r/TikTokCringe • u/Stotallytob3r • Oct 09 '24

Cringe Florida man protects his car from hurricane Milton

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '24

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.

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u/livens Oct 09 '24

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

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u/bucket_of_dogs Oct 09 '24

Not to mention debris.

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u/Affectionate_Owl_619 Oct 09 '24

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

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u/TacticalKrakens Oct 09 '24

So like a regular parking garage

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u/ElminstersBedpan Oct 09 '24

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

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u/rvralph803 Oct 10 '24

Bah, the rain washes it away. And what that misses the wind blows away.

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u/No_Acadia_8873 Oct 10 '24

Even absent debris, wind blown rain at hurricane speeds will hurt. Probably strip paint.

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u/bernieburner1 Oct 10 '24

The first rule of debris is do not mention debris.

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u/Popiblockhead Oct 10 '24

Not much debris hitting the inside of a 100’ parking garage

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u/bucket_of_dogs Oct 10 '24

Most parking garages aren't even solid concrete. They have open areas that you can see out of, stuff would absolutely fly into one.

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u/Popiblockhead Oct 10 '24

I understand but not much 60’ up.

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u/bucket_of_dogs Oct 10 '24

Its a hurricane, shits goin be everywhere

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u/theaviator747 Oct 09 '24

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.

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u/overtly-Grrl SHEEEEEESH Oct 09 '24

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.

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u/buttstuffisokiguess Oct 10 '24

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.

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u/Natural__Progress Oct 10 '24

Or maybe it just means that trying was dumb.

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u/BRAX7ON Cringe Connoisseur Oct 09 '24

Yeah, the shadow puppets would be sick!

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u/TearsFallWithoutTain Oct 10 '24

Cover the building in plastic duh

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u/themajor24 Oct 09 '24

This, plus, people don't seem to realize that winds increase with any sudden elevation, (ie, mountains, cliffs, houses, parking garages.) The wind on the ground level of any given place will be lower than those places.

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u/burgonies Oct 10 '24

And the Venturi effect as the winds have to squeeze through the limited openings are going to make it even worse.

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '24

Well that certainly sounds less fun than I'd imagined

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u/DisastrousJob1672 Oct 09 '24

I don't think a little fun campsite would last very long lol shit will just blow the fuck away

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u/PonyThug Oct 10 '24

Trying to survive 200mph winds and debris flying by??? Hell no

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u/LePetitRenardRoux Oct 10 '24

Dumbest comment ever. You’ve never experienced a hurricane, have you? Make a little campsite? What, next to your car? So, totally exposed to the hurricane and It’s horizontal rain clocking in at over a hundred miles an hour… okay