Cars vs. Snow

"QUANTUM SHOT" #674 Link - by Avi Abrams Cars vs. Snow: Cars lose. And we have to dig them out. Don't miss our first part: Lots of Snow!. And now, let's get back to digging cars from the snow - again... although, the more you dig them out, the more white stuff seems to fall on them and bury them back under: (images via 1, 2, AP Photo/Beth DeFalco) When your neighbour won't move his car... use laser snow removal!: (originals unknown) Enough is enough! - A nasty surprise awaits...- Maybe if you prepare for a snowfall with a structure like this... it will be easier on your car: Snow drifts are quite common on the roads of Alberta and Saskatchewan - the last storm of January 11 stranded hundreds of motorists near Calgary and Strathmore (read more): (image via) Recent storm on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago (no jokes about a bad LSD trip, please): (more info here, image via) Here is the famous Snow Road in Japan: Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route, in the mountains of Toyama Prefecture - in some places the snow is 20 meters thick! (photo by by Mihai Japan, via) Snow in Italy can be also pretty grand: here is a small car near a snowdrift in the Gran Sasso mountains: (photo sent in by Roberto Ferri) Now you can really appreciate this artwork (an installation by Ivan Puig, Spain): Snow Monster (is there a car inside it, too?): Interesting "blob"-shaped snow monsters stand on guard in the Russian Ural Mountains: (image credit: Denis Burdin) If your car could be made of ice, you'd have no problem: (image via) You think you had enough ghastly silence in your snow-buried neighborhood? Compare it to this Siberian ghost town somewhere in Kolyma, and shudder: (image via) Snow removal surprise: Show some shoveling ingenuity: Once you're done shoveling outside, make sure to close the door after coming in! - (image via) And be careful when getting into a snowed-over outhouse - the roof might cave in! - (bottom image via) Finally, after all these stressful and upsetting pictures, here is a reminder that snow - even lots of snow - can be actually nice and beautiful: ("Deep Silence", photo by Sven Muller) (images via) CONTINUE TO "LOTS MORE SNOW!" -> Share Tweet Share->