I stand by my comments below, this guy is a moron to believe that the cars, across the beach from the ocean, are safe in the huuricane guaranteed south Florida
I need to retract my previous comments. Looks like the owner did try to protect his cars.
According to people that claim to be friends and family, the owner Mike, is a major MOPAR collector. Photo they posted showed these 2 cars plus 2 more in the garage. 2 cars were on a lift with the other 2 underneath.
Comments from these people, including a person claiming to be the owners nephew, was that the cars were indoors and they were up on the lift, the storm surge pushed them out. Also, the hurricane was not supposed to hit where these cars were located. Landfall was supposed to be way north from Mike's location. Once it was realized where it was going, it was too late.
I was certain that they had been in the garages too. Within a spitballs distance from the ocean. In Bonita Springs (Ft Myers) Florida, where a hurricane is a probable annual event. If I lived on a volcano, it would be less likely that my home would be burnt, than a hurricane hit this guys place in Florida. If I lived in New Orleans, I'd be less likely to lose a home to a flood. If I lived in Alaska, it would be less likely that I'd get lost in a blizzard. I'd be less likely to die of thirst in the Sahara. I'd be less likely to need some bottled oxygen on Mt Everest. Just saying, it's a damn certainty that a hurricane (oh, like, say, THIS ONE) will hit your house on the beach in Ft Myers Florida. Putting cars on a lift in Houston might get them above the flood zone. But when you're ON THE BEACH in Florida? They're gonna get salt water all over, soon enough. Oh, I'm not wrong, I'm looking at a flipped over Super Bird. I'm very very proved right.
These are the same people that use their infinite government pensions to push these cars into the 6 figure half a million dollar mark to where nobody can ever hope to ever afford one, and they do this to it. Absolutely zero care or respect for what they have - likely never driven - and they just hoard them away.
"the cars were indoors and they were up on the lift, the storm surge pushed them out." No shit it did, you must have missed science class when you learned about the physical force and inertia that rushing water has.
" the hurricane was not supposed to hit where these cars were located"
You also missed that part of class too, storms can do whatever the hell they want and storm surge affects dozens of miles from the storm's center.
You also never keep cars like this within any distance from the ocean period for not only the storm surge but the wet climate and wet air. Engines and bodywork on cars in florda near the coast will corrode like nobody's business. It's not that hard to pay for a storage garage somewhere more rural and inland where everything is secure.
Sad...Stupid...Irresponsible
ReplyDeleteI need to retract my previous comments. Looks like the owner did try to protect his cars.
ReplyDeleteAccording to people that claim to be friends and family, the owner Mike, is a major MOPAR collector. Photo they posted showed these 2 cars plus 2 more in the garage.
2 cars were on a lift with the other 2 underneath.
Comments from these people, including a person claiming to be the owners nephew, was that the cars were indoors and they were up on the lift, the storm surge pushed them out.
Also, the hurricane was not supposed to hit where these cars were located. Landfall was supposed to be way north from Mike's location. Once it was realized where it was going, it was too late.
I was certain that they had been in the garages too.
DeleteWithin a spitballs distance from the ocean.
In Bonita Springs (Ft Myers) Florida, where a hurricane is a probable annual event.
If I lived on a volcano, it would be less likely that my home would be burnt, than a hurricane hit this guys place in Florida. If I lived in New Orleans, I'd be less likely to lose a home to a flood. If I lived in Alaska, it would be less likely that I'd get lost in a blizzard. I'd be less likely to die of thirst in the Sahara. I'd be less likely to need some bottled oxygen on Mt Everest.
Just saying, it's a damn certainty that a hurricane (oh, like, say, THIS ONE) will hit your house on the beach in Ft Myers Florida.
Putting cars on a lift in Houston might get them above the flood zone. But when you're ON THE BEACH in Florida? They're gonna get salt water all over, soon enough.
Oh, I'm not wrong, I'm looking at a flipped over Super Bird. I'm very very proved right.
These are the same people that use their infinite government pensions to push these cars into the 6 figure half a million dollar mark to where nobody can ever hope to ever afford one, and they do this to it. Absolutely zero care or respect for what they have - likely never driven - and they just hoard them away.
ReplyDelete"the cars were indoors and they were up on the lift, the storm surge pushed them out." No shit it did, you must have missed science class when you learned about the physical force and inertia that rushing water has.
" the hurricane was not supposed to hit where these cars were located"
You also missed that part of class too, storms can do whatever the hell they want and storm surge affects dozens of miles from the storm's center.
You also never keep cars like this within any distance from the ocean period for not only the storm surge but the wet climate and wet air. Engines and bodywork on cars in florda near the coast will corrode like nobody's business. It's not that hard to pay for a storage garage somewhere more rural and inland where everything is secure.