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Video of why a couple of inches of snow in Portland is dangerous

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on January 16, 2007

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Go watch this video (update: embedded from YouTube below, so you can just watch it here) - it was all over the local evening news shows tonight - about what the roads turn into when a couple of inches of snow falls in Portland. The roads don’t get cleared, and people just aren’t used to driving in it.

It’s even funnier if you make pinball noises while you watch.

7 Responses to “Video of why a couple of inches of snow in Portland is dangerous”

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1 b!X
January 17, 2007 at 2:11 am

It wasn’t just all over the local news. The national news nets had it, too.
2 Celeste Spencer
January 17, 2007 at 1:00 pm

Too awesome!!! Thanks for sharing.
3 J
January 19, 2007 at 3:45 am

… seems like some people don’t have TV and think it is a smart idea to get in the car. Stay home! Yesterday in the Netherlands (Fox News has some nice YouTubes about that country, but that is a another story) people went out and six did not surrive a bit of windy weather.
4 Astronaut94
January 20, 2007 at 4:32 pm

I made this video - http://youtube.com/watch?v=w8fkPEck0vM

Comment on it please.

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