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holy shit that sucks
what's the damage like? i can't help but be curious
sorry though tec. you have comprehensive coverage, right?
Guess where I just so happened to be standing when it came down?
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had i been standing just two feet back or so that would very likely have been a fatal or wish-it-had-been-fatal injury 5thgrade;
came inside thoroughly spooked and covered in pine needles/dirt/bark chips lol
Quote from: Samus Aran on April 13, 2020, 02:09:44 PMholy shit that sucks
what's the damage like? i can't help but be curious
sorry though tec. you have comprehensive coverage, right?
the tree itself is obscuring the bulk of the damage but if you look closely at pic #4 you'll see my windshield completely imploded
the extent is a tad clearer from these angles
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lol yeah that would have killed me
And the car is almost certainly totaled. Beyond the obvious damage the body is totally warped, doors barely close, etc. awdood;
i'm sure the answer to that question is yes kaz but my dad is the insuree lol
honestly it's a miracle i was even able to pry the trunk open and wrangle the groceries out at all
wtf glad you're alright
Jesus... I guess the whole east coast got blasted by the same storm? It was scary out there this morning. Girlfriend's dad almost got impaled by some loose guttering apparently. We lost a gutter on our apartment building too. Makes me dread what a hurricane would do!
Glad you survived O_0
GOODNESS.
Glad you're alright.
Despite his best efforts, tec avoids a painful death yet again
Quote from: Magyarorszag on April 13, 2020, 02:27:18 PMGuess where I just so happened to be standing when it came down?
crazy how your hitbox is so far away from you that you can actually take a picture of it. are you a smash bros. character?
saddood;
Glad you're okay. Hopefully the car situation won't cost too much.
that sucks bud, but how about some tree facts??
Judging by its cone shape and blue-green foliage, I'd wager it's a Norway Spruce (Picea abies), native to Eurasia and commonly cultivated in the northeastern US landscape.
I've actually been sitting here for awhile trying to determine if it was a Blue Spruce (Picea pungens) or a Norway Spruce. The former because Blue Spruce are also common in the northeastern landscape, although they truly belong to the mountainous Colorado-Utah-Wyoming region, where they love to cling to rocky slopes and like the more arid side of things. With regard to that, I've seen so many Blue Spruces fail in the northeast. They hate the wet seasons and often get too stressed to live a full life. They'll get huge, and then heave up from the ground after long storms.
However, the cone shape is more likely attributable to the Norway, a little longer and a little more slender. Blue Spruces can eventually become green like that if under stress, but the needles aren't as thickly distributed.
Now, Norway Spruce don't pretend to like the water too much, either. They can do fine if the water is properly dispersed, but in grassy landscapes like this, it's not the case. They like to be surrounded by their homies. Although, the way it broke at the base like that can leave much to be investigated, and I can't tell much from what I see. It could be a mix of root rot from heavy water over a long period of time, sustained storms, and leverage from the winds.
jesus christ man, glad you're okay
is it weird that my first thought before even thinking about the damage was "that's a nice looking car" goodjob;
thx y'all lol
tfw the base of that tree is like 40ft+ away from anything significant and it had a FULL 360 DEGREES it could have fallen in and of
course it just so happened to land in the comparatively tiny region where the cars and i stood SocksDood;
Quote from: YPrrrr on April 13, 2020, 04:18:31 PMJesus... I guess the whole east coast got blasted by the same storm? It was scary out there this morning. Girlfriend's dad almost got impaled by some loose guttering apparently. We lost a gutter on our apartment building too. Makes me dread what a hurricane would do!
Glad you survived O_0
yeah those winds were insane, felt like 70mph at points lol
i had flashbacks to hurricane sandy hook (#neverforget), which also claimed one of our trees as a casualty
i almost got blown over exiting my dentist's office (hooray emergency dental work nyandood;) lol
Quote from: Hiro on April 14, 2020, 11:09:29 PMjesus christ man, glad you're okay
is it weird that my first thought before even thinking about the damage was "that's a nice looking car" goodjob;
lmao we were JUST talking about our lexuses like three days ago
And yeah, it is. I actually really liked that car and I'm gonna miss it tremendously. It wasn't even a year old, we'd gotten it around last August. awdood;
Quote from: Karel on April 14, 2020, 08:44:00 PMthat sucks bud, but how about some tree facts??
Judging by its cone shape and blue-green foliage, I'd wager it's a Norway Spruce (Picea abies), native to Eurasia and commonly cultivated in the northeastern US landscape.
I've actually been sitting here for awhile trying to determine if it was a Blue Spruce (Picea pungens) or a Norway Spruce. The former because Blue Spruce are also common in the northeastern landscape, although they truly belong to the mountainous Colorado-Utah-Wyoming region, where they love to cling to rocky slopes and like the more arid side of things. With regard to that, I've seen so many Blue Spruces fail in the northeast. They hate the wet seasons and often get too stressed to live a full life. They'll get huge, and then heave up from the ground after long storms.
However, the cone shape is more likely attributable to the Norway, a little longer and a little more slender. Blue Spruces can eventually become green like that if under stress, but the needles aren't as thickly distributed.
Now, Norway Spruce don't pretend to like the water too much, either. They can do fine if the water is properly dispersed, but in grassy landscapes like this, it's not the case. They like to be surrounded by their homies. Although, the way it broke at the base like that can leave much to be investigated, and I can't tell much from what I see. It could be a mix of root rot from heavy water over a long period of time, sustained storms, and leverage from the winds.
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Quote from: Magyarorszag on April 14, 2020, 11:11:49 PMthx y'all lol
tfw the base of that tree is like 40ft+ away from anything significant and it had a FULL 360 DEGREES it could have fallen in and of course it just so happened to land in the comparatively tiny region where the cars and i stood SocksDood;
Trees often only shoot out two to three major lateral roots (that big surface root you see in your 6th picture that crawls along the grass the left). I think I see another toward the base of the trunk that miraculously stayed standing, which might help explain why it broke off the way it did.
The rest are smaller roots or fine hairs. Winds and storms mostly will go in the same direction in certain regions. With that and the lack of big roots on that side, I'd say it makes sense the tree landed where it did
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saved
but also people who identify a tree just by its wood grain are fucking crazy, i think most wood workers don't go as far as saying a general family or genus name unless they cut the wood themselves. And at that, they only care about the character of the grain (curly, spalted, etc.)
so i had to go back to using the old minivan after this
and then in late june as i was driving home some fukken dude decided to spontaneously switch lanes with his eyes closed
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he actually hit me with enough force to drive me uncontrollably into the highway's OPPOSING LANE
i'm incredibly lucky i somehow, yet again, came out unscathed, once again that could have been FAR worse lol
also fortunate was that both the other driver and insurance agreed that he was completely at fault and we might end up with a payout higher than that van's worth (RIP 2005-2020 :()
Aaand that makes two vehicles totaled in a span of two months. killyourself;
we hadn't replaced the lexus yet so my dad and brother and i were all sharing the one remaining functional vehicle for a bit, which was a gargantuan pain in the arse
tec... you have to be the most absolutely cursed person on the planet when it comes to automobile ownership
jesus fucking christ tec I'm so sorry
how tf did a tree fall on ur car. thats insane
that's wild, glad you're ok
damn bro u r banned from cars now
jeez tec. Sorry to hear you are having car troubles
thxguyslol
also the insurance payout for the minivan was over $28oo sillydood;
it was a 15yr old rickety rust bucket that had been struggling to start and whose air conditioning had borked
we'd long been meaning to replace with something more reliable, thinking we'd be lucky to get as much as even $800 from its sale
i guess it's a bit of a silver lining that this accident yielded us over 3x as much lol
and speaking of silver linings, here's what we've ended up replacing both vehicles with:
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two more lexuses lol sillydood;
2010 rx 350 and 2009 es 350
the sedan is """mine""", i'm still reeling from the $1000 down payment i made on it a few weeks ago, let alone the $300+/mo of financing (https://i.imgur.com/cCAGJgR.gif)
Quote from: silvertone on July 17, 2020, 07:20:57 PMhow tf did a tree fall on ur car. thats insane
absurdly windy storm (like 70mph+) out of nowhere back in april
after that tree fell it was clear that it had been dying from the inside out and was only barely supporting itself, the wind finally did it (and my car and very nearly me) in
Quote from: ME## on July 17, 2020, 04:06:25 PMtec... you have to be the most absolutely cursed person on the planet when it comes to automobile ownership
As further credence to your observation: the very next day, while I was borrowing my brother's car (which btw just so happens to be the
very same model that destroyed the minivan goowan), the spark plug exploded. (https://boyah.net/forums/Smileys/default/q5qlP.gif)
Thankfully that one was salvageable. But now that they've all been replaced or repaired, I pray this trend doesn't continue. (https://boyah.net/forums/Smileys/default/smithicide.gif)
did you get your gas back?
Quote from: The Hand That Fisted Everyone on July 22, 2020, 04:25:25 PMdid you get your gas back?
each of those new used cars came with about half a tank so i suppose so lol goodjob;
Quote from: Snowy on July 23, 2020, 07:25:20 PMtec why are you so cursed
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honestly given that either of these incidents could have easily left me dead or worse, in some odd way i've been incredibly lucky lol
that's how i felt after i nearly died in an accident lmao. just lucky and thankful to still be alive. i was worried that i'd end up being scared of driving or some shit but nothing really changed
somehow i'm not any more fearful of driving but jesus (https://boyah.net/forums/Smileys/default/seeforever.png) am i afraid of towering trees SocksDood;
i read that as towering bees
I got a dent in the front-right of my bumper from a guy turning two lanes over, merging into me (at like 20 mph) back in January and I was scared of driving for like a month after lmao
if I'M the one who fuck;.s up i become terrified of driving for months afterwards lol
but in this case it was 100% not my fault, so i guess despite the situation being far more dangerous than any i've ever been in, it hasn't really mentally traumatized me because it wasn't my mistake lol
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Well time to kill all the trees
this is some final destination shit man
what the fuck lmfao
Time to cut all of your trees, Tec
you now live in a boyahaus
yo tec is cursed dont talk to him if u wanna live
I think it's relatively safe as long as you're in an open field or desert without any nearby roads
Quote from: YPrrrr on August 11, 2020, 02:06:18 PMI think it's relatively safe as long as you're in an open field or desert without any nearby roads
With Tec's luck he could live in the middle of Black Canyon City and the saguaro on his property would end up crushing his car in the one storm during monsoon season
Lol maybe just buy a boat and live at sea?
Quote from: YPrrrr on August 11, 2020, 03:07:51 PMLol maybe just buy a boat and live at sea?
imagine that hole in the roof but instead it's the floor of a boat. The deck, if you will.
... a bunker?
lets just shoot tec in the head with a wooden bullet
bonk
lol
jesus fucking christ
>brakes scREEEEEE*EEEching
>w*pers disintegrating
smithicide;
Please move this to Technology. smithicide;
I mean where's esoteric and occult this is cursed shit
Should have prayed to allah first