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'I'm thankful to be alive': Florida man rides out Hurricane Ian in a dinghy anchored to his truck
Yahoo News ^
| 24 Oct, 2022
| Fox Weather
Posted on 10/25/2022 2:12:41 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Someone always loses a trailer.
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posted on
10/25/2022 2:13:14 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
Florida Man is resourceful, and never chooses the path of least resistance.
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posted on
10/25/2022 2:15:44 PM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
(What was 35% of the Rep. Party is now 85%. And it’s too late to turn back—Mac Stipanovich )
To: MtnClimber
Ride it out in something that floats vs something that doesn’t makes good sense to me. He should make a little shrine for that rope.
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posted on
10/25/2022 2:24:09 PM PDT
by
bigbob
(z)
To: MtnClimber; Dr. Sivana
Not sure this one can be graded. This is a GOOD Florida Man story, in which Florida Man survived by his wits and his head. I suppose he could get an A for originality, but an D* for not getting the heck outta there before Ian hit.
*Would be an F, but it’s hard to know precisely where these destructive swirly thingies will come ashore.
To: bigbob
I went through that storm, but in Central Florida. The wind was deafening for about 8 hours. I can’t even imagine riding it out in a dinghy.
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posted on
10/25/2022 2:27:19 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
It was a GOOD Florida Man story, but it still had a truck and trailers being blown apart.
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posted on
10/25/2022 2:30:59 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
OK - need details
What brand and model of the PU truck?
Hybrid? Diesel? What color?
Big advertising opportunity for some truck dealer . . .
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posted on
10/25/2022 2:32:10 PM PDT
by
Scrambler Bob
(My /s is more true than your /science (or you might mean /seance))
To: MtnClimber
“Long said he watched the weather radar leading up to the storm, but that he was caught off-guard by how powerful Ian would be.”
Not too smart. The whole world knew how powerful that storm was days in advance. The exact track of course is never known but he should have known he was at risk of being hit by a powerful hurricane.
To: MtnClimber
When evaluating his options, he noted how a neighbor across the street was trapped in her home, with floodwaters rising nearly up to her roof. I suppose he fared better than the neighbor across the street?
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posted on
10/25/2022 2:36:34 PM PDT
by
Perseverando
(Antifa, BLM, RINOs, Islamonazis, Marxists, Commucrats, DemoKKKrats: It's a Godlessness disorder!)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I give him an F for creativity. He should have ridden it out in a duck pool float with a pretty woman and then gotten movie royalties.
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posted on
10/25/2022 2:39:34 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
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posted on
10/25/2022 2:48:41 PM PDT
by
subterfuge
(I'm a pure-blood!)
To: MtnClimber
A man and his dinghy vs nature. Inspiring.
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posted on
10/25/2022 2:55:15 PM PDT
by
Venkman
To: Venkman
A man and his dinghy vs nature. Inspiring.
BUT,....gotta ask...., was there BEER?
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posted on
10/25/2022 2:58:08 PM PDT
by
drSteve78
(Je suis Deplorable STILL)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Maybe a B on creativity. A friend of mine survived Katrina the same way. All the was left of the house was a slab.
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posted on
10/25/2022 3:07:30 PM PDT
by
D Rider
( )
To: drSteve78
We know that the man’s pickup wasn’t electric or he would have burned to death.
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posted on
10/25/2022 3:08:38 PM PDT
by
Colt1851Navy
(What was wrong with Nixon?)
To: drSteve78
WAS THERE BEER?
On the label is a pickup truck, a burning trailer and an alligator
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posted on
10/25/2022 3:16:21 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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posted on
10/25/2022 3:22:55 PM PDT
by
bitt
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To: MtnClimber
Why is there not a reality TV show called “Florida Man”? John O’Hurley could host it.
Oh, Florida Man, will we never tire of your shenanigans?
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posted on
10/25/2022 3:33:39 PM PDT
by
Apparatchik
(If you find yourself in a confusing situation, simply laugh knowingly and walk away - Jim Ignatowski)
To: drSteve78
Damn straight, it’s Florida.
I’m surprised he wasn’t high on meth and naked...
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posted on
10/25/2022 3:47:50 PM PDT
by
EEGator
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