I don't get it--maybe it's just me...

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  • gsmittle
    Veteran Member
    • Aug 2004
    • 2793
    • St. Louis, MO, USA.
    • BT 3100
    #1

    I don't get it--maybe it's just me...

    As you might know, we have a little flooding going on around St. Louis right now. I've lost count of how many reports of people driving into flood waters and drowning or having to be rescued I've seen in the past couple of days. Despite near-continual warnings to never drive through moving water on a road, people keep doing it! What's so hard to understand?

    Too bad the EMS folks can't charge for a rescue caused by the person's own stupidity....

    g.
    Smit

    "Be excellent to each other."
    Bill & Ted
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    • LCHIEN
      Super Moderator
      • Dec 2002
      • 21997
      • Katy, TX, USA.
      • BT3000 vintage 1999
      #2
      "it didn't look that deep, I could see the top of the water the whole way across."
      Loring in Katy, TX USA
      If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
      BT3 FAQ - https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/di...sked-questions

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        • cabinetman
          Gone but not Forgotten RIP
          • Jun 2006
          • 15216
          • So. Florida
          • Delta
          #3
          It's more rampant than you think:
          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO2zLQjvYKY
          .

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            • smorris
              Senior Member
              • Apr 2003
              • 695
              • Tampa, Florida, USA.
              #4
              Some people feel a moral imperative to prove how stupid they are. In a simpler time, they would have been removed from the gene pool early on.

              We have people here that still insist on walking beside the retention ponds and one or two get grabbed by a gator every year.
              Last edited by smorris; 03-22-2008, 05:57 AM.
              --
              Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice

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                • Hellrazor
                  Veteran Member
                  • Dec 2003
                  • 2091
                  • Abyss, PA
                  • Ridgid R4512
                  #5
                  It's natural selection at work...

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                    • Ed62
                      The Full Monte
                      • Oct 2006
                      • 6021
                      • NW Indiana
                      • BT3K
                      #6
                      Hey, Bubba. Hold my beer, and watch this!

                      Ed
                      Do you know about kickback? Ray has a good writeup here... https://www.sawdustzone.org/articles...mare-explained

                      For a kickback demonstration video http://www.metacafe.com/watch/910584...demonstration/

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                        • DUD
                          Veteran Member
                          • Dec 2002
                          • 3309
                          • Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA.
                          • Ryobi BT3000
                          #7
                          I just got back from Batesville, AR, where Me and 4 GrandDaughters went to Mark

                          Martin's Dealership. He was signing Autographs, and We had to detour 1 1/2 hours out

                          of the way to get there because of the flood waters. That was Yesterday today the

                          water was down probably 6". We drove for 18 miles on the highway with lakes on both

                          sides and this was supposed to be farmland. It was an eye opening trip. Bill
                          5 OUT OF 4 PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND FRACTIONS.

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