What were they thinking?
Today we had a very severe thunderstorm in the early morning hours. Almost all the major roads got flooded.
I was delivering flowers to a recipient in Halesite, driving on New York Ave (Rt 110) up to the North. Near King Kullen supermarket, I encountered a big pool of water in front of me, so I stopped.
There was a car splashing water in the pool. Apparently, the driver had decided to take a chance and went right into it. The car was spinning. I think the driver was trying to turn around, but she obviously couldn’t because the tires lost grip of the road.
Then she started honking, as if she needed help. Yeah, right, you need help. A couple of guys were watching from the parking lot and one guy was shouting something to her, but I couldn’t hear.
But seriously, there wasn’t anything she really needed help for, especially when she kept her car splashing water like that. I wouldn’t go near that spinning car. All she had to do is to give up, stop the engine, walk out, buy a cup of coffee, and wait.
Apparently, there were hundreds of “brave” drivers like her all over Long Island today, causing unnecessary problems for emergency workers.
What’s funny is that every time we have a storm, they tell us not to drive into a pool of water even if it might look shallow. And every time, lots of people ignore the warning, just to embarrass themselves like those in the following pictures (from Newsday)
(Looks like Honda drivers are over-confident of their car’s ability)
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