OK, the beginnings of the whole "Loonies on the Path" posts were simply about documenting any connections, real or perceived, between weather and other phenomenons, and traffic insanity. So with that in mind, I want to document today. And I want your input.
On the way into work today I saw multiple wrecks. Plus, everywhere I went there were traffic jams. I couldn't even see the reason why there were so many jam-ups. But they were everywhere. Traffic just didn't seem able to flow at all.
I emailed someone in Alabama about this and they said the same thing was happening there.
Today there is a massive solar storm and it is bombarding the Earth with radiation from the sun. Yes, call out the EPA and have them arrest the Sun! Anyway, I want to know if you have noticed anything funky in traffic, too. This is sort of like an internet science project. And we're all participants. But we don't win any prizes if it goes well. I just want to know if you perceive traffic or people in general where you are to be more dysfunctional than usual today. More wrecks than normal? More traffic jams? More people in a daze or wanting to argue? What's happening where you are? And while you're telling us that, tell us where you are exactly.
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Living in south Florida is like living with ginormous solar flares every day. Today, just the usual 8-25 accidents/fender benders.
Well talking about accidents these two snails didn't stop at sidewalk intersection. It was a terrible horrible collision. When the snail police got there he asked them both. "Just what exactly happened?" They each said. "I don't know, it happened so fast."
badda bing...badda boom!
Actually isn;t the sun closer to the Oz etc etc...are they having accidents like we are here in North America? yepper!!
@Katherine: We're upside down, NOT closer to the sun!
I think the sun affects peoples heads. It's like a lizard sunning itself.... makes it all dopey.
Especially old folk. You often see them sitting in their cars over here on a Winters day, reading their newspapers, in the car, getting warmed up.
Then they take off for a "Nice Sunday drive", and they just aren't warmed up enough.... slow and have nfi what they are doing. Causing accidents.
Makes perfect sense to me. Seriously - yesterday, I drove to a store close to my house - 2 minutes away - because I needed heavy cream to make fettuccine alfredo. On the way there and back, people were driving like assfaces - and I was nearly hit multiple times. I bitched about it today, only to have the same BS happen again!
Hi Ute...well actually the earth is tilted on its axis as it orbits the sun. In the months where the northern hemisphere is tilted towards the sun (closer) it is in summer and the southern hemisphere is tilted away (father) from the sun and is in winter. The other two seasons are the transitions between summer and winter. The further north or south you go (closer to the poles) the more extreme the difference in conditions between summer and winter. At the equator, there is very little difference between the seasons.
As for upside down...it's depends on your point of view. :) it's like tomatto and tomato. I'm still trying to remember which way the toilets flush, clockwise ot counter clockwise. :)
Since taking the train every day now, I am blissfully unaware of traffic, although I did see two crackheads going at it on one of the platforms. Don't see that everyday, so does that count? I'm in Los Angeles btw...
Trojan: Two crackheads going at it on a platform? Are you sure it just wasn't one of those Republican debates, because they are easily confused. :)
Nitebyrd, I have heard stories about Florida in general. And I have a few experiences around the Jacksonville area that led me to believe that the stories are true.
Kath, I haven't received any responses from Oz as yet, but I'm curious to know if it is just Americans going nuts, Americans in the general Memphis area, or just idiots around my section of the city?
Ute, does being upside down make drivers more or less crazy? HA HA! I'm picturing Aussies hanging upside down in upside down cars driving down the wrong side of an upside down highway while giving one another the finger.
I nearly ran up the back end of an old lizard yesterday in rush hour traffic. He was going 40 in a 70 mph zone. It was nearly impossible to look back and see if the adjacent lanes were clear while not running over him at the same time because I swear he was just coasting along, slowing gradually down. Maybe he was dead and I didn't notice?
Sybil, see, this is what I was wondering, if other people elsewhere were encountering this, too, because a big solar storm wouldn't just affect local drivers, but global drivers. I really, really want to know! HA HA
Kath, I think Sweden is closer to the sun than the rest of the world. That's why everyone in Sweden has blonde hair and blue eyes and looks good in a bikini.
Trojan, that certainly does count. Seeing two crackheads losing their shit and battling it out in broad daylight when you don't normally see that could very well be the result of a general sense of aggravation caused by the solar storm. That's exactly the sort of thing I'm curious about.
Kath, hey now, Brian Williams was the only crackhead trying to go at it at any Republican convention in the past few days.
Is he the chubby guy with a white rug (hair) on his head and cheated on three wives and had the nerve to give a speech on moraity and family values? One question, Why would any of them F@ck him. I mean jeez Louise, it's like going o the produce department and buy the crappiest fruit there.
They should have done with him the same as when I destroyed the cantalope. God (figure of speech) I felt so much better after that and telling the produce guy to f@ck off when he said i had to pay for it was just the cherry on top.
Kath, no, I think Brian Williams is gay and black, although with the way every man in television broadcasting is tinted pink these days it is harder and harder to tell anymore. Anyway, I didn't watch the last debate. I hear Mr Brian only seemed interested in talking to 2 of the 4 candidates and ignored the rest. He appears to have some sort of crush on Newt and Mitt. I guess he likes guys whose names in in the letter 'T'
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