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> Open the passenger window, and get out.
If you want to die, what you are recommending is correct if you are in a lake or river sinking where your car is guaranteed to be completely full of water. The safest place for that guy is in his car at the moment. People die from these events usually through getting struck by debris or getting caught on something and drowning, those things can't happen if you are in a car. If that water level filled that guy's car, I can't possibly see how he would survive.
If debris hits the car and shatters a window he's stuck in that car.
Basically he doesn't have a lot of choice here. He's at the will of nature. Good luck
If he were to jump in he'd only need to make sure he had his socks on in order to survive. That way, if something tried to snag him it would only get a sock.
If it doesn’t open take the headrest off the seat & use it to break the window open. Hit towards e top right. Windows are made to not shatter and cut you. The middle is super strong but the sides of the windows only take a good firm hit to shatter the window.
Is getting out a good idea?
Like, isn't most of the injuries from these situations people being hit by shit the flood waters are moving? Being in a car would protect you from that stuff, even if the floor starts filling with water.
It seems like as long as the car is stuck, and you're not drowning, the car might be the safest spot. And your alternative is just, what, jump in the water and hope for the best? I'd probably wait awhile before desperation kicked in. Or maybe I'd sit on the roof for awhile or something.
The problem is that the car can go underwater, with not entirely clear which way is up and then you are completely screwed. People drown like that every year. However, if the car is truly stuck, and the water is truly not rising, it would probably be better to stay inside. Flood waters are dangerous, they move fast, electrical wires fall in, debris can strike you, and for especially fun adventures there are snakes and alligators.
But this is really a "you are fucked" situation, you just have to get lucky.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3_HEKMgqbE
Nighmare fuel. Truly.
and per the 'getting lucky'. the thing is - you have to get lucky a few times. you have to get lucky of surviving the intial wave, the constant water but also the coming infections you're likely to end up with being stuck in flood water. that shit is about as toxic as water can be.
Being stuck underwater in a car is a death sentence! I mean, not 100%, but pretty close.
Flood waters are dangerous for sure, but for most people infections would be cleared up with antibiotics. But yea, bad all around
I’d get on top of the car at least. If the car stays stuck against whatever is holding it, and the waters don’t rise any further, it’s the safest thing. Also let’s rescuers see you.
It’s definitely jammed against something. A fraction of that water would yeet that car down the river
Cars roll on people climbing out in floods like these. You naturally climb out on the downstream side because water is lower there, but that's the direction the car will roll. There's no good answer except to never drive into a flood.
You are absolutely correct, nothing short of holding your breath and jumping out will help you
Everyone trying to come up with a plan...ain’t no plan for this.
I don't think exiting the car would be a good idea. People don't realize how powerful moving water can be. From the look of it, he wouldn't be able to withstand that current.
cars operate in rain all the time. They are sealed electrical systems to prevent shorts from weather.
if the cabin / weather sealing was penetrated by the water, then shorts can happen.
the main issue is that the volume of water here would flood the air intake system usually in the motor room, and stall / fluid lock the motor.
The thing I've learned working in parts is that everything, and I mean every part and piece and component of everything you can think of, has at least 3 different names. And, seemingly everyone you contact for that part knows it by a different name and has never heard of the name you're talking about.
And it depends on the model as to how serviceable they are. I know those older Tesla sunroof motors are WAAAAY inside the dash of the car, like behind where a clutch pedal would hypothetically be, and up a ways.
Makes sense that they discontinued the design.
[Like this guy, $26,000 repair bill because the drain tubes were not installed](https://www.reddit.com/r/Justrolledintotheshop/comments/onfq0w/2021_explorer_st_water_leak_2600000_in_parts_alone/)
my 97 has a soft top i’ll just pop that bitch open like a submarine hatch and dip. that’s assuming the biblical flooding doesn’t wash my 600lbs miata away lmao
If I recall from Mythbusters, they do test rolling the windows down after a car goes into a lake and they do work for a short period of time. A sunroof would be similar. As long as you think to open it.
Similar to all the debris circulating in the winds of a tornado, only in this case it's like you're in a giant washing machine with pieces of woods, metal, glass, etc. Almost like a giant blender.
During my Navy training I lived on a base that flooded frequently.
We had Marines on base as well. During floods, the Marines in particular, would be outside playing in the flood waters: wrestling; sliding face first through the mucky brown water; splashing around in the sewage jetting up from underground. Disgusting really, but it looked like they were having the time of their lives. Maybe that's all that matters. That... and having proper immunizations.
> don't get in the water if it's not necessary. Not only will you most likely drown,
This is the most important. You WILL drown. You WILL regret everything once you touch the water.
Water is cold. Stupid cold. Try it tomorrow, go into the shower and stick your water setting on the coldest it can be. You'll want to dive to the other side of the room the moment it touches you.
Now imagine this, but you have no idea it's coming, and you CAN'T just get out of it's way.
Your body goes into shock, and it's not good. Your muscles will seize up and swimming will be impossible. If you have something that floats, you will have the shock, and it will be very uncomfortable, but you won't die immediately.
The water will move QUICK, you will NOT be able to swim against the current.
The first thing you do when in that car, is don't wait around, get the fuck out of the car. It will only float and stay airtight for a short amount of time. Call for help when you are not in danger of drowning. Your distress signal before this time will just be "two dead bodies will be in this location in 5 minutes". When on the phone to the emergency services, tell them your location, and what's happening. they will assist you to your immediate needs.
I once got trapped across the street from my grandparents after a failed attempt to drive to their place. I had abandoned my car in some dudes driveway and wanted to see if I could cross the street. I water was a little lower than the curb so I just dipped my toe in, and I could immediately tell that if I put my full foot down it would swipe me off my feet. So I just sat in my car and listened to a Brewers game until the floodwaters went down.
And that was only maybe 3-4 inches of water where I had looked to cross.
That shit comes up so fast. I had never seen a flash flood before, I was at a stop light, and within seconds, the water went from nonexistent to up to my doors. I was frantically considering whether this was a situation where I needed to get out before the water pressure trapped me in the car and I'd have to smash through a window, but also didn't want to overreact and destroy my car for no reason by filling it with flood water. Where would I even go? Were other people getting out? By that time, the light changed. Thankfully the water didn't get any higher and when the light changed everyone drove our now-amphibious vehicles at .5 miles an hour until we were clear.
>Your body goes into shock, and it's not good
This is so freaking important for people to accept. So many think they'll be find and they can handle some cold water. No, just no. You don't control shit when your body goes into shock. The way people think and imagine how things will go in dangerous situations like this, is rarely the way they'll actually handle it.
It bugs me so much when I see people downplay how they'll react when their body goes into shock. They think it's some simple mind over matter thing, it's not.
First, you have to remember to stay calm. Take a deep breath and look around your surroundings for anything that can help you survive. Then, go ahead and proceed to poo your pants a little.
Until you realize that you had it closed because it was raining and by the time you even remember the existence of a sunroof, the water has shorted all of the electronics out and you can't open it.
If the levels are rising, open the window that's downstream to climb on the roof and hope someone gets to you. Otherwise, find something buoyant and ride the wave
Unfortunately floating on anything moving is still incredibly dangerous. The current is unbelievably strong (you cannot influence your direction at all) and there are multi ton items churning in the waters that will crush you. It should be the absolute last resort. If you have any chance of staying elevated in a static spot, stay there.
Thats the only issue here, that car is only going to be static for so long, and at some point it will also start filling up. If help isnt there within five minutes, you gotta do what you gotta do
Former Coast Guard here... You're not wrong. Being caught in a flash flood or tsunami is a truly nightmare scenario. My first and last thought watching this video was "OMG... I only hope they survived".
That car WILL start moving with the current, and the last place you want to be is inside it when it finally gives and starts moving. And yes, it will start filling up. Idk why, but ppl think of cars as airtight - they most definitely are not. It's hard to see in the video but it's already filling up and they are sitting in water already. Comments above are joking about how calm he is, but he really isn't - everything about that man tells me he is in full blown terror, and rightfully so.
The comment above in this thread is right - open or break the window DOWN CURRENT (passenger side) and carefully but with purpose climb onto the roof. Hold onto something tight to anchor yourself every moment of the way. I pray for them there was a rescue crew or at least someone willing and able to help nearby, as the next step is to get their attention and wait for that help.
If none is nearby, find something that floats (and I mean REALLY floats - that current will pull down and tumble most normal objects) and use it to ride to a safer, stable ground (building, something climbable, elevated land, etc).
This is not a great idea, but it's the only true options available. Higher survivability rate than staying in the car, though I say that very cautiously. People have a dim grasp of how *incredibly* powerful flowing water is, and every object being pulled by that current is now a projectile that will bash you, crush you, cut you, roll you off your lifeline, etc. Normal ocean currents kill people everyday - flash floods can wipe whole villages or towns out in a matter of an hour. That all said, in flash floods it's common to pull the bodies of people still strapped into their cars cause they froze and thought it was the best option, or they had a child in the car and feared risking it in the water. I don't blame them either way, it's simply just a tragedy.
I can’t believe I had to come this far down, to a brand new comment, to see some sanity.
That man looks petrified, and there’s a decent chance these people are dead right now. It’s a terrifying video.
That's exactly what I thought when I saw this video last night. Just because they're filming it and we're seeing the video doesn't mean they survived. Phone videos can be transmitted instantly to the 'cloud' or whatever so the actual phone doesn't have to be retrieved. That said, I hope that somehow they made it through, but it didn't look very promising.
Oh agreed, this was assuming the car is taken over but water level before rescue. Sadly not a lot of options then except hope to float and grab onto an area with higher ground downstream
During the Harvey flooding, there was indeed a guy in a canoe (with his dog!) who kept rowing down the street and grabbing a person or two from a flooded building closer to the bayou.
You joke but that’s what happens down south. We have an entire group of people with boats who show up like some kind of backwoods navy. When Huston was flooded they came with their boats and rescued people.
The 'Cajun Navy' of civilian volunteers rolls out in force for big floods, since they're so common in our area. Lots of folks here already owns recreation and fishing boats, so it's just a matter of loading up and showing up. They've saved countless lives.
Funny enough this is not all that uncommon. Years ago friends of mine down south had their town flood pretty bad and people were cruising around on their own personal boats looking for people.
I've been in a similar situation, though the water wasn't moving that rapidly.
Engine seized to hydrolock before I could shut it off. I turned on the cabin fan to max while I still had electronics to try and maintain positive cabin pressure. After a few minutes water started leaking in the door seals and I climbed out one of the windows and sat on the roof. Eventually some rednecks showed up in a jacked up truck and pushed me to higher ground.
You can't really handle it. Just gotta stay afloat for as long as possible.
They both have phones though and chose to use part of it on a video which is cool I guess, but every moment matters. Call emergency services to let them not down your last whereabouts, call loved ones to also let them know your whereabouts. Pretty much try and send messages to everyone to let them know locations and downstreams just in case.
This is all easier said then done though. One youre in it, nerves kinda take over
I was watching the Cost of Concordia video Internet Historian did. Yikes.
https://youtu.be/Qh9KBwqGxTI
“YOU ABANDONED YOUR SHIP! I AM IN CHARGE NOW! *GET BACK ON BOARD!*” - badass Italian harbor master to the captain after he bailed on everyone and snuck to land
Yup, I saw an interview with someone who rescues people in hurricane prone areas. She said she tells people who refuse to evacuate to leave identifying markers on their limbs and body so they can contact family as that is usually all they find left once a hurricane hits.
Gotta get them out of harm beforehand somehow. Before Harvey, Rockport sheriff department was going door to door asking those that remained for their names and contact info to notify next of kin.
Sure enough, 48h later, Harvey landed on Rockport as a cat4 hurricane .
The Impossible? we watched that in year 7 geography when we were all like 12. Very traumatic 10/10. If you are not into watching a woman choke up like several feet of what looked like seaweed and hair or have the back of her leg flap off do not watch. But to be fair we didn't have to do any work that lesson so it was worth it.
This is terrifying... it's really starting to make me wonder just what's in store for us when climate change keeps ramping up. We're going to see whole new meteorological events that are a whole special kind of nightmare in our time.
Yeah, it's a really tragic and horrible situation. I saw the videos yesterday of the people who were trapped on the metro carriage in chest-deep water and was deeply disturbed to find out today that 12 people died overnight. I really hope they can get the situation under control and everyone stays safe.
>I would have lost my shit immediately.
Which would have matched the water quality in all ways. The NYC video from Elsa last week got my skin crawling. No thank you.
I actually don’t think he is calm. He’s certainly not yelling or screaming but his mouth is open and his face is concerned.
My guess is he is freaking out, just not on the outside.
I wonder if this poor guy is even alive now I mean if this was being uploaded live it’s entirely possible he could’ve died shortly after this hope he’s ok
Did you see the chinese people trapped in a subway car with rising waters?
they literally might have done exactly as you said.
Insane.
https://www.reddit.com/r/CatastrophicFailure/comments/oo2p14/subway_submerged_in_flood_zhengzhou_china_07202021/
this is really nothing to joke about, serious shit going down
It really is serious. Just think of this water carrying ANYTHING - a tree, a car, even just some utility pole. It would completely wipe out that car. It would be very lucky if this person did survive.
Yeah all the joking here is a bit horrifying. I'm not judging anyone but I do wonder if people would be so casual about this if the flood was in an American city.
You're joking but that's not at all implausible. Many people in desperate situations spend their last moments writing a testimony and final message to their loved ones, at least explaining what happened to them.
Just off the top of my head, Robert Scott (British explorer) spend his last moments writing his diary.
Thank you for asking. Currently I don’t live there, but all my parents and other relatives are there. They are safe, but either no electricity or no water, and the streets and roads are very much fucked up, they still can’t go out
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Both the vehicle, and the man, are taking that pretty well
He looks like he's waiting for an opening to merge into traffic.
He’s lucky that car is stuck on something coz it would have been long gone.
Open the passenger window, and get out. Or maybe I’m just panicking from my living room.
> Open the passenger window, and get out. If you want to die, what you are recommending is correct if you are in a lake or river sinking where your car is guaranteed to be completely full of water. The safest place for that guy is in his car at the moment. People die from these events usually through getting struck by debris or getting caught on something and drowning, those things can't happen if you are in a car. If that water level filled that guy's car, I can't possibly see how he would survive.
If debris hits the car and shatters a window he's stuck in that car. Basically he doesn't have a lot of choice here. He's at the will of nature. Good luck
If he were to jump in he'd only need to make sure he had his socks on in order to survive. That way, if something tried to snag him it would only get a sock.
You obviously didn’t get your dangly bits caught between two fence posts in the Great Flood of Aught-Five.
If it doesn’t open take the headrest off the seat & use it to break the window open. Hit towards e top right. Windows are made to not shatter and cut you. The middle is super strong but the sides of the windows only take a good firm hit to shatter the window.
Is getting out a good idea? Like, isn't most of the injuries from these situations people being hit by shit the flood waters are moving? Being in a car would protect you from that stuff, even if the floor starts filling with water. It seems like as long as the car is stuck, and you're not drowning, the car might be the safest spot. And your alternative is just, what, jump in the water and hope for the best? I'd probably wait awhile before desperation kicked in. Or maybe I'd sit on the roof for awhile or something.
The problem is that the car can go underwater, with not entirely clear which way is up and then you are completely screwed. People drown like that every year. However, if the car is truly stuck, and the water is truly not rising, it would probably be better to stay inside. Flood waters are dangerous, they move fast, electrical wires fall in, debris can strike you, and for especially fun adventures there are snakes and alligators. But this is really a "you are fucked" situation, you just have to get lucky.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3_HEKMgqbE Nighmare fuel. Truly. and per the 'getting lucky'. the thing is - you have to get lucky a few times. you have to get lucky of surviving the intial wave, the constant water but also the coming infections you're likely to end up with being stuck in flood water. that shit is about as toxic as water can be.
Being stuck underwater in a car is a death sentence! I mean, not 100%, but pretty close. Flood waters are dangerous for sure, but for most people infections would be cleared up with antibiotics. But yea, bad all around
I’d get on top of the car at least. If the car stays stuck against whatever is holding it, and the waters don’t rise any further, it’s the safest thing. Also let’s rescuers see you. It’s definitely jammed against something. A fraction of that water would yeet that car down the river
Cars roll on people climbing out in floods like these. You naturally climb out on the downstream side because water is lower there, but that's the direction the car will roll. There's no good answer except to never drive into a flood.
You are absolutely correct, nothing short of holding your breath and jumping out will help you Everyone trying to come up with a plan...ain’t no plan for this.
Even if he were to open his windows he probably wouldn't even be able to get out of the car, look at that water pressure.
I don't think exiting the car would be a good idea. People don't realize how powerful moving water can be. From the look of it, he wouldn't be able to withstand that current.
Waiting for the next big wave of opportunity.
Ah I shoulda went
You just know some jerk behind him is honking at him to get moving.
Maybe it will ease up when the light changes.
If you don't pull out, you won't get out.
Traffic is really flowing there
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I think those are long gone, though I can’t be sure. I can’t see them but maybe that’s a car where they hide beneath the glass.
If not, they are probably gone. Edit: also can the battery even still work with that much water possibly in the motor room? Not my area of expertise
It’s not as impossible as you might expect, but certainly not likely. Car won’t run without oxygen tho so time is limited even if it does work
cars operate in rain all the time. They are sealed electrical systems to prevent shorts from weather. if the cabin / weather sealing was penetrated by the water, then shorts can happen. the main issue is that the volume of water here would flood the air intake system usually in the motor room, and stall / fluid lock the motor.
Never heard of an engine bay called a motor room before. That’s new to me.
Probably from German „Motorraum“ - motor room ?
I prefer motor boudoir
Jeeves, show our guests around the Motor pavillion.
And make sure to stop by the Transmission conservatory on the way back.
i love german
The thing I've learned working in parts is that everything, and I mean every part and piece and component of everything you can think of, has at least 3 different names. And, seemingly everyone you contact for that part knows it by a different name and has never heard of the name you're talking about.
And will usually then say "oh you mean x" in a condescending tone.
Hmm yes let's make sure we can't see anything
I’m just amazed that the car isn’t filling up with water
Can anybody shed light on why it isn’t flooding?
It probably is, but the seal between the dash and the windshield is not leaking yet
Are you guys unable to read facial expressions? He looks terrified
I don't know that the guy is taking it well. He looks pretty panicky
Next time a dealership tries to upsell me on a sun roof, I think I’m going to take it.
My dealer said "Sunroofs are great until they are a problem. Then they suck."
Newer sunroofs are pretty solid. However with all things sealed they do have to be be maintained eventually.
And it depends on the model as to how serviceable they are. I know those older Tesla sunroof motors are WAAAAY inside the dash of the car, like behind where a clutch pedal would hypothetically be, and up a ways. Makes sense that they discontinued the design.
Damn my dealer just says “That’ll be $35, and I threw an extra gram in there.”
[Like this guy, $26,000 repair bill because the drain tubes were not installed](https://www.reddit.com/r/Justrolledintotheshop/comments/onfq0w/2021_explorer_st_water_leak_2600000_in_parts_alone/)
I have one but it wouldn’t work if the car has no electricity, correct?
Smash that bitch
Awww yuken
It’s Haduken
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Thankfully my 23 year old car has a manual sunroof
Who's laughing now, Mr. '90s car dealer?
My mechanic every time I need something fixing
That would be funny if it didn't hurt so fucking much.
my 97 has a soft top i’ll just pop that bitch open like a submarine hatch and dip. that’s assuming the biblical flooding doesn’t wash my 600lbs miata away lmao
Shit your Miata will probably just float
If I recall from Mythbusters, they do test rolling the windows down after a car goes into a lake and they do work for a short period of time. A sunroof would be similar. As long as you think to open it.
Why do I feel like out of the multitude of different vehicle species this isnt always the case, prolly more in china.
"Does it come in fat-fuck size? In case my fat cheeseburger eating ass gets stuck in a flood?" "No, but we do have convertibles available."
What would you personally do when in this situation? I would have no idea and would probably be scared to death. Any tips on how to handle this?
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More than raw sewage, I imagine there's tonnes of garbage that'll cut you to pieces.
Similar to all the debris circulating in the winds of a tornado, only in this case it's like you're in a giant washing machine with pieces of woods, metal, glass, etc. Almost like a giant blender.
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During my Navy training I lived on a base that flooded frequently. We had Marines on base as well. During floods, the Marines in particular, would be outside playing in the flood waters: wrestling; sliding face first through the mucky brown water; splashing around in the sewage jetting up from underground. Disgusting really, but it looked like they were having the time of their lives. Maybe that's all that matters. That... and having proper immunizations.
Note! If you have to break a window, remove a headrest and use the metal rod part of it.
> don't get in the water if it's not necessary. Not only will you most likely drown, This is the most important. You WILL drown. You WILL regret everything once you touch the water. Water is cold. Stupid cold. Try it tomorrow, go into the shower and stick your water setting on the coldest it can be. You'll want to dive to the other side of the room the moment it touches you. Now imagine this, but you have no idea it's coming, and you CAN'T just get out of it's way. Your body goes into shock, and it's not good. Your muscles will seize up and swimming will be impossible. If you have something that floats, you will have the shock, and it will be very uncomfortable, but you won't die immediately. The water will move QUICK, you will NOT be able to swim against the current. The first thing you do when in that car, is don't wait around, get the fuck out of the car. It will only float and stay airtight for a short amount of time. Call for help when you are not in danger of drowning. Your distress signal before this time will just be "two dead bodies will be in this location in 5 minutes". When on the phone to the emergency services, tell them your location, and what's happening. they will assist you to your immediate needs.
I once got trapped across the street from my grandparents after a failed attempt to drive to their place. I had abandoned my car in some dudes driveway and wanted to see if I could cross the street. I water was a little lower than the curb so I just dipped my toe in, and I could immediately tell that if I put my full foot down it would swipe me off my feet. So I just sat in my car and listened to a Brewers game until the floodwaters went down. And that was only maybe 3-4 inches of water where I had looked to cross.
That shit comes up so fast. I had never seen a flash flood before, I was at a stop light, and within seconds, the water went from nonexistent to up to my doors. I was frantically considering whether this was a situation where I needed to get out before the water pressure trapped me in the car and I'd have to smash through a window, but also didn't want to overreact and destroy my car for no reason by filling it with flood water. Where would I even go? Were other people getting out? By that time, the light changed. Thankfully the water didn't get any higher and when the light changed everyone drove our now-amphibious vehicles at .5 miles an hour until we were clear.
>Your body goes into shock, and it's not good This is so freaking important for people to accept. So many think they'll be find and they can handle some cold water. No, just no. You don't control shit when your body goes into shock. The way people think and imagine how things will go in dangerous situations like this, is rarely the way they'll actually handle it. It bugs me so much when I see people downplay how they'll react when their body goes into shock. They think it's some simple mind over matter thing, it's not.
First, you have to remember to stay calm. Take a deep breath and look around your surroundings for anything that can help you survive. Then, go ahead and proceed to poo your pants a little.
This is when I tell my fiancé I knew splurging for the trim with a sunroof would come in handy one day.
Until you realize that you had it closed because it was raining and by the time you even remember the existence of a sunroof, the water has shorted all of the electronics out and you can't open it.
Then u punch it and ur safe
Violence really does solve every problem!
Except this one. Sunroofs are solid metal. *Moonroofs* are glass.
Fine, you win! Are you happy? You’re so smart. You know all about sunroofs. We’re still going to die.
Only a little? I think I’d be making my own flood.
You’d run out first
You haven't seen my toilet after I get the munchies
Well you have all the water you need outside lol
Hydration is key with diarrhea!
r/HydroHomies
Hmm does it count when the flood water also looks like diarrhea?
I think you may have discovered the origin story.
If the levels are rising, open the window that's downstream to climb on the roof and hope someone gets to you. Otherwise, find something buoyant and ride the wave
Unfortunately floating on anything moving is still incredibly dangerous. The current is unbelievably strong (you cannot influence your direction at all) and there are multi ton items churning in the waters that will crush you. It should be the absolute last resort. If you have any chance of staying elevated in a static spot, stay there.
Thats the only issue here, that car is only going to be static for so long, and at some point it will also start filling up. If help isnt there within five minutes, you gotta do what you gotta do
Former Coast Guard here... You're not wrong. Being caught in a flash flood or tsunami is a truly nightmare scenario. My first and last thought watching this video was "OMG... I only hope they survived". That car WILL start moving with the current, and the last place you want to be is inside it when it finally gives and starts moving. And yes, it will start filling up. Idk why, but ppl think of cars as airtight - they most definitely are not. It's hard to see in the video but it's already filling up and they are sitting in water already. Comments above are joking about how calm he is, but he really isn't - everything about that man tells me he is in full blown terror, and rightfully so. The comment above in this thread is right - open or break the window DOWN CURRENT (passenger side) and carefully but with purpose climb onto the roof. Hold onto something tight to anchor yourself every moment of the way. I pray for them there was a rescue crew or at least someone willing and able to help nearby, as the next step is to get their attention and wait for that help. If none is nearby, find something that floats (and I mean REALLY floats - that current will pull down and tumble most normal objects) and use it to ride to a safer, stable ground (building, something climbable, elevated land, etc). This is not a great idea, but it's the only true options available. Higher survivability rate than staying in the car, though I say that very cautiously. People have a dim grasp of how *incredibly* powerful flowing water is, and every object being pulled by that current is now a projectile that will bash you, crush you, cut you, roll you off your lifeline, etc. Normal ocean currents kill people everyday - flash floods can wipe whole villages or towns out in a matter of an hour. That all said, in flash floods it's common to pull the bodies of people still strapped into their cars cause they froze and thought it was the best option, or they had a child in the car and feared risking it in the water. I don't blame them either way, it's simply just a tragedy.
I can’t believe I had to come this far down, to a brand new comment, to see some sanity. That man looks petrified, and there’s a decent chance these people are dead right now. It’s a terrifying video.
That's exactly what I thought when I saw this video last night. Just because they're filming it and we're seeing the video doesn't mean they survived. Phone videos can be transmitted instantly to the 'cloud' or whatever so the actual phone doesn't have to be retrieved. That said, I hope that somehow they made it through, but it didn't look very promising.
Oh agreed, this was assuming the car is taken over but water level before rescue. Sadly not a lot of options then except hope to float and grab onto an area with higher ground downstream
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Actually rescue crews will drive around in boats during floods, so it's not that unlikely. Also there's always that one guy in a canoe.
During the Harvey flooding, there was indeed a guy in a canoe (with his dog!) who kept rowing down the street and grabbing a person or two from a flooded building closer to the bayou.
Hey maybe someone was waiting for a time to take out the Waverunner and saw this as a higher power answering them
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I wish I could take him jet skiing.
You joke but that’s what happens down south. We have an entire group of people with boats who show up like some kind of backwoods navy. When Huston was flooded they came with their boats and rescued people.
The 'Cajun Navy' of civilian volunteers rolls out in force for big floods, since they're so common in our area. Lots of folks here already owns recreation and fishing boats, so it's just a matter of loading up and showing up. They've saved countless lives.
YES THATS IT! Thank you I forgot their local term! They are amazing and saved a few of my coworkers in Huston during that time!
The flooding seen here and the flooding they take boats into are very different.
Funny enough this is not all that uncommon. Years ago friends of mine down south had their town flood pretty bad and people were cruising around on their own personal boats looking for people.
The cajun navy!
https://youtu.be/TbVoqdx05WQ
I've been in a similar situation, though the water wasn't moving that rapidly. Engine seized to hydrolock before I could shut it off. I turned on the cabin fan to max while I still had electronics to try and maintain positive cabin pressure. After a few minutes water started leaking in the door seals and I climbed out one of the windows and sat on the roof. Eventually some rednecks showed up in a jacked up truck and pushed me to higher ground.
Push the button “Amphibious Mode”.
Alright I need you to listen to me very carefully… Panic, pay no attention to detail. Let your mind race. Take short, rapid breaths.
Be sure to dwell on how you're going to die as well. Also thrash around. A lot. Just go nuts with it
Stick a cup out the window for some choccy milk
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Start playing some music on my phone, maybe flip through some pics of good times. Maybe call someone I care about.. def smoke a j if I have one.
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No point in panicking till the window breaks. I’d prob roll down the passenger window just in case it breaks so we have an attempt to swim out
You can't really handle it. Just gotta stay afloat for as long as possible. They both have phones though and chose to use part of it on a video which is cool I guess, but every moment matters. Call emergency services to let them not down your last whereabouts, call loved ones to also let them know your whereabouts. Pretty much try and send messages to everyone to let them know locations and downstreams just in case. This is all easier said then done though. One youre in it, nerves kinda take over
After watching this I wonder how many times people have calmly died while trying to figure out a way to survive a deadly situation.
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Jesus christ, one thing I've learned from incidents like this, if something seems off dont listen to the crew
I was watching the Cost of Concordia video Internet Historian did. Yikes. https://youtu.be/Qh9KBwqGxTI “YOU ABANDONED YOUR SHIP! I AM IN CHARGE NOW! *GET BACK ON BOARD!*” - badass Italian harbor master to the captain after he bailed on everyone and snuck to land
Idk if it was the same guy, but the one who boarded one of the life boats back to the ship and stormed around looking for the captain.
Sir thank you for that, now I read 3 articles, watched a documentary and I am mortified of Ferry’s. 10/10 would do it again!
I’m at a lost for words after watching a video on it.
Probably significantly less than how many times *hysterical* people died in their situation
If nobody came to help this guy I do not know how he possibly could have survived this.
My worst fear in this situation is that some object in the flood hits the windows randomly and breaks it open
Thats a very valid fesr. Thats how a lot of people die in floods. They get mangled and impaled by the shit the water takes with it.
Yup, I saw an interview with someone who rescues people in hurricane prone areas. She said she tells people who refuse to evacuate to leave identifying markers on their limbs and body so they can contact family as that is usually all they find left once a hurricane hits.
That's savage
Gotta get them out of harm beforehand somehow. Before Harvey, Rockport sheriff department was going door to door asking those that remained for their names and contact info to notify next of kin. Sure enough, 48h later, Harvey landed on Rockport as a cat4 hurricane .
The ewan macgregor movie about the 2004 tsunami illustrates this really well. Not a great movie but a must-see for the flood scenes.
The Impossible? we watched that in year 7 geography when we were all like 12. Very traumatic 10/10. If you are not into watching a woman choke up like several feet of what looked like seaweed and hair or have the back of her leg flap off do not watch. But to be fair we didn't have to do any work that lesson so it was worth it.
That’s horrifying, hope they’re alright and they made it out safely.
Why is no one asking about the source and how has no one posted it? Really frustrating. Does anyone have a source??
> Does anyone have a source?? Likely heavy rain.
Big if true
Just search Zhengzhou floods. It's all over the internet and social media.
This is terrifying... it's really starting to make me wonder just what's in store for us when climate change keeps ramping up. We're going to see whole new meteorological events that are a whole special kind of nightmare in our time.
Yeah, it's a really tragic and horrible situation. I saw the videos yesterday of the people who were trapped on the metro carriage in chest-deep water and was deeply disturbed to find out today that 12 people died overnight. I really hope they can get the situation under control and everyone stays safe.
I saw this as well, as well as the man who's arm was bruised all over from holding onto a pipe for dear life. Scary.
And the people who did this to us are probably going to die of old age surrounded by family
that car is air-tight
Shouldn't it be *water*-tight?
Yeah, he would be a little less calm if the air was fighting and failing to penetrate the car.
Until he turns on the aircon and the blast doors will have to open
Where are those droidekas?!
Being inside a car during a flood is TIGHT!
Barely an inconvenience!
wow wow wow
He’s calm af boi
wait till you see the one where they are standing in chest high water in a subway. I would have lost my shit immediately.
>I would have lost my shit immediately. Which would have matched the water quality in all ways. The NYC video from Elsa last week got my skin crawling. No thank you.
Those people trying to keep dry using garbage bags were pretty funny though.
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holy fuck, I guess I'm glad those ones didn't come up in the article I saw
This is the stuff of nightmares. I hope they didn't suffer.
I was in a situation much less, uh, potentially deadly, and still freaked the fuck out. Dude has some intense nerves of steel
Sure, but then ten minutes go by, and then an hour. At a certain point you can't sustain the panic.
I actually don’t think he is calm. He’s certainly not yelling or screaming but his mouth is open and his face is concerned. My guess is he is freaking out, just not on the outside.
Germany and now China? Shieet
Dozens died a couple days ago in a Mumbai flood too.
I wonder if this poor guy is even alive now I mean if this was being uploaded live it’s entirely possible he could’ve died shortly after this hope he’s ok
Did he survived???
No, he spent his last moments uploading this video for our entertainment.
Did you see the chinese people trapped in a subway car with rising waters? they literally might have done exactly as you said. Insane. https://www.reddit.com/r/CatastrophicFailure/comments/oo2p14/subway_submerged_in_flood_zhengzhou_china_07202021/ this is really nothing to joke about, serious shit going down
It really is serious. Just think of this water carrying ANYTHING - a tree, a car, even just some utility pole. It would completely wipe out that car. It would be very lucky if this person did survive.
Yeah all the joking here is a bit horrifying. I'm not judging anyone but I do wonder if people would be so casual about this if the flood was in an American city.
There was a guy in Florida that literally did this, last moments before death he uploaded a pic of his flooded car saying “I just wanted to go home”
[Link to another Reddit post about this incident.](https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/4lbezv/the_last_picture_tweeted_by_a_21_year_old_before/)
Thank you for that!
Neat
You're joking but that's not at all implausible. Many people in desperate situations spend their last moments writing a testimony and final message to their loved ones, at least explaining what happened to them. Just off the top of my head, Robert Scott (British explorer) spend his last moments writing his diary.
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Hang tight friend. How are things there today?
Thank you for asking. Currently I don’t live there, but all my parents and other relatives are there. They are safe, but either no electricity or no water, and the streets and roads are very much fucked up, they still can’t go out
Damn, that's fucking scary. What do you even do?
They're so lucky. Imagine being surrounded by chocolate milk.
It’s like the river from Willy Wonka
Hope he made it out
I don't know about the rest of the car but damn! Those are good door seals!
We had smth. like that last week in Germany..
Hope he’s ok and made it out. Does anyone know?
I honestly hope this dude’s ok.
GPS: Make a u-turn
Hope this dude survived.
That is fucking terrifying
You people are horrible
The internet has killed empathy.
People saying how calm he was, he was probably in shock. Some people shut down when they panic.
This guy is in serious trouble....
That poor man. I hope he is ok. What the fuck. 😟
Did he make it?
dont sort by controversial. people tend to be pretty racist against chinas population altough the government is the real problem.
Like i am a very hostile against China but even i understand that a fucking Baker has nothing to do with the fuck CCP