When it flooded out here about 3 years ago the road was under about 6ft of water in the middle of the flood spot. I watched several people in big tall truck try to make it and get stuck in the middle. Only a moron would try that.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 10, 2021, at 10:57 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > After torrential rains a couple weeks ago (something like 4.5" from > Thu-Sun), I forgot and went down the logical road on the way home from a > friend's house. When I saw the road closed sign, it was time to decide > whether to turn around then for a brief detour, or go another 3 miles to the > river for a possibly bigger detail if the flooding was real. > > I went down the road, which I'd driven down a couple days before with a > couple inches over it, and it was NOPE. As I started to turn around, I saw a > tall, probably 4x4 Ford Superduty pickup approaching, and it looked like he > was going for it. I parked and watched the show in the mirror. When the water > hit front bumper, I knew I was right not to even try it. > When the water reached its peak about 4-5" below the headlights, I figured > only an idiot would to that to a $60+k truck. > He made it, but it could not have been good for the truck. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
