my plane landed in tampa just before the tropical storm hit a few weeks ago. by the time we'd deplaned, it was raining so hard you couldn't see the plane at the end of the jet bridge from the terminal. good times.
My wife and I did exactly that once. Planned activities were forgotten, had tea, cake, and more of both and just watched a tropical storm roll in from the hotel restaurant.
Always bugged me how the way his limbs are pointed, it shows him leaving Ohio. Limbs are lighter than your head, so if you were being pulled sideways by an equal force, it would drag your limbs towards the direction you're going.
Cleveland native here. These folks can be excused because we just don't get this kind of weather here ever and this particular storm intensified to almost hurricane force in just a few minutes. We've had several 100 year storms here in the last year. Almost like something is changing with the climate.
John Glenn, Neil Armstrong, Jim Lovell, and around 20 other astronauts were born in Ohio. All have gone to extreme lengths to try to get as far away as possible.
That time Chicago Bulls player Jokim Noah said he doesn't go out after games against the Cavs because there's nothing to do in the city it's depressing so he just stays in his hotel room. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpr_KaaRjW0
A couple years ago, I was flying home from Toronto Pearson a couple of days before christmas, and my flight was delayed for 12 hours due to a storm. I was waiting in the Air Canada lounge, enjoying the sound of the absolutely horrifying windstorm, when the people working the lounge came out and said to everyone "Don't worry, the windows are designed so that if they shatter they'll explode outwards."
I agree, but it looks like straight line winds. They are either running parallel to the window or hitting the other side of the building. Now, if wind changes, definitely.
The danger isn't just the glass,... its the kinet force of a tree hitting you. which will likely kill you. Id like to reach late game of this stupid little game we call life. Its not worth the risk for a bunch of people to show up to your funeral and some one finally blurts out "The stupid git died because he was stupid. That's why we're today. Because bob liked to like outlets and play under trees in bad weather."
I prefer to be around to live it, instead of doing things to get myself hurt no particularly good reason. The very same logic I use when babysitting a toddler and they think the life experience of swallowing a battery will be exhilerating and additive to their world view in spite of the risk, i stop them from choking down a 9 volt, because I think the thrill of collapsed esophagus can be done without.
It's also which way the wind is blowing. Unless that's a tornado, they're probably pretty safe because on top of the glass being tempered, the wind isn't blowing into the windows
* hundreds of lbs of tempered glass… but also it’s not the glass that’s the most dangerous, it’s the debris that was heavy enough and moving fast enough to shatter that glass, which you are standing behind.
… or like the side of an entire shed picked up and thrown north of triple digit speed. Or a 10ft tree branch yeeting along like some greenery ballistic missile. Or… so many random things you wouldn’t want to walk into much less have to try to catch at Highway speeds.
Honestly, if I were to go out, I might as well get an award for it. However, if I go out of my way to get a Darwin award, would that count? It feels like it defeats the purpose of a Darwin award a little bit.
DarkSock
If you die in Ohio, do you die in real life?
CrackWhoresAndCheese
If you are in Ohio, you are already dead inside.
horseWnoname
my plane landed in tampa just before the tropical storm hit a few weeks ago. by the time we'd deplaned, it was raining so hard you couldn't see the plane at the end of the jet bridge from the terminal. good times.
charondaboatman
Wonder who the fuck hates me so much as to kidnap me and take me to Ohio.
R100GSPD
DavidRoland
poverty
qtRaven
DenverTech
Ohio for the most part is OK. It's just Cleveland ........
qtRaven
Are you saying these fine people lied to us?
DenverTech
YES
eurho928
Meth. If I was in Ohio I would do meth
EmeRgencyDrD
They hand it out at the border, but only at the toll roads oasis.
YouEatYellowSnow
That is their top tourist attraction.
dobroweigh
Booklover4life
I will always love this jif
EdelwoodHikes
I dunno, get some tea or coffee and enjoy the view?
WHSK3
Having grown up in the Midwest my reaction was “order dinner”.
everyfreakntime
My wife and I did exactly that once. Planned activities were forgotten, had tea, cake, and more of both and just watched a tropical storm roll in from the hotel restaurant.
EdelwoodHikes
That sounds lovely. Best wishes to you both.
IceWeaselX
EdelwoodHikes
Yes, like so.
Tinsoldat
Absolutely guaranteed there is a Karen there complaining about the cancelled flights and that their cousin's brother's uncle is a pilot.
AtleastIvegotthatgoingforme0
You forgot roommate
Rainbowdaesh
RedTailedHawk
tclothingw
We have cows
ChelVanin
Cow
hitdog42
Another cow
Curii
I think its the same cow.
qtRaven
Proper protocol in the midwest is to go stand on your porch to watch. Since this building doesn't have a porch, the window is acceptable.
Thekindofkindlyman
“Should be jus passin through. Sun’ll be back out in no time”
BixbyConsequence
That really was a pastime for us kids. Used to get some great storms off the Lake on summer afternoons.
woozle
SimSimSimsalabim
Me too, but if you step out into that storm over there, you end up in Oz, not in the Shire
zoraniko
Exactly the same for me
DGeneration92
Just need some of that Longbottom Leaf
richbaBeast
PonyMadness
Always bugged me how the way his limbs are pointed, it shows him leaving Ohio. Limbs are lighter than your head, so if you were being pulled sideways by an equal force, it would drag your limbs towards the direction you're going.
2graves
Wind resistance
JohnBluehill
Anyone notice that the distance is in metric and not freedom units?
mikeatike
Yellow for piss.
AllMyOpinionSuck
A fate worst than death, I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy
MisterLemons
Oh I would. Take every conservative in this country, *give* them Ohio to do with as they please, and watch it burn.
AllMyOpinionSuck
Build them a wall since they like them so much.
AyatollahBahloni
♬ You ask how I know of Toledo, Ohio? Well, I spent a week there one day... ♬ (John Denver)
Uforia478
So super hell then?
richbaBeast
Super hell
ElroydIsGone
So, Ohio is the "meh" of Judgement Day...?
rumandbass
Cleveland native here. These folks can be excused because we just don't get this kind of weather here ever and this particular storm intensified to almost hurricane force in just a few minutes. We've had several 100 year storms here in the last year. Almost like something is changing with the climate.
kobun253
Probably get away from the windows but still watch
masiakasaurus
Their first mistake was going to Ohio
TheAnswerWasAlwaysMoreLube
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onlyheretoargue
Da Truf!
madvin
Maybe they are born there... :/
tombeithemist
TheAnswerWasAlwaysMoreLube
TheAnswerWasAlwaysMoreLube
jargonmon
Layover on a flight? I see no other reason to ever be there.
crunchyDANGERhaystacks
From Ohio
qtRaven
originaljbw
This joke brought to you by 1977 Johnny Carson and RCA electronics.
SoThatsWhere
Home of boneless* chicken wings!
JoeGrunt
John Glenn, Neil Armstrong, Jim Lovell, and around 20 other astronauts were born in Ohio. All have gone to extreme lengths to try to get as far away as possible.
CLEEEEEROYjenkins
Boy haven’t heard this one before. You’re so funny! Maybe Ohio has smart and brave people that make great astronauts!
sleepinggreenidea
That's half the story of Ohio. The other half is that they came back despite those very impressive and quite-sensible efforts.
Azrael75
Second mistake was going to Cleveland....
joonyoungie
That time Chicago Bulls player Jokim Noah said he doesn't go out after games against the Cavs because there's nothing to do in the city it's depressing so he just stays in his hotel room. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpr_KaaRjW0
thetonestarr
Ohioan here that loves Ohio - that's the first mistake, but otherwise you're right
ProfessorMatt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZzgAjjuqZM
ProfessorMatt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysmLA5TqbIY
Housemaster
Septcanmat
I have it on good authority that Cleveland Rocks
Azrael75
Just cause it's in a song doesn't make it so.
thelegendofthetwistednavigator
The Mistake by the Lake?
TheobromineAddict
Well… I'd probably back away from the windows.
twisteddkarma
Why would anyone be in Ohio in the firrst place?
ronandsueg2112
Morons at Cleveland State. Four tornados came through that day. We lost power for about 70 hours.
ralph2sam
Fly a kite?
wadatahmydamie
Fly a car door
drakkaris12718
Kite will fly you
Booklover4life
Up to the highest height
invisiblemaniac
Hell yeah!
kerrigan778
UchihaAuggie
Yall better quit dissing my state 🤣🤣
AtleastIvegotthatgoingforme0
Sound like a Texan
YouEatYellowSnow
Ohio needed a shower.
TheOhioGuy
Only in Ohio
AtleastIvegotthatgoingforme0
User name checks out.
TheOhioGuy
YOU ARE GOING TO OHIO
GemsAreOutrageousTrulyTrulyTrulyOutrageous
If that's an airport then yeah, looks like you're not going anywhere any time soon.
RobbieRodriguez
Apparently yall never seen a storm or been in one outside. But thats a storm. Not hurricane. Not tornado. Just regular rain storm.
LookaSquirrelbus
Tell me about the sky next s/
SteveTheEgg
Wait, Cleveland is in Ohio? I thought that was Cincinnati.
DaddyRobotBeepBoop
cameloDancer
Leave Ohio
Potatokil1er
NooPogodi
Step outside, and you'll be swiftly taken away
JustTodd
I think Ohio was trying to leave them.
Wrinkle666
Can't Wimdy
cbale2000
At best you will only gain the illusion of safety...
captainhappen
kinda seems like bad timing
MagnorCriol
Except, like, maybe in a little while after things have died down a bit.
DaddyRobotBeepBoop
invisiblemaniac
I think that's what they were trying to do. Looks like Ohio said no.
terdFerguson3electricFergaloo
THE Ohio
Chimpanzeezeetop
You can check out anytime you like but you can never leave.
AnythingMuchShorter
You cannot leave Ohio while danger is nearby
CrapsMcgee
I would probably move away from the window
Johnsky
Not sit next to the giant glass panes?
Kordj
Na bugger that, I've never seen a storm that strong. I don't value my life highly enough not to want to be up against them watching out
KarmaciouS
It's Cleveland, not Cleverland :)
Baronaccio
pixelsnader
why. are u afraid of the glass pains?
DubhIainn
Literally the phrasing I used in my head before I scrolled down to the comments.
TrueNorthernLights
Yeah, I was gonna say move away from the window....
kiltminotaur
A couple years ago, I was flying home from Toronto Pearson a couple of days before christmas, and my flight was delayed for 12 hours due to a storm. I was waiting in the Air Canada lounge, enjoying the sound of the absolutely horrifying windstorm, when the people working the lounge came out and said to everyone "Don't worry, the windows are designed so that if they shatter they'll explode outwards."
kiltminotaur
Everyone in the lounge then got up and moved away from the windows anyways.
Isthe4thtimethecharm
I agree, but it looks like straight line winds. They are either running parallel to the window or hitting the other side of the building. Now, if wind changes, definitely.
ucandcantunc
You cannot tell straight line winds from observation....
Isthe4thtimethecharm
Yeah, there's no way to tell which way that tree out the window is blowing.
HandoB4Javert
Is this recent?
ATLandNerdy
Literally my first thought. That glass is strong, but that storm is stronger than you'd think.
MarkOfTheCovenant
But it's not because the glass didn't break.
MosquitoHawker
It’s not *that* the wind is blowing, it’s *what* the wind is blowing.
NerdNerdburger
And which way. Unless that's a tornado, they're probably ok.
lordnequam
Eh, it's tempered glass. Sometimes the show is worth the risk!
nanyatenyaa
The danger isn't just the glass,... its the kinet force of a tree hitting you. which will likely kill you. Id like to reach late game of this stupid little game we call life. Its not worth the risk for a bunch of people to show up to your funeral and some one finally blurts out "The stupid git died because he was stupid. That's why we're today. Because bob liked to like outlets and play under trees in bad weather."
lordnequam
Look, live your life: I'm not here to tell you what to do. I just prefer my life be interesting, rather than simply interminable.
nanyatenyaa
I prefer to be around to live it, instead of doing things to get myself hurt no particularly good reason. The very same logic I use when babysitting a toddler and they think the life experience of swallowing a battery will be exhilerating and additive to their world view in spite of the risk, i stop them from choking down a 9 volt, because I think the thrill of collapsed esophagus can be done without.
uzlonewolf
That just means it shatters into small fragments instead of large pieces. With that wind behind them the shards it will still mess you up good.
lordnequam
Sometimes the show is worth the risk!
Lilawurst
You are correct but people on imgur don't like people who know this.
ucandcantunc
Tempered glass does not stand up to tornadic winds that launch debris 100's of MPh.
nanyatenyaa
Because its stupid.
ATLandNerdy
It's not *that* the wind is blowin... it's *what* the wind is blowin. You get hit with a Volvo....
lordnequam
To be fair, I'm probably more likely to get hit with a Volvo while driving
gablestout
Are you Ron "Tater Salad" White?
VidaVita
You've been hit by... dun dun.
You've been struck by... dun dun.
An airborne Volvo.
SenorFrownz
.
NerdNerdburger
It's also which way the wind is blowing. Unless that's a tornado, they're probably pretty safe because on top of the glass being tempered, the wind isn't blowing into the windows
shakefu
* hundreds of lbs of tempered glass… but also it’s not the glass that’s the most dangerous, it’s the debris that was heavy enough and moving fast enough to shatter that glass, which you are standing behind.
lordnequam
Sometimes the show is worth the risk!
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shakefu
… or like the side of an entire shed picked up and thrown north of triple digit speed. Or a 10ft tree branch yeeting along like some greenery ballistic missile. Or… so many random things you wouldn’t want to walk into much less have to try to catch at Highway speeds.
johnxbear
Or a car if it picks one up
Johnsky
Right? Clearly someone didn't watch Final Destination growing up.
lordnequam
That'd be pretty difficult for me, since I was already an adult when the first one came out...
Johnsky
It's supposed to be a horror film, but it sort of makes you aware of your surroundings way better than natural.
DigitalHare
You mean future glass shrapnel!
ExitRude2
I see you won’t be collecting a darwin award any time soon. I hear they are shiny though
Johnsky
Shame. Oh well.
Zamm005
Looooser! :D
hickorybakedbeans
But but but... my evolved ape brain says safety away from glass. My midwesterner brain says it can't be *that* bad. And my raccoon brain say ooh shiny
nanamonster
Honestly, if I were to go out, I might as well get an award for it. However, if I go out of my way to get a Darwin award, would that count? It feels like it defeats the purpose of a Darwin award a little bit.
bacononbacon
But are they crinkly?
Zuegma197777
You get to see it once.
GadenKerensky
You don't have to die to get the Darwin Award.
DVSBSTrD
Moving to a room with interior walls only.
landbaronness42
Bathroom
bfreeze01
It's windy outside, not inside you silly goose.
EdmundandHarald365
Pressure changes can blow glass out as easy as pie.
AnimusRex
Inside is just outside with more walls
stayingalive4life
Winds can carry stuff, something that just may be heavy and flying fast enough to bust through that window.
noDxforthewicked
DGeneration92
NowhereMan313
"It's not *that* the wind is blowin', it's *what* the wind is blowin'."
paynoattentiontousernames
"if you get hit by a Volvo, the amount of pushups you did that morning doesn't come into play"