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WCDT strips 4156-4160 (16th to 20th December 2019)

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shanejayell:
New Strip up.

I;m VAGUELY worried Dora and Tai are gonna end up wedded right there....

Near Lurker:
...no bet.

...wait, what's this about gift baskets?

Dinaverg:

--- Quote from: shanejayell on 16 Dec 2019, 19:49 ---New Strip up.

I;m VAGUELY worried Dora and Tai are gonna end up wedded right there....

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only vaguely? tsk.

Mordhaus:
People drown in Arizona because it typically only rains during what they call monsoon season. During that time, quick building strong rain storms can drop a ton of rain in a short time. There are also a lot of crossings in Arizona called 'washes' where the road is either at ground level or close to it in dry riverbeds. You can easily go to an urban center and get caught out, meaning on the way home you might have to cross one or more of these riverbeds. If you misjudge the current or get too cocky, you end up a statistic as your vehicle is washed downstream and shredded.

Quite a bit of the blame is on the Arizona government for not properly building safe crossings. It is a lot easier and cheaper to just put signs out warning about the low water crossings.

I can recall when I was growing up and still living in south Arizona near the Tohono O'odham nation reservation, a couple of times I was almost a statistic. One was when I was 10 or 11 and my aunt came to visit. She took me to Tucson for some reason and on the way back she decided to shoot across a wash in her 65 mustang after she saw a larger truck go through it. The car started drifting to the left from the water pressure and we just barely made it out because she had hit the water fast, ending up in the opposite lane. Another time was when I was with my family in our ltd station wagon about a year later. We had went to town for groceries and I was sitting in the back in the flip up seats. My grandfather was generally pretty good at judging the washes, but we got hit by a small surge as we were going through and the car stalled. The back of the car where I was started taking in water through the semi open rear window. Some of our grocery bags were sucked out and I was lucky I had my little waist seat belt on. Some people on the other side noticed and were able to wade out to hook up our front with a chain, pulling us out.

Rushing water is scary and extremely dangerous. Sadly a lot of people find out only too late.

Gyrre:

--- Quote from: BenRG on 16 Dec 2019, 08:39 ---
--- Quote from: JoeCovenant on 16 Dec 2019, 08:34 ---I would imagine owning a boat would be expensive, but everyone's treating it as if it "ain't no thang!"... and fairly standard fare!
 :psyduck:
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That's the thing: I don't think it is expensive, from what I've seen. If anything, it is cheaper than owning a car in most cases!

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What kind of boat?
I imagine flat-bottom boats, canoes, and kayaks are fairly cheap.

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