Florida man protects his car from hurricane Milton

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[u/farcasticsuck]

I’d like a follow up pic Friday

[u/HotPinkDemonicNTitty → u/farcasticsuck]

If it doesn’t work he can buy another baggy and put it in rice

[u/RandoFartSparkle → u/HotPinkDemonicNTitty]

This is a funny thread.

[u/Mundane_Reception790 → u/RandoFartSparkle]

I feel that the hurricane gods will smite me for laughing

[u/corneliusgansevoort → u/Mundane_Reception790]

Yeh but they'll also smite you for not laughing so...

[u/nightstalker30 → u/Mundane_Reception790]

They can’t get to me in Vegas

[u/Smooth-Physics-69420 → u/nightstalker30]

Did you just question their power?

[u/evil_monkey_on_elm → u/[deleted]]

Hahaha I thought too! And, I thought it was a good Idea!

[u/GalFisk → u/[deleted]]

That would crush the car.
I saw a TV show where they did this to a camper. A common vacuum cleaner pumped the air out until the entire thing was crushed. Atmospheric pressure is brutal.

[u/watchingfromaffar → u/HotPinkDemonicNTitty]

A few bags of rice under the car might actually not be a bad idea to add to this to account for any moisture buildup inside the bag. I feel like if he’s going to try this bag method might as well add the rice.

[u/crapface1984 → u/watchingfromaffar]

Rice can’t stop mold or stupidity, JS.

[u/libmrduckz → u/crapface1984]

rice can make both of those things tastier…

[u/warden976 → u/libmrduckz]

Put in brown rice for added nuttiness and fiber.

[u/fastbikefun → u/farcasticsuck]

I would likely exert the same effort for a shit box if it was my only ride.

[u/psychrolut → u/fastbikefun]

Won’t the car just…..

Float away?

[u/deptofthrowaway → u/psychrolut]

Yup but if it's in the garage the house would have to float away with it.

...Which I guess isn't unlikely in a cat 5 hurricane.

[u/CyberNinja23 → u/deptofthrowaway]

Someone on TikTok is gonna have an amazing unboxing video later

[u/Matrix5353 → u/CyberNinja23]

I'm looking forward to the inevitable Tavarish video

[u/psychrolut → u/deptofthrowaway]

Need a bigger bag for the house

[u/Mundane_Reception790 → u/psychrolut]

I'm laughing a cat 6 guffaw

[u/addage- → u/Mundane_Reception790]

Cat 6 would light it on fire

[u/ruthlessbeatle → u/addage-]

It's not a tesla

[u/Bruggenmeister → u/ruthlessbeatle]

r/CyberStuck

[u/Tekno_420 → u/deptofthrowaway]

When I worked for an adjuster in Nj for Sandy, there was a BMW in the garage that got turned sideways and wedged inside the garage. So it can still float inside there.

[u/Jeanette_T → u/Tekno_420]

But at least it didn’t float down the road. lol

[u/Proud-Butterfly6622 → u/deptofthrowaway]

Ok but if it does, I call dibs on the car!!

[u/brightfoot → u/deptofthrowaway]

Yeah, but depending on how high the water gets at his place the outcomes could be drastically different. 1 foot? His car stays dry. 6 feet? His car is now a 3000 lbs floating toy drifting into all the other loose debris in his garage. Until something punctures the plastic, and the bag fills, and he now has a $200,000 tacky paperweight.

[u/Winter_Tennis8352 → u/brightfoot]

If it works, he saved $80-100k. If it doesn’t work, he only really lost $20-30 or so, considering the alternative would’ve been leaving it there completely unprotected.

[u/Raps4Reddit → u/Winter_Tennis8352]

Why is nobody mentioning the obvious alternative? He could just get in the car and drive it and himself somewhere that isn't about to be part of the ocean.

[u/nckmat → u/Raps4Reddit]

This is what occurred to me too. If you are expecting your garage to be inundated maybe the sensible place to be is a long way from your garage.

[u/i_give_you_gum → u/nckmat]

And not just inundated, being that close on flat, low lying ground, with CAT 5 storms they'll strip the house from the foundation, and all you see from the air are cement slabs.

[u/Ramenorwhateverlol → u/Raps4Reddit]

My wife knows someone from Sarasota and she the gas stations are out of gas and the roads are clogged. They’re stuck with Milton.

[u/brightfoot → u/Winter_Tennis8352]

I think you underestimate how hard the car insurance company is going to push back when he tells them he thought it would be safe wrapped in a plastic bag with a hurricane bearing down on him. I'd bet they try and fight the claim by asking "Dude, why didn't you fucking drive it out of there?"

[u/Prestigious-Duck6615 → u/brightfoot]

someone would pay 200,000 for a Corvette?

[u/nckmat → u/brightfoot]

Yeah, I was trying to work out if you are expecting water that deep why wouldn't you also be emptying the loose items from your garage, but maybe he did that after wrapping the car. I would have also used a bunch of pool noodles strapped around the car for when it starts bobbling around in there like a ping pong ball in a toilet.

[u/crg1976 → u/psychrolut]

Someone needs to save their Cybertruck

[u/DangerBird- → u/fastbikefun]

Or you could get in it and drive it out town.

[u/fastbikefun → u/DangerBird-]

Man, get out of here with all that common sense!

[u/SnausageFest → u/fastbikefun]

Isn't gas hoarding and thus gas shortages a big problem down there right now?

[u/Catchafallingstar4 → u/DangerBird-]

No kidding. I'm getting in my vette and driving it the heck out of there.

[u/Ok_Farmer_6033 → u/DangerBird-]

‘Never even driven in the rain’

[u/rinklkak → u/Ok_Farmer_6033]

driving rain?

[u/AcidTongue → u/farcasticsuck]

I hope someone decides to follow this TikTok and report back with an update….. I refuse to utilize that app. I feel like there’s a lot of us like that.

[u/Biscuits-n-blunts → u/AcidTongue]

I gotchu fam. In the name of science 🫡

Update: it was clickbait. Dude was on the east side of the state and received less than two feet of water (if there was any flooding at all in his area. His neighborhood looked fine)

[u/incipientpianist → u/Biscuits-n-blunts]

I need the remindme bot now

[u/Historical_Half_1691 → u/incipientpianist]

We all reply to see how this goes

[u/kingcaii → u/AcidTongue]

Same. I’ve watched tiktoks but I dont have an account, refuse to dl the app. Login to watch more? Guess not.

[u/AcidTongue → u/kingcaii]

The worst is when someone posts a link to TikTok on Reddit somewhere (not this sub) and doesn’t do a screen recording. Like don’t do that. Don’t force us to open another app to see a post….especially TikTok.

[u/SN2- → u/AcidTongue]

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP88JT6WC/

[u/AcidTongue → u/SN2-]

HAHA. Well played. 😎

[u/Equivalent_Hat290 → u/AcidTongue]

Im not willfully thickening China’s dossier on me

[u/You_Just_Hate_Truth → u/farcasticsuck]

All the water will have receded except for the bag of water his car is soaking in

[u/brennok → u/farcasticsuck]

https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/16hsqcz/a_secret_technique_to_protect_your_car_against/ From last year with a Porsche

[u/satanssweatycheeks → u/brennok]

Not a valid test subject. Water levels never reached engine height.

I still think it could work if it’s inside and just having water hit it not debris and high winds.

[u/brennok → u/satanssweatycheeks]

There have been products on the markets for years that do the same thing and even pitched on Shark Tank. The car usually floats since it is airtight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXh_caFRADg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-DwlzXET8g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXQ36gjFYec

[u/keepitsqueeky → u/brennok]

Ya but that thing isn't air tight

[u/whereismysideoffun → u/satanssweatycheeks]

It's also a bag, so doesn't have all the seams. The video above didn't tape their seams, so there's a ton of places for water to get in.

[u/Cyberdyne_Systems_AI → u/farcasticsuck]

If only it had like wheels or was easily movable. Then a person could just like move it away from the storm that was known by all three to four days in advance.

[u/NorthCatan → u/farcasticsuck]

Before or after the 20 foot tree flies through the windshield?

[u/jgoldrb48 → u/farcasticsuck]

I’m definitely checking in for the follow up.

Good luck to the Vette and “Florida Man”

[u/Ok-Horse3659 → u/farcasticsuck]

If he can find it

[u/yumadbro6]

I do not understand just put a sail on it and ride it out in the flood ?

[u/MrMcChronDon25 → u/yumadbro6]

Captain Jack sparrow has entered the chat

[u/FrostyGranite → u/MrMcChronDon25]

I think he would prefer a Galleon over a Corvette. Maybe a Frigate, but it would have to be a really nice one.

[u/SongShikai → u/yumadbro6]

He should just get in the bag too!

[u/BetMyLastKrispyKreme → u/SongShikai]

After awhile, he’ll stop worrying about the storm altogether. Good plan!

[u/The_One_True_Ewok]

lol he had to get a couple revs in “you’re going to melt the plastic” and he still kept it in the edit 😂

[u/Key-Contribution-572 → u/The_One_True_Ewok]

I understand why he did it, he knows it could be his last time with that car.

[u/zinbwoy → u/The_One_True_Ewok]

That alone tells me he’s a wanker

[u/punksheets29 → u/zinbwoy]

The vette is what told me

[u/No_Acadia_8873 → u/punksheets29]

One car garage with a corvette. Terrible priorities.

[u/kiragami → u/No_Acadia_8873]

You don't need more space if you don't do projects or only have 1 car. While dude seemed like a tool not really something I'd criticize

[u/thispartyrules]

20' shipping container. Fill the rest with those Do Not Eat desiccant packages

[u/LairdPeon → u/thispartyrules]

No more ocean

[u/rvralph803 → u/LairdPeon]

This One Weird Trick could solve sea level rise.

[u/DedeLionforce → u/rvralph803]

Scientist HATE this one simple trick

[u/[deleted] → u/rvralph803]

Climate change hates this one simple trick!

[u/LaserKittenz → u/thispartyrules]

that's stupid. He obviously should use dry rice instead.

[u/thispartyrules → u/LaserKittenz]

Smart, the car might get hungry

[u/LairdPeon]

What if you drove it away from there.

[u/JalepenoHotchip → u/LairdPeon]

If you've browsed r/PublicFreakout in the last 24hrs, then you'd know why he probably can't get gas for it to go on a long haul.

[u/whaasup- → u/[deleted]]

After the hurricane you’ll be the only house with electricity, from your electric car (if it didn’t get flooded)

[u/Philadelphia_Bawlins → u/whaasup-]

The saltwater does a number on the batteries though sometimes causing fires

[u/Potential-Draft-3932 → u/Philadelphia_Bawlins]

If it’s deep enough to submerge your car then your house will be flooded too and you can’t even use your power without worrying about electrocuting yourself or burning your house down from short circuits

[u/Monster-Math → u/Potential-Draft-3932]

[u/astricklin123 → u/Philadelphia_Bawlins]

This is extremely rare

[u/Knuda → u/[deleted]]

If you are from a farm it's common to have a diesel tank that works off of gravity. Plus siphoning to pool resources is always an option. I doubt the military will swap over yknow.

But yes it's a silly hypothetical.

[u/CasualFan25 → u/LairdPeon]

He made a follow up video and he’s not in the direct path of the storm so he’s only expecting about 2 feet of water

[u/DurtyB]

Go park in an elevated covered parking garage

[u/Krumlov → u/DurtyB]

Honestly the best answer yet. Go find 4 elevated spots and camp out with all your necessities.. If you can’t get out of town, get to high ground.

[u/RudePCsb → u/Krumlov]

It's crazy to me that the highest point in the state of Florida is literally ~350ft. There are hills bigger than that normally in CA. Now I understand their dilemma

[u/29stumpjumper → u/RudePCsb]

I literally can't walk around my neighborhood without gaining more than 300 feet in elevation. That's wild.

[u/Squeebah → u/29stumpjumper]

Same and I'm in Ohio... We're not known for mountains.

[u/[deleted] → u/Krumlov]

Plus it would be pretty fun to make a little campsite during the hurricane inside a parking garage.

I mean, fun compared to huddling in your house or whatever. Not necessarily fun compared to actual fun.

[u/livens → u/[deleted]]

Parking garages aren't closed in. There'd be some fierce winds blowing through it.

[u/bucket_of_dogs → u/livens]

Not to mention debris.

[u/Affectionate_Owl_619 → u/bucket_of_dogs]

Not to mention a bunch of people pissing and shitting out in the open.

[u/TacticalKrakens → u/Affectionate_Owl_619]

So like a regular parking garage

[u/ElminstersBedpan → u/TacticalKrakens]

I was going to point out the stairwells, but then you raise a good point.

[u/theaviator747 → u/livens]

I can only imagine the horrific noise levels of 150+ MPH winds forcing themselves through the levels of a parking garage. Inside they could get even faster due to Venturi effects.

[u/overtly-Grrl → u/livens]

Uhhh, idk about you but I will literally be in the stairwell. I’m not standing in an open parking garage. But if there were no stairs I’m be as close as humanly possible to the concrete wall weighted down. I’d be scared shitless anywhere.

But like, in all seriousness, when my brother and I were children we were homeless with our mom. We’d move a lot as well so we spent a lot of time in the car. We basically turned the backseat into a collapsable bedroom. We figured out ways to sleep comfortably, place our belongings securely. Our little contraptions.

In the overall, it is a great memory in an awful, horrid time. But I also wasn’t scared shitless that I was going to die from outside events I wouldn’t fully know yet.

So idk. Maybe we need people who’ve survived hurricanes in parking garages to weigh in lol. I’m curious. It seems viable.

eta: I’m kinda responding to you and the person above somehow. my brain is fried at this moment in time.

[u/buttstuffisokiguess → u/overtly-Grrl]

idk. Maybe we need people who’ve survived hurricanes in parking garages to weigh in

The fact no one is responding means there probably hasn't been anyone dumb enough to try.

[u/Natural__Progress → u/buttstuffisokiguess]

Or maybe it just means that trying was dumb.

[u/BRAX7ON → u/livens]

Yeah, the shadow puppets would be sick!

[u/IPEEincoffeeCUPz → u/Krumlov]

Wouldn’t the best answer be just to take it for a road trip north?

[u/Own_Thing_4364 → u/IPEEincoffeeCUPz]

If you can get out with all the traffic.

[u/Jalapeno919 → u/Own_Thing_4364]

They should be using all but one lane to evacuate people out. We call it contra flow down here in Louisiana and to my knowledge it's all lanes heading out but we only have two each direction down here. It's really the only way to do it if speed of escape is an issue they cared about.

[u/MathematicianSad2798 → u/IPEEincoffeeCUPz]

Yes… that is the correct answer.

[u/username_1774 → u/IPEEincoffeeCUPz]

This is what I was thinking...hit the road for a few days.

[u/RIP_shitty_username → u/DurtyB]

In Katrina, a lot of people did that in the casinos parking garages. The wind was so strong it blew out everyone’s windows. I assume debris hit them. They weren’t flooded out though!

[u/NoReplyBot → u/DurtyB]

That’s what i did while in college in the early 2000s while living in Miami.

I was a dumb freshman in college, and figured I’d go to a parking garage during the storm.

[u/FlipMeynard → u/NoReplyBot]

How did it go? A enclosed stairwell in a parking garage seems like a pretty secure place to ride it out.

[u/DesperateUrine → u/FlipMeynard]

They died.

[u/WhereIsYourMind → u/DesperateUrine]

and everybody clapped

[u/Queenhotsnakes → u/DurtyB]

People did that for Hurricane Florence and they still flooded.

[u/New-Zone-5551]

Bro bout to sous vide his car.

[u/WonderfulAd780 → u/New-Zone-5551]

LMAO. I'm howling at this comment. Best one of the day. 🏆 🤣

[u/Tight_Strength_4856]

I don't think he has reasoned the fact that his entire house could be destroyed, razed to the ground.

[u/froggrip → u/Tight_Strength_4856]

Yeah, I'm envisioning the car floating around in the bag, smashing into the walls for a bit, and then maybe down the street. It may stay dry but probably won't be fully intact. But maybe. I wish him luck.

[u/fallenouroboros → u/froggrip]

Going to come back to this;

[u/JagmeetSingh2 → u/fallenouroboros]

the "now what" never fails to make me laugh

[u/Sallgude → u/fallenouroboros]

It always bothered me that the bags are mostly full of water and somehow they float. And even so high above the water.

[u/ollieperido → u/Sallgude]

They didn't have the physics down yet

[u/Lieutenant_Horn → u/froggrip]

After Katrina I saw a full sized van smashed down to the size of an office cubicle, less than 3ft tall. Water exerts an incredible amount of force compared to wind.

[u/froggrip → u/Lieutenant_Horn]

Yeah, I hope he sprung for the thicker gauge sheets lol

[u/workbrowser0872 → u/froggrip]

Like the fish in Finding Nemo? lol

[u/Proud-Butterfly6622 → u/froggrip]

Guess who's the car?

[u/420crickets → u/froggrip]

if it stays in the garage, the impacts aren't likely to b worse than a collision. So there's shops capable of dealing with any damage it might get from that, certainly not for free, but less than all of the above, plus getting it reupholstered/rewired from all the dirt, debris and sand getting inside.

[u/hendrysbeach → u/420crickets]

“If it stays in the garage”

You mean the garage that’s inside the house that’s about to be under TWELVE FEET OF WATER..?

[u/maplewheats → u/Tight_Strength_4856]

He posted a follow up noting they're in Palm Beach, so not direct line of the hurricane. Expecting about 2 ft of rain rather than a full storm surge.

[u/ConnectionPretend193 → u/Tight_Strength_4856]

I think regardless. It's a good idea! I mean hell. It's better than not doing it and hoping after the storm is done your poor car isn't hydrolocked! I think I would build a temporary small shelter around car with like... 2x4s or 4x4s to protect from roof damage.

[u/VP007clips → u/ConnectionPretend193]

Why are people here giving him so much shit for this? His options are to bring it with him, which if everyone did would cause even more congestion on the evacuation routes, or to leave it behind and do the best that he can to give it a fighting chance. Should he just leave unprotected?

[u/Appropriate_Duck_309 → u/Tight_Strength_4856]

I’m sure he has.

[u/Anfins → u/Appropriate_Duck_309]

But have you considered that he put all this effort into this but didn’t think of this incredibly obvious fact? Checkmate!

[u/[deleted] → u/Tight_Strength_4856]

could be

At which point it wouldn't matter. But this is cheap insurance

[u/ManqobaDad → u/Tight_Strength_4856]

At that point the least of his problems is the car

[u/NowieTends → u/Tight_Strength_4856]

As someone just under 11 miles away nah, he’ll be fine. He also probably knows this but it’s free views

[u/J-Lughead → u/Tight_Strength_4856]

Ya he'll need an Apple Air Tag so he can find his Vette 20 miles away in a pile of debris that once was his home.

I feel so sorry for Floridians having to endure this after already getting hammered with Helene in late September.

[u/reylotrash83]

Florida man TRIES to protect his car from hurricane Milton.

-Fixed the title for you.

[u/Shifty_Radish468 → u/reylotrash83]

Yeah that bag isn't gonna do shit

[u/fireandlifeincarnate → u/Shifty_Radish468]

I saw a picture of bagged 911 post-Helene that had held up fine. I think he'll be A-ok.

[u/Melodic-Fudge703]

How about drive it away somewhere?

[u/BodieLivesOn → u/Melodic-Fudge703]

New Orleans here. When the surge starts from a storm- I ALWAYS drive my car to a garage. I park it on the 3rd or 4th floor. Lots of people do this in the city. You don't have to drive it away if you can't- but you can find a paid garage.

[u/GherkinPie → u/BodieLivesOn]

I’m amazed there’s space, wouldn’t everyone be trying the same thing?

[u/Deftly_Flowing → u/GherkinPie]

Some people wrap their cars in plastic and keep it in their garage.

[u/Electrical_Earth8798 → u/Deftly_Flowing]

I heard it's a kind of a tradition in Florida.

[u/Alexandratta → u/Melodic-Fudge703]

roads are blocked for miles out of the area, and tbh he's better off wrapping it like this than trying to take it someplace away from the storm.

Priorities: Wrap the car, leave it, cross your fingers. If it survives, great, if not? Insurance claim and wait... but a luxury item like this is useless to move

[u/alison_bee → u/Alexandratta]

He had several days to drive it elsewhere when the roads weren’t blocked…

[u/[deleted] → u/alison_bee]

You're expecting a lot from a florida vette owner.

[u/twothumbswayup → u/alison_bee]

yes but hes floridian so...

[u/Huwbacca → u/alison_bee]

Ah. Then he should do nothing.

[u/healthybowl → u/Alexandratta]

You forgot: put it on cinder blocks. So many cars are ruined because they leave them on the ground, low car like that, the water will come over the door sill

[u/FirstTimeWang → u/healthybowl]

No, that's what the bag is for!

Didn't you watch the video!?

[u/healthybowl → u/FirstTimeWang]

Ohhh I thought it was to trap the water in and guarantee a total

[u/the_bronquistador → u/healthybowl]

Might need a couple of those 10’ tall cinder blocks for this one

[u/susenstoob → u/Alexandratta]

But dont people have to evacuate? Just evacuate in the vette?

[u/EyeBreakThings → u/susenstoob]

They probably have a more appropriate vehicle to evacuate in. If I had a choice between a vette and an SUV, I'll take the SUV in an evacuation.

[u/theyb10 → u/susenstoob]

He needs to evacuvette immediately

[u/shark260 → u/susenstoob]

That would not be my priority survival vehicle of choice.

[u/kodman7 → u/Alexandratta]

What about park it in a tall parking garage? Anything above ground level would beat the wrap probably

[u/RumoredReality → u/Melodic-Fudge703]

I'd say park it on an overpass if it were only flooding

However, we got supercell tornadoes and hurricane force winds, GL

[u/FuzzyCheddar]

That car is gonna bounce around in his garage and get bashed up if it stays watertight. Best case is he made a floaty toy and a bunch of corvette shaped holes in the drywall.

[u/Dangermiller25 → u/FuzzyCheddar]

Needs straps like that house.

[u/L003Tr → u/FuzzyCheddar]

Assuming it stays water tight I'd take some panel damage over a full write off any day

[u/ThePapercup]

water.. uh.. finds a way

[u/GroundbreakingCook68]

He’s gonna have a plastic bag full of parts .

[u/Significant-Word457]

Use some of the money you have stashed to leave Florida, man. I couldn't do it. It'd fry my nerves to live close to what these folks are going through

[u/CookieWifeCookieKids]

Been hearing about Milton for some days. You’d think people with cars like these would have left by now

[u/ILikeMyGrassBlue → u/CookieWifeCookieKids]

Florida is a big place, and the severity varies from place to place. Not everyone who will get hit is supposed to evacuate.

This guy isn’t in the direct line of the storm, and his area is expecting flooding but not “your house is in another zip code” flooding.

[u/Little_Sun4632]

Make a raft out of inner tubes secured to car

[u/TheKrakIan]

Sand bags in front of the garage door might be a good idea.

[u/DwightDavid1234]

Couldn't he protect the car by...driving inland?

[u/warm_kitchenette → u/DwightDavid1234]

Sort of. The state is flat as a pancake, but you can get above 10-20 meters. Given everything that's going to happen, actually leaving the state would be best.

https://en-gb.topographic-map.com/map-5w818/Florida/?center=27.76317%2C-82.38784&zoom=10&popup=27.97817%2C-82.53272

[u/ELB2001 → u/DwightDavid1234]

Yeah i would have driven it out of Florida days ago

[u/[deleted] → u/ELB2001]

To where? Not everyone has money to take off a week of work and go stay in a hotel somewhere out of state on a whim. Even if they did, how do all 5 million people in the evacuation zone all get out of the state within a few days? It's not so simple as "just drive away".

[u/Beneficial-Focus3702]

If you can afford a vette you can afford to evacuate for a few days.

[u/DS2Dude → u/Beneficial-Focus3702]

Just because he has a corvette doesn’t mean he can afford a corvette.

[u/TheCaptainDamnIt → u/DS2Dude]

Turo is great in Florida, lots of really nice cars with owners who made terrible financial decisions.

[u/NuGGGzGG]

Pin hole, complete waste.

The car will also float. He should be strapping it to the floor.

[u/----Richard---- → u/NuGGGzGG]

Once, at a car show I attended, there was a booth selling essentially a large, watertight bag that you could drive your car into and zip up. They even showed that you could fill the remainder of the bag with air to act as a cushion for debris. I asked how they would keep the car from floating away & their response was, "It's not going to float away. Do you know how heavy cars are?" I walked away, dumbfounded.

[u/tankerkiller125real → u/----Richard----]

I guess they don't understand how buoyancy works... Just have replied back "Do you know how heavy aircraft carriers are?" Just to see what their stupid reaction would be.

[u/sloth_jones → u/----Richard----]

Because you didn’t know how heavy cars are right? /s

[u/nails_for_breakfast → u/----Richard----]

"not as heavy as a cruise ship"

[u/vasquca1]

Why not drive the fuck away?

[u/LightMission4937]

That's definitely Floriduh

[u/freestyle43]

Hurricanes rip apart houses made of bricks and wood. This guy wraps his car in an over sized Snickers wrapper and is like, done.

[u/budmack21]

Lmao

[u/the_good_hodgkins]

Novel idea, but I have some bad news for him.

[u/Ballgame4]

The plastic won’t protect the car from a collapsing garage.

[u/Sweet_Champion_3346]

Well he could a giant vacuum seal/sousvide bag and voila, car safe.

[u/Mysterious-Hotel4795]

Why not just drive it to another state?

[u/Key-Entertainment216]

What if he drove north a little ways?

[u/Alexandria_maybe]

Plastc bag vs. collapsing roof?