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Title: Floods vs. Traffic Amazing Pictures Post by: Rhea Thomas on September 24, 2009, 05:38:47 AM Traffic frustrates. SUNKEN traffic frustrates absolutely.
These recent events show a few stubborn drivers going against the flow... and even making it to the other side sometimes (to the amazement of those who thought that their cars were only good as anchors) Most photos were taken during flooding in Sofia, Bulgaria, in Minsk, Belorus, and in Moscow and Kazan, Russia. (http://900008.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/crazypics/floods_vs_traffic_01.jpg) Title: Re: Floods vs. Traffic Amazing Pictures Post by: Rhea Thomas on September 24, 2009, 05:39:05 AM (http://900008.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/crazypics/floods_vs_traffic_02.jpg)
(flooding in Great Britain, 2007) Title: Re: Floods vs. Traffic Amazing Pictures Post by: Rhea Thomas on September 24, 2009, 05:40:04 AM The water is rising in Kazan... streets are turning into rivers -
(http://900008.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/crazypics/floods_vs_traffic_03.jpg) Title: Re: Floods vs. Traffic Amazing Pictures Post by: Rhea Thomas on September 24, 2009, 05:40:30 AM (http://900008.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/crazypics/floods_vs_traffic_04.jpg)
(image credit: Shunk) Title: Re: Floods vs. Traffic Amazing Pictures Post by: Rhea Thomas on September 24, 2009, 05:40:59 AM (http://900008.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/crazypics/floods_vs_traffic_05.jpg)
Title: Re: Floods vs. Traffic Amazing Pictures Post by: Rhea Thomas on September 24, 2009, 05:41:13 AM (http://900008.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/crazypics/floods_vs_traffic_06.jpg)
Title: Re: Floods vs. Traffic Amazing Pictures Post by: Rhea Thomas on September 24, 2009, 05:41:45 AM Some roads and bridges just get swept away - like this route in Stavropol:
(http://900008.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/crazypics/floods_vs_traffic_07.jpg) Title: Re: Floods vs. Traffic Amazing Pictures Post by: Rhea Thomas on September 24, 2009, 05:42:16 AM But if the road is still there and simply flooded, then -
Public Transportation Must Go On! (http://900008.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/crazypics/floods_vs_traffic_08.jpg) Title: Re: Floods vs. Traffic Amazing Pictures Post by: Rhea Thomas on September 24, 2009, 05:42:41 AM (http://900008.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/crazypics/floods_vs_traffic_09.jpg)
Title: Re: Floods vs. Traffic Amazing Pictures Post by: Rhea Thomas on September 24, 2009, 05:42:54 AM (http://900008.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/crazypics/floods_vs_traffic_10.jpg)
Title: Re: Floods vs. Traffic Amazing Pictures Post by: Rhea Thomas on September 24, 2009, 05:43:06 AM (http://900008.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/crazypics/floods_vs_traffic_11.jpg)
(images credit: autotat.ru) Title: Re: Floods vs. Traffic Amazing Pictures Post by: Rhea Thomas on September 24, 2009, 05:45:05 AM This bus does not want to play nice -
(http://900008.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/crazypics/floods_vs_traffic_12.jpg) Title: Re: Floods vs. Traffic Amazing Pictures Post by: Rhea Thomas on September 24, 2009, 05:45:29 AM It seems "Impossible is Nothing" for these car drivers; and I have lots of respect for their efforts -
(http://900008.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/crazypics/floods_vs_traffic_13.jpg) Title: Re: Floods vs. Traffic Amazing Pictures Post by: Rhea Thomas on September 24, 2009, 05:45:57 AM (http://900008.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/crazypics/floods_vs_traffic_14.jpg)
Title: Re: Floods vs. Traffic Amazing Pictures Post by: Rhea Thomas on September 24, 2009, 05:46:27 AM Trucks are invincible, or so it seems:
(http://900008.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/crazypics/floods_vs_traffic_15.jpg) Title: Re: Floods vs. Traffic Amazing Pictures Post by: Rhea Thomas on September 24, 2009, 05:46:47 AM (http://900008.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/crazypics/floods_vs_traffic_16.jpg)
Title: Re: Floods vs. Traffic Amazing Pictures Post by: Rhea Thomas on September 24, 2009, 05:47:12 AM These ladies have better chance to get help than others:
(http://900008.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/crazypics/floods_vs_traffic_17.jpg) Title: Re: Floods vs. Traffic Amazing Pictures Post by: Rhea Thomas on September 24, 2009, 05:47:37 AM Indomitable! Maybe I can fix this.... -
(http://900008.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/crazypics/floods_vs_traffic_18.jpg) Title: Re: Floods vs. Traffic Amazing Pictures Post by: Rhea Thomas on September 24, 2009, 05:48:03 AM (http://900008.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/crazypics/floods_vs_traffic_19.jpg)
Title: Re: Floods vs. Traffic Amazing Pictures Post by: Rhea Thomas on September 24, 2009, 05:48:30 AM Nope, he is not going anywhere:
(http://900008.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/crazypics/floods_vs_traffic_20.jpg) Title: Re: Floods vs. Traffic Amazing Pictures Post by: Rhea Thomas on September 24, 2009, 05:48:56 AM Well then, If I just push it...
(http://900008.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/crazypics/floods_vs_traffic_21.jpg) Title: Re: Floods vs. Traffic Amazing Pictures Post by: Rhea Thomas on September 24, 2009, 05:51:18 AM (http://900008.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/crazypics/floods_vs_traffic_22.jpg)
Title: Re: Floods vs. Traffic Amazing Pictures Post by: Rhea Thomas on September 24, 2009, 05:51:46 AM This guy is still trying to steer:
(http://900008.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/crazypics/floods_vs_traffic_23.jpg) (image credit: Boris Krivoshein) Title: Re: Floods vs. Traffic Amazing Pictures Post by: Rhea Thomas on September 24, 2009, 05:52:54 AM A bunch of optimistic drivers:
(flood in Novorossiysk, Siberia) (http://900008.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/crazypics/floods_vs_traffic_24.jpg) Title: Re: Floods vs. Traffic Amazing Pictures Post by: Rhea Thomas on September 24, 2009, 05:53:21 AM I did not know Russian vans can take such punishment:
(http://900008.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/crazypics/floods_vs_traffic_25.jpg) (images credit: Marina Novo) Title: Re: Floods vs. Traffic Amazing Pictures Post by: Rhea Thomas on September 24, 2009, 05:53:56 AM Nearby, the tornado (waterspout) threatens the oil refinery:
(http://900008.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/crazypics/floods_vs_traffic_26.jpg) (image credit: Marina Novo) Title: Re: Floods vs. Traffic Amazing Pictures Post by: Rhea Thomas on September 24, 2009, 05:55:02 AM Heavy trucks (even of a military kind) might get in trouble too... although this particular image has a better ending: the truck made it to the other side; it's a test track for the army vehicles, which includes deep water crossings:
(http://900008.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/crazypics/floods_vs_traffic_27.jpg) (image credit: Kostya Koshelev) Title: Re: Floods vs. Traffic Amazing Pictures Post by: Rhea Thomas on September 24, 2009, 05:55:31 AM Some cars don't need a wide-spread flood to get in trouble. It just happens to them -
(http://900008.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/crazypics/floods_vs_traffic_28.jpg) Title: Re: Floods vs. Traffic Amazing Pictures Post by: Rhea Thomas on September 24, 2009, 05:55:50 AM (http://900008.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/crazypics/floods_vs_traffic_29.jpg)
Title: Re: Floods vs. Traffic Amazing Pictures Post by: Rhea Thomas on September 24, 2009, 05:56:28 AM Kids make the most out of flooded roads (picture taken during recent flooding in Jakarta)
(http://900008.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/crazypics/floods_vs_traffic_30.jpg) (image credit: mikejkt) Title: Re: Floods vs. Traffic Amazing Pictures Post by: Rhea Thomas on September 24, 2009, 05:56:59 AM Need an idea what to do while stuck in flooded traffic? Take a hint from these statues:
(http://900008.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/crazypics/floods_vs_traffic_31.jpg) (image credit: acropolisx) |