural Wales with nothing for company but two extremely agitated sheep and a male-voiced choir brandishing an over-used condom.

Then we'll see who sounds like a whiny bitch.

89th

@Aqua-Letifer said in Battery fire:

I don't see what the fuck the point is in fixating on #3. We're just going to arbitrarily cherry-pick the internet for an endless supply of shitty videos? What in the hell for?

I mean, isn't that the point of the internet?

99.9% of vehicles in that traffic jam just waited and then moved forward when it cleared btw. I know this because I'm totally guessing.

Aqua Letifer

@89th said in Battery fire:

@Aqua-Letifer said in Battery fire:

I don't see what the fuck the point is in fixating on #3. We're just going to arbitrarily cherry-pick the internet for an endless supply of shitty videos? What in the hell for?

I mean, isn't that the point of the internet?

Sure as hell isn't for me.

Renauda

@blondie said in Battery fire:

I’ve never been stuck in hot weather, just minus fvck 30 cold. Jackknifed truck trailers and squashed cars on a major highway. The RCMP brought in buses to keep us warm. There was coffee too. I wanted some, but when exiting my truck, I slipped on what could be described as a hockey rink & cracked my head bad. I came to quick & utterly denied hitting my head … I got back in my truck & hoped for the best. Lesson learned .. keep those boots with the cleats in my vehicle or better yet, wear them when travelling!

A rite of passage for Albertans and Saskatchewaners who venture out onto the highways between 1 November and 31 March.

I too have learned to keep a pair of ice cleats in the back seat of the crew cab.

Doctor Phibes

@Aqua-Letifer said in Battery fire:

@89th said in Battery fire:

@Aqua-Letifer said in Battery fire:

I don't see what the fuck the point is in fixating on #3. We're just going to arbitrarily cherry-pick the internet for an endless supply of shitty videos? What in the hell for?

I mean, isn't that the point of the internet?

Sure as hell isn't for me.

I don't think 89 has discovered D&D themed animal pr0n yet.

Jolly

@Doctor-Phibes said in Battery fire:

@Aqua-Letifer said in Battery fire:

Do you think those experiences make you a subject matter expert in either traffic emergencies generally or this situation in the desert in particular?

Just wait until he gets lost on his drive to Cornwall and gets stranded in the middle of rural Wales with nothing for company but two extremely agitated sheep and a male-voiced choir brandishing an over-used condom.

Then we'll see who sounds like a whiny bitch.

Hey, don't knock Welsh singing!

LuFins Dad

@Jolly said in Battery fire:

@Doctor-Phibes said in Battery fire:

@Aqua-Letifer said in Battery fire:

Do you think those experiences make you a subject matter expert in either traffic emergencies generally or this situation in the desert in particular?

Just wait until he gets lost on his drive to Cornwall and gets stranded in the middle of rural Wales with nothing for company but two extremely agitated sheep and a male-voiced choir brandishing an over-used condom.

Then we'll see who sounds like a whiny bitch.

Hey, don't knock Welsh singing!

Are they in harmony?

Jolly

@LuFins-Dad said in Battery fire:

@Jolly said in Battery fire:

@Doctor-Phibes said in Battery fire:

@Aqua-Letifer said in Battery fire:

Do you think those experiences make you a subject matter expert in either traffic emergencies generally or this situation in the desert in particular?

Just wait until he gets lost on his drive to Cornwall and gets stranded in the middle of rural Wales with nothing for company but two extremely agitated sheep and a male-voiced choir brandishing an over-used condom.

Then we'll see who sounds like a whiny bitch.

Hey, don't knock Welsh singing!

Are they in harmony?

Damn skippy. Those people are born singing.

Doctor Phibes

@Jolly said in Battery fire:

@LuFins-Dad said in Battery fire:

@Jolly said in Battery fire:

@Doctor-Phibes said in Battery fire:

@Aqua-Letifer said in Battery fire:

Do you think those experiences make you a subject matter expert in either traffic emergencies generally or this situation in the desert in particular?

Just wait until he gets lost on his drive to Cornwall and gets stranded in the middle of rural Wales with nothing for company but two extremely agitated sheep and a male-voiced choir brandishing an over-used condom.

Then we'll see who sounds like a whiny bitch.

Hey, don't knock Welsh singing!

Are they in harmony?

Damn skippy. Those people are born singing.

You're not wrong. I lived in South Wales for a time. There was an Evangelical chapel just up the street. I'd sometimes walk past there on my way to the shops on a Sunday morning, and the sound coming out was unbelievable. In a good way, just magical.

LuFins Dad

@Aqua-Letifer said in Battery fire:

@LuFins-Dad said in Battery fire:

@Aqua-Letifer said in Battery fire:

@LuFins-Dad said in Battery fire:

@Aqua-Letifer said in Battery fire:

Toilet bowl emergency management. Nicely done.

?

"Toilet bowl" anything involves sitting down on the throne, taking a shit, and for the length of time that shit takes, you become a foremost authority on that topic and tell everyone how wrong everyone else is because of what you were able to Google.

Nice. Whatever… I’ve been stuck on I70 in an ice storm behind a pileup. There was no going back or forward for 4 hours. We doubled up in cars to conserve gas and warmth. I was also on the Cumberland bridge on 68 about 10 years ago when a semi full of cantaloupes caught fire and blocked off 68E. Lucas and I helped guys direct traffic and block the shoulders so cars could turn around on the shoulders and drive up the entrance ramp. Burning cantaloupe is a very weird smell…

So yeah, this isn’t exactly sitting on a toilet talking out my ass.

Do you think those experiences make you a subject matter expert in either traffic emergencies generally or this situation in the desert in particular?

Here's my thing about this. I'll walk through the thought process and identify where I have a problem.

Look at that video!

That woman's annoying.

Her video is annoying.

I wouldn't make such an annoying video.

And I wouldn't be as annoying, either.

Here's what I would do...

And what I would do would be flawless and perfect and I'd be just fine.

I'm smart and this person isn't because she made an annoying video and I didn't.

I don't see what the fuck the point is in fixating on #3. We're just going to arbitrarily cherry-pick the internet for an endless supply of shitty videos? What in the hell for?

And somewhere between #5 and #8 we get to blowhard activity and wishful thinking.

Nope… With a heavily audible emphasis on the popping p sound…

The woman video and posts the video with one intention. Look at me! Pay attention to me and my problems! It’s CHAOS! So I’m giving her what she wants. Attention.

No, it’s a traffic stoppage. A severe one. I’m sure that it would have sucked balls to be on that road. In some areas the backup lasted 12 hours. From what I’ve read the CHP provided no guidance, and were making things worse by diverting traffic from 15 to 40, and had no resources on 40… Okay. If you’re not getting information from the authorities and have been there for several hours, that’s when you start trying to make the situation better.

Or you sit there and bitch.

blondie

I’ve yet to see my first lithium EV fire, but when I do I’m coming here to whine about it!

LuFins Dad

@blondie said in Battery fire:

I’ve yet to see my first lithium EV fire, but when I do I’m coming here to whine about it!

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