Can they live this one down?
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Aside from the mostly ignorant comments there...
Being a licensed
(I don't know why I put the HMETT nomenclature instead of the LMTV there...stuffing my face and typing doesn't work so well.)
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How could they possible have known where they were headed once the murky water topped their windshield?. I think they went way past the 'point of no return'.
The rescuers needed to be rescued. I'm guessing someone is going to catch he11.
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How could they possible have known where they were headed once the murky water topped their windshield?. I think they went way past the 'point of no return'.
The rescuers needed to be rescued. I'm guessing someone is going to catch he11.
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quote:Originally posted by gotwood4sale:
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How could they possible have known where they were headed once the murky water topped their windshield?. I think they went way past the 'point of no return'.
The rescuers needed to be rescued. I'm guessing someone is going to catch he11.
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That's what I'm saying. The fording depth is windshield-level, then if you hit an unknown depression--WHOOSH!
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I can understand the 'fording depth' is the distance or depth to the top of the windshield. It's obvious from the video that the vehicles can still function at that depth. But how would the driver know where he is going if his vision through the windshield is totally obscured? I didn't see a periscope or similar device.
Each vehicle was driven quite a distance with water entirely covering the windshields. It appeared the crews were driving blind. The guys on the RR overpass certainly weren't spotting for them!
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I can understand the 'fording depth' is the distance or depth to the top of the windshield. It's obvious from the video that the vehicles can still function at that depth. But how would the driver know where he is going if his vision through the windshield is totally obscured? I didn't see a periscope or similar device.
Each vehicle was driven quite a distance with water entirely covering the windshields. It appeared the crews were driving blind. The guys on the RR overpass certainly weren't spotting for them!
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Par for the course around here. Two things to remember--make sure there's enough juice in your sled and none in the rider.
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That's good advice.
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That's good advice.
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