Floods vs. Traffic

(flooding in Great Britain, 2007)

The water is rising in Kazan... streets are turning into rivers -




(image credit: Shunk)





Some roads and bridges just get swept away - like this route in Stavropol:



But if the road is still there and simply flooded, then -

Public Transportation Must Go On!








(images credit: autotat.ru)

This bus does not want to play nice -



It seems "Impossible is Nothing" for these car drivers; and I have lots of respect for their efforts -





Trucks are invincible, or so it seems:





These ladies have better chance to get help than others:



Indomitable! Maybe I can fix this.... -




Nope, he is not going anywhere:



Well then, If I just push it...





This guy is still trying to steer:


(image credit: Boris Krivoshein)

A bunch of optimistic drivers:
(flood in Novorossiysk, Siberia)



I did not know Russian vans can take such punishment:


(images credit: Marina Novo)

Nearby, the tornado (waterspout) threatens the oil refinery:


(image credit: Marina Novo)


Heavy trucks (even of a military kind) might get in trouble too... although this particular image has a better ending: the truck made it to the other side; it's a test track for the army vehicles, which includes deep water crossings:


(image credit: Kostya Koshelev)

Some cars don't need a wide-spread flood to get in trouble. It just happens to them -





Kids make the most out of flooded roads (picture taken during recent flooding in Jakarta) -


(image credit: mikejkt)

Need an idea what to do while stuck in flooded traffic? Take a hint from these statues:


(image credit: acropolisx)

 

 

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