Seriously, Stay Out Of High Water

Kinja'd!!! by "user314" (user314)
Published 06/16/2017 at 17:04

Tags: pittsburgh ; flooding ; idiots ; silly merc-you're not a lambo
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Pretty much all week we’ve been having heavy pop-up t-storms causing flooding in the ‘Burgh, and there have been numerous people that have needed rescued after driving into flooded streets. Today it went up a notch.

Replies (11)

Kinja'd!!! "CB" (jrcb)
06/16/2017 at 17:08, STARS: 7

I mean, if they drive the car in a little deeper, problem solved.

Kinja'd!!! "EL_ULY" (uly)
06/16/2017 at 17:09, STARS: 0

same thing happened to a 2016 C-class last year here

Kinja'd!!! "promoted by the color red" (whenindoubtflatout)
06/16/2017 at 17:12, STARS: 4

This is like “Homer Simpson setting fire to corn flakes” levels of fucked up.

Kinja'd!!! "404 - User No Longer Available" (toni-cipriani)
06/16/2017 at 17:14, STARS: 0

Stuck + Revving = Overheat + Fire?

Kinja'd!!! "My bird IS the word" (mybirdistheword)
06/16/2017 at 17:16, STARS: 2

Seriously, I don’t feel bad for anyone who has been doing this with their cars.

I do feel bad for that car dealership on rt.51

Kinja'd!!! "user314" (user314)
06/16/2017 at 17:24, STARS: 1

Yeah, or electrical, I’d think.

Kinja'd!!! "BaconSandwich is tasty." (baconsandwich)
06/16/2017 at 17:31, STARS: 1

Well, at least that one is a self-correcting fire. :P

Kinja'd!!! "user314" (user314)
06/16/2017 at 17:33, STARS: 0

We also had a Greek Orthodox monastery struck by lightning yesterday, so I’m almost getting a ‘Plagues of Egypt/Repent Sinners!’ vibe from all this. O.o

Kinja'd!!! "AMGtech - now with more recalls!" (amgtech)
06/16/2017 at 17:41, STARS: 1

The coming systems are overkill. I’d be surprised if it were overheated enough, or at all, from revving especially submerged. The battery and pre-fuse box are at the right rear of the engine compartment, where it like like the fire originated. My money is on electrical due to something shorting out.

Kinja'd!!! "jimz" (jimz)
06/16/2017 at 18:27, STARS: 1

happens with houses and buildings during floods too. water gets into a place where a lot of electricity is, and the wires heat up and ignite surrounding material.

Kinja'd!!! "Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs" (yowen)
06/23/2017 at 14:57, STARS: 0

Stuck + Revving = Overheat + Fire = Water wasn’t high enough