Filed under: Time Warp, Etc., Humor
How NOT to protect your car from a hurricane
It's not funny. Okay, maybe it's worth a chortle. It's also likely not effective, but if you don't want your early '90s vintage Buick Century to be washed or blown away by nature's fury, you try stuff. Besides, if you're in the midst of an evacuation frenzy, what do you really have time to do? It looks like this owner had the opportunity to toss a carpet on the roof and use what looks like a garden hose to hopefully keep the Buick from washing into the next county. Perhaps the carpet is indicative that the car might make a gnarly floating platform once the flood hits, and what better way to show off than by sipping Pepper Eaters on the only carpeted raft in town as the eye passes overhead? Turning a tree into an impromptu mooring will keep the potential party barge in the harbor, too. Since the Century won't float for too long without some aftermarket modifications, and hurricanes are no fun, especially when they're the size of Texas, we'll just hope that this person's car and carpet weathered the storm unscathed.
[Source: Digg]
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Mike 8:51AM (9/15/2008)
That thing's already a boat anchor, maybe they're trying to save the tree by tying it to the Century.
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The Other Bob 9:01AM (9/15/2008)
I was just thinking the same thing...maybe he was starpping down the tree.
A car that is flooded is not worth saving. He'd be better off if it drifted away.
Mobius_1 9:04AM (9/15/2008)
The tree is probably more valuable as well XD
g rock 9:21PM (9/16/2008)
maybe it's the rug they're trying to save by tying it to a car...and tree
Chris 8:52AM (9/15/2008)
What an excellent way to start Monday Thanks for a good laugh.
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No Welfare for GM 8:53AM (9/15/2008)
Well the storm is over, can't you follow up?
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JX 4:27PM (9/16/2008)
Thats my neighbor, wouldn't you believe. The car is still tied down, and the tree..well the tree lost some branches in the end.
No Welfare for GM 4:51PM (9/16/2008)
contact autoblog
Mobius_1 9:08AM (9/15/2008)
Maybe when the tree flies away the cord will cut the car in half and he can claim some insurance
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Benfolio 9:27AM (9/15/2008)
Preparing for the Storm of the Century.
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Fashnootin 9:28AM (9/15/2008)
Better resolution here:
http://digg.com/comedy/Don_t_let_this_beauty_get_away_2
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Fernando 10:09AM (9/15/2008)
Anything that will pick up a 2-ton car and move it will certainly snap the garden hose. But, I guess people don't think things through like they used to.
This might be used with the following caption: "You might be a redneck if..."
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henrykrinkle 10:57AM (9/15/2008)
Looks ferocious. Should have used a choke collar.
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J3-Colt 12:17PM (9/15/2008)
Geez, I thought he was trying to keep his hose from flying away...a good garden hose is something to cherish! :-)
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frank 12:43PM (9/15/2008)
The Tree has more re-sale value the that GM Junk
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John 1:33PM (9/15/2008)
Or the rope...
SPG 8:13PM (9/15/2008)
I'm pretty sure that the rug is on the car to protect the windows from being shattered by flying objects from the storm.
Also pretty sure that the garden hose is just to keep the rug on the car.
Many times I've seen people do similar things to that during hail storms, although never with a garden hose to a tree.
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Michele K 3:48AM (9/16/2008)
I don't think it's a hose - I think it's heavy green twine; the kind you might use to tow that size of car in a pinch. The kind of thing you'd have in your trunk, if that were your car.
With the rug, I bet he's hoping (worst-case!) that the breaking glass will be contained within the car, and he can have the whole flooded wreck towed away for $50, and not leave his yard full of glass, and not take out his neighbor's shed.
I hope these folks and all the folks down there fared the storm ok. I'm from Florida, I feel you.
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Geminate 2:49PM (9/16/2008)
That's like trying to moor an aircraft carrier with kite string.
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