Save Your Truck/Automobile in a Hurricane Using Sophisticated Gadgetry

juliewray60 · Sep 15, 2008

The Hurricane Rope Tether—because you can never be too prepared when it comes to protecting your beater car from being washed away in a storm. This fancy DIY project is brought to you via a KTRK TV viewer in Houston during their recent brush with Hurricane Ike. File this one under smart tips for suburban disaster survival.

theoldprof · Sep 15, 2008

Are they trying to save the tree, the rope, the blanket, or the car?

SJMagic · Sep 16, 2008

theoldprof said:
Are they trying to save the tree, the rope, the blanket, or the car?

Dude look at that rope, it would be the thing I'd try to save!

baracade · Sep 16, 2008

Is that a rope or a water hose?

SJMagic · Sep 16, 2008

oh dear god I think you are right...

arkjarhead · Sep 16, 2008

I'm not real smart, but I would think if the wind was strong enough to blow away the car it would pull the tree up by the roots. That's just me thinking though.