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"QUANTUM SHOT" #674
Link - by Avi Abrams

      Cars vs. Snow: Cars lose. And we have to dig them out.

      Don't miss our first part:
      Lots of Snow!. And now, let's get back to digging cars from the snow - again...
      although, the more you dig them out, the more white stuff seems to fall on
      them and bury them back under:

      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      (images via 1,
        2, AP Photo/Beth
        DeFalco)

      When your neighbour won't move his car... use laser snow removal!:

      
      
      (originals unknown)

      Enough is enough! -

      

      A nasty surprise awaits...-

      
      

      Maybe if you prepare for a snowfall with a structure like this... it will
      be easier on your car:

      

      Snow drifts are quite common on the roads of Alberta and Saskatchewan -
      the last storm of January 11 stranded hundreds of motorists near Calgary
      and Strathmore (read
      more):

      
      
      (image
        via)

      Recent storm on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago (no jokes about a bad LSD
      trip, please):

      
      (more info
        here, image
        via)

      Here is the famous Snow Road in Japan: Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route, in
      the mountains of Toyama Prefecture - in some places the snow is 20 meters
      thick!

      
      (photo by by Mihai Japan,
        via)

      Snow in Italy can be also pretty grand: here is a small car near a
      snowdrift in the Gran Sasso mountains:

      
      (photo sent in by Roberto Ferri)

      Now you can really appreciate this artwork (an installation by
      Ivan Puig, Spain):

      

      Snow Monster (is there a car inside it, too?):

      

      Interesting "blob"-shaped snow monsters stand on guard in the Russian Ural
      Mountains:

      
      (image credit:
        Denis Burdin)

      If your car could be made of ice, you'd have no problem:

      
      (image via)

      You think you had enough ghastly silence in your snow-buried neighborhood?
      Compare it to this Siberian ghost town somewhere in Kolyma, and shudder:

      
      (image via)

      Snow removal surprise:

      

      Show some shoveling ingenuity:

      

      Once you're done shoveling outside, make sure to close the door after
      coming in! -

      
      (image via)

      And be careful when getting into a snowed-over outhouse - the roof might
      cave in! -

      
      
      (bottom image
        via)

      Finally, after all these stressful and upsetting pictures, here is a
      reminder that snow - even lots of snow - can be actually
      nice and beautiful:

      
      ("Deep Silence", photo by
        Sven Muller)

      
      
      (images via)

      CONTINUE TO "LOTS MORE SNOW!" ->




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7 Comments:

Blogger Cloistervoices said...

Oh how I love your website. Along about February I start whining about all the snow. It was great to laugh at some of these photos. Thanks.

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Anonymous funny fails said...

LOL...The one with ice under the jeep's wheels was hilarious

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Blogger denacem said...

Misread the title as "Cats vs. Snow", that would've been interesting.

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Anonymous Hans Broesicke said...

Sometimes you have to just admit defeat to nature.

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Anonymous JJM said...

After looking at the picture i realize i dont miss the snow not that i live in a warm climate!! Nice post ,thanks!!

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Anonymous minotaurus said...

Awesome photos, reminds me of when i was living in canada last. Nowadays Im near the sea and the snow dissapears as fast as it can land; on one hand no snowballs , on the other not having to dig my car out is a plus :)

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Anonymous Rick said...

I remember snow getting over the level of the car roof in Southern Oregon when I was a kid. The snow plows would throw it off the road in the early morning and it gather into huge piles. At some points it looked like you were going through a tunnel.

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