Parsley Posted July 9, 2012 Posted July 9, 2012 Severe thunderstorm approaching with 50-80 mph winds and constant lightning and you are stuck on the a sky ride that is not working.
LindG1000 Posted July 9, 2012 Posted July 9, 2012 FWIW, that looks like a longer fall than it is. That's about 20 feet.
Fuhgeddaboudit Posted July 9, 2012 Posted July 9, 2012 I would be fistpumping. Just kidding, I might have jumped too. It doesn't look that much of a drop. Reminds me of this:
Dave Posted July 9, 2012 Posted July 9, 2012 I would jump, but not with my arms and legs flailing like that. I'd try to stay calm, scoot off so I'd fall relatively straight and then hit and roll out. The skyride at Seaside is about 30 feet high or so.
Parsley Posted July 9, 2012 Author Posted July 9, 2012 I want to say I'd wait for help.....but as the storm hits (and it hit hard that evening)....I think I may have jumped, especially if there were no signs of people being able to help.
josh Posted July 9, 2012 Posted July 9, 2012 I'd punch the fucking camera man for being terrible at life.
viventi Posted July 9, 2012 Posted July 9, 2012 I'm not sure what I would do, that looked pretty fucking high...people around could have at least given a shit and tried to help her instead of standing there laughing about it.
Bluephoria Posted July 9, 2012 Posted July 9, 2012 I'd have to be in that see looking down to know if I'd do it... initially it didn't look bad but after he went close and pointed the camera down off the boardwalk that looked high. lol
Pete Posted July 9, 2012 Posted July 9, 2012 FWIW, that looks like a longer fall than it is. That's about 20 feet. Which can still kill you.
viventi Posted July 9, 2012 Posted July 9, 2012 You can be killed falling off a step...just have to hit something the right way. Yeah I don't think I would have jumped....
Pete Posted July 9, 2012 Posted July 9, 2012 Oh, I'd have jumped. For sure. Just sayin', "Only 20 feet" isn't "only".
Dave Posted July 9, 2012 Posted July 9, 2012 Absolutely wait for help. I'm guessing that this is the right move. That skyride has been there for decades, so I doubt the wind is any real danger. The only danger would be a lightening strike and I've got to think the chances of that happening, even up there in a metal basket, is so very slim. Still, I'd jump. I've been on that skyride dozens of times and have always asserted that I'd jump if I had to. Being stuck during a thunderstorm gaurantees I wouldn't get arrested.
viventi Posted July 9, 2012 Posted July 9, 2012 Those winds were pretty bad though...if i were her maybe i would've climbed down a bit and hang off the foot rest thing, then dropped. the way she jumped is just asking to get hurt, she's lucky.
josh Posted July 9, 2012 Posted July 9, 2012 Those winds were pretty bad though...if i were her maybe i would've climbed down a bit and hang off the foot rest thing, then dropped. the way she jumped is just asking to get hurt, she's lucky. This is what I would have attempted.
Parsley Posted July 9, 2012 Author Posted July 9, 2012 Forward to 1:50-ish and you see how bad it got on the shore.
Phil Posted July 9, 2012 Posted July 9, 2012 I'm guessing that this is the right move. That skyride has been there for decades, so I doubt the wind is any real danger. The only danger would be a lightening strike and I've got to think the chances of that happening, even up there in a metal basket, is so very slim. Still, I'd jump. I've been on that skyride dozens of times and have always asserted that I'd jump if I had to. Being stuck during a thunderstorm gaurantees I wouldn't get arrested. If I'm jumping, I'm not jumping like she did. She looked like she was a first-time sky-diver there. Just freaked out and flailed the whole way down. That's a sure-fire way to break bones. I'd shimmy off the edge, lower myself down until I was hanging with a solid grip and then slightly swing forward when I dropped to try and tuck and roll when I hit the ground.
Keirik Posted July 9, 2012 Posted July 9, 2012 I notice how no one said anything about helping the other person sitting next to her/you, lol
Mike Posted July 9, 2012 Posted July 9, 2012 I was there for that storm and it was fuckin nasty. With that said, I would have pushed my wife off and waited for help.
quick release Posted July 9, 2012 Posted July 9, 2012 Like others have said, I might hang down and then drop, attempt to roll out (i'm not good at this). Broken leg? $$$$$$$$$ I might have actually just stayed put though. I'm the biggest pussy when it comes to heights. It would have taken a lot for me to actually jump.
quick release Posted July 9, 2012 Posted July 9, 2012 I was there for that storm and it was fuckin nasty. With that said, I would have pushed my wife off and waited for help. HAHA repped.
josh Posted July 9, 2012 Posted July 9, 2012 Like others have said, I might hang down and then drop, attempt to roll out (i'm not good at this). Broken leg? $$$$$$$$$ I might have actually just stayed put though. I'm the biggest pussy when it comes to heights. It would have taken a lot for me to actually jump.I hate heights and I hate thunder. No way I'm staying up there for a big storm.
Niko Posted July 9, 2012 Posted July 9, 2012 I hate heights and I hate thunder. No way I'm staying up there for a big storm. Want to be Thunder buddies?
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