Friday, September 06, 2019

Some dumb ass was loaned his cousin's Jeep Grand Cherokee, about 40-50 thousand dollar suv, so he wouldn't have to motorcycle around during the storm at Myrtle Beach, but he left it on the sand for Hurricane Dorian to destroy.




So a bagpiper came by to play out a mournful sounding "Amazing Grace"





Looking at the tires, and the hard beach, not soft sugar sand, I don't know what caused dumb ass to leave it... but the police went to the owner - who didn't know his SUV was left on the beach, and gave him the bad news


The red SUV became a social media sensation Thursday as it was bashed by strong surf whipped up as the hurricane moved past South Carolina and up the Atlantic coast. People posed for selfies with the Jeep and some even climbed on top of it. One man dressed in black walked solemnly around the vehicle in his flip-flops while playing "Amazing Grace" on the bagpipes. It turns out the SUV's owner had lent it to his cousin so that guy wouldn't have to ride his motorcycle in the bad weather, the owner told CNN affiliate WMBF.

"He thought it would be cool to go on the beach and take a quick video of the sunrise before the storm came," said the Jeep's owner, who according to the station did not want to be identified publicly. The station confirmed his identity, it said.

So, the owner's cousin "got on the beach and started driving it," the owner told WMBF. "I guess there's that runoff there, and he didn't realize it was in front of him. He was looking out the window when he went off and got stuck, which you can see he actually banged up the bumper a bit."


police had public works come tow the suv away with a back hoe


https://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/weather-news/article234785492.html
https://www.thedrive.com/news/29703/beached-jeep-grand-cherokee-turns-into-viral-joke-as-hurricane-dorian-barrels-toward-east-coast
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/06/us/dorian-myrtle-beach-jeep-owner-trnd/index.html
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/09/06/hurricane-dorian-jeep-stuck-myrtle-beach-gains-internet-fame/2231574001/

4 comments:

  1. That would have been a good opportunity for a local Jeep dealer to get some PR and send a tech out to get it running, ala Top Gear and their attempts destroy a Nissan Pickup.

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    1. whoa, good idea! Totally great idea, but most people never consider how to grab an advantage when an opportunity arises

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  2. I have a hunch that Thanksgiving dinner is going to be a bit awkward this year. If of course the dummy is invited to it.

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