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Old Nov 4, 2023 | 02:57 AM
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Wow!
It's lucky no one was killed.

We had something similar years ago.
Car pulled out in front of a double gravel train and the truck swerved to miss it.
The driver fell out of the truck as it turned, and it jumped a berm then landed in a strip mall parking lot hitting multiple vehicles and running into the building with the front bumper ending up against the back wall.
Came right thru the middle of a hair salon with only minor injuries.

I can still remember the deep gouges in the blacktop where the semi landed and bottomed out.
Old Nov 4, 2023 | 07:55 AM
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Holy crap!
Very fortunate, indeed, that no one was killed! It looks/sounds like a scene out of an action thriller movie! Wow!



Old Nov 4, 2023 | 09:14 AM
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Yes, very fortunate. This morning they've upped the "damaged vehicle"count to 33, and 11 injuries. My neighbor was one of each of those totals.

Old Nov 4, 2023 | 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Phil48315
We had something similar years ago.
Car pulled out in front of a double gravel train and the truck swerved to miss it.
Same happened in CA to my older vet-pal. Hard on him, eating the dif between insurance paid and replacement cost... Plus all the BS costs of a ride back to town, and opportunities missed.

But frankly, seeing drivers today, reading that 1 in 4 has an accident(?) That I see so comparatively few accidents, despite seeming lack of skills, or application of supposed skills. I should see an accident daily, judging from the drivers I see.
Old Nov 4, 2023 | 11:13 AM
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Have to share yesterday's sunrise....
The colors weren't actually quite that intense, but this is the way the camera captured it. No editing.







Old Nov 4, 2023 | 12:20 PM
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Spectacular!
Old Nov 4, 2023 | 03:07 PM
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Originally Posted by COStruck
Spectacular!
...said in the manner of the voice-challenged fireworks dude in Bart...
Old Nov 4, 2023 | 05:51 PM
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Originally Posted by OhioLariat
Have to share yesterday's sunrise....
The colors weren't actually quite that intense, but this is the way the camera captured it. No editing.

Agreed, camera sort of ruined it imo....too much contrast or filtering on its own. I bet it was something to see in person
Old Nov 4, 2023 | 06:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Jbrew
Agreed, camera sort of ruined it imo....too much contrast or filtering on its own. I bet it was something to see in person
A jet making 1000mph, (even commercial if high enough,) can chase the sun. Imagine the Twilight Zone effect of flying into that for a while.
Old Nov 4, 2023 | 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Jbrew
Agreed, camera sort of ruined it imo....too much contrast or filtering on its own. I bet it was something to see in person
I've seen a bunch of other people's pics, and they all look a lot like this. I might play with it to see if I can get it to look a little more like it did to the eye.





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