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[Claymoore]

this is american winter eh?

ha

ha

ha

http://www.videosift.com/video/Icy-Roads-In-Portland-Vehicular-Pinball

[Claymoore]

aaaaaaaand the second one

http://www.videosift.com/video/Portland-Vehicular-Pinball-The-Aftermath

[Trynn]

You can't tell from the videos, but that's apparently a hill. And the weather conditions are not what you'd call normal... That storm hit about a day after we had a lot of rain, followed by an immediate drop in temperature. So under that fresh snow that's falling is about a half-inch of ice. We had to deal with the exact same weather up here in Seattle, and it was really quite dangerous. This area isn't prepared for weather like that, especially on the hilly terrain.

[Izzy]

You can't tell from the videos, but that's apparently a hill. And the weather conditions are not what you'd call normal... That storm hit about a day after we had a lot of rain, followed by an immediate drop in temperature. So under that fresh snow that's falling is about a half-inch of ice. We had to deal with the exact same weather up here in Seattle, and it was really quite dangerous. This area isn't prepared for weather like that, especially on the hilly terrain.

dude is that what its like in seattle now... i saw that was king5 so i was like hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[Trynn]

That was last week, although I believe the videos taken were from Portland. But yeah, the weather was the same up here too, and the traffic just as horrible. Needless to say, I worked from home that day ^^

[Zumi]

I live in Portland, OR and it only snows maybe 1 time every other year here. Looked to me like we got maybe 3 inchs or so but thats like big time snow for here. Went to sleep just some rain wake up the next day all this snow just like that. People are not use to driving in snow and the news always advises people not to go out and try to drive and to stay home from work. I know the school kids got the whole week off, even the universities.

Every thing usually gets closed if there is snow, but some people go outside and do stupid stuff like in the video, or they try to go to their work. For the most part can't really go many places when it snows cause majority of businesses shut down till the weather gets better.

I know some cities are use to ice and snow but Portland wouldn't be one of them. And my cat Zumi wouldn't go outside for more then a week casue snow scares him so bad.

[Surami]

i wanna go on that ride
had snow & ice like that in oklahoma for over 2 weeks now & just started melting a few days ago & what ice/snow that is still around keeps refreezing over night along with what is added by the occasional light rain shower or morning mist, highly unusual for this area...haven't seen it this bad in over 10 years

people here freak out over snow storms yet laugh at a tornado

[stollio]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=CTnCvVKtg3k

Even stupider....for some reason this lady feels the need to actually bail out of her car before she slides into another one....then almost gets ran over by another car sliding up behind her. Really hope natural selection gets rid of some of these people soon :P

[Immortaldonut]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=CTnCvVKtg3k

Even stupider....for some reason this lady feels the need to actually bail out of her car before she slides into another one....then almost gets ran over by another car sliding up behind her. Really hope natural selection gets rid of some of these people soon :P
and that's why we have the darwin awards :D

and yeah... people who don't know how to drive in the snow just shouldn't touch it lol. i'm used to driving on ice where i live, so it's not a big deal when it hits. it's just getting down my driveway which is a disaster zone of it's own kind after any storm.

[Izzy]

and that's why we have the darwin awards :D

and yeah... people who don't know how to drive in the snow just shouldn't touch it lol. i'm used to driving on ice where i live, so it's not a big deal when it hits. it's just getting down my driveway which is a disaster zone of it's own kind after any storm.

yea, the only real trouble i have is that i'm lazy and hate shoveling my driveway, so i just hope there's no cars coming, hit the gas, and plow out lol

[Immortaldonut]

yea, the only real trouble i have is that i'm lazy and hate shoveling my driveway, so i just hope there's no cars coming, hit the gas, and plow out lol
yeah... if i tried that, i'd plow about 20 feet and then have a pile of snow to shovel out from in front of my car. then i would have to repeat that about 20 times. all the while hoping i don't manage to skid off my driveway into a drainage ditch or into a tree. i'll take pics of my driveway/yard some time lol

[Zilent]

I thought this video was hilarious. The only thing I didn't understand is what possessed people to move their cars. I mean damn if you see everyone sliding around crashin all over the place, what makes you think you won't do the same damn thing? @@

[Cyrus]

The intelligence of the average American is that of a small rodent. What do you expect?

[Zilent]

I have gerbils and I think they are 10x smarter than the average american >.>

[Cyrus]

That's because gerbils own!!

[Zilent]

Hell yeah they do. Though I do wonder why the hop in place and just stare at you... maybe they are planning to kill me and take over the world....

[Mithral]

Hell yeah they do. Though I do wonder why the hop in place and just stare at you... maybe they are planning to kill me and take over the world....

I'd sleep with one eye open tonight.....

[Chasan]

Pinky are you thinking what I am thinking?

[Zilent]

Yeah Brain, but where are we going to get 42 hotdogs and a jar of peanut butter tonight?

[Izzy]

hahah genius

[Cyrus]

That was one of the greatest cartoons ever made and they don't show reruns of it ever. Today's cartoons are so horrible too. They should just show reruns of Animaniacs, Pinky & Brain and Looney Toons and cancel all the garbage. >:O

[Izzy]

did anyone else JUST notice that the title is PIball not PINball

[Claymoore]

lol you didnt notice that until now? ahahahahaaaaaaa

[Zilent]

Yeah it was noticeable but I think it makes it funnier ^0^

[Yummy]

clay is gonna love this video on how dumb some americans are...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCkYfYa8ePI

:confused:

[Zilent]

It's sad how uneducated Americans are. But it was hilarious. The best part I thought was when they asked to name a country starting with the letter "U" and that everyone thought Australia was whatever country they thought should be invaded.

[Claymoore]

/em vomits explosively.

[Lefiel]

dont forget America won WWII. i think the brits need to shut the hell up cuz w/o us they'd all be high-steppin' and wearing lederhosen!

[Claymoore]

Dont you mean WW3 Lef?

[Lefiel]

any of em all we do is win em!

[Civet]

Pinky and the Brain is out on boxed sets now!!!