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omahagreg · Jan 14, 2014

We had a semi overturn in the high winds today! That must have been startling!

http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/...k-Up-Caused-By-Overturned-Semi-240142081.html

Tom in NE · Jan 14, 2014

Can you believe it? It's supposed to be even windier tomorrow.

omahagreg · Jan 14, 2014

Accuweather is saying high wind watch thru Thursday 8pm!

jon f mn · Jan 14, 2014

Don't take much to tip an empty rig if they have
those side skirts on which this one does.

D beatty · Jan 14, 2014

A 53 foot 13-6 can be very hard to keep on road with a broad side wind and even harder with a single axle tractor.I have had several times that the tires were a foot off pavement and I consider myself lucky it never went over.I would call dispatch and tell them how bad it was and all they would say is keep it going but don't have an accident.

504 · Jan 14, 2014

I and several people on this board lost a good friend when his truck was blown over and the cab hit the concrete divider. Jimmy King,over a year ago.

Anonymous-0 · Jan 14, 2014

Yes, I remember about Jimmy... Never met him, but from his posts here, seemed like a real good guy. He posted here a lot. Seemed he had lost his wife not too long before his accident.

paul · Jan 14, 2014

We have a blizzard watch up here for Thirsday. Only an inch of snow,forcast, but some tremendous winds. The 30mph up to46 this morning weren't fierce enough I guess!

Fella was telling me about ailing a load of pink flamingos - back when thy were the fad long time ago, the plastic ones boxed up - and got pulled over by officer in strong winds. As they were on the side of the road, the rear of the trailer was lifting...... Officer asked 5 questions and said just go I guess......

Paul

samn40 · Jan 15, 2014

I had to drive around this one on the Ohio bridge when I travelled
from Indiana into Kentucky....Good job he wasn't in the extreme left
lane!
Sam

Anonymous-0 · Jan 15, 2014

I wuz stopped at a road block that had solid ice on the road and the truck in front of me, also stopped, the vind pushed his trailer over in the oncoming lane and a car hit it.
Dat took sum explaning to the person in the auto that hit him.

Dick2 · Jan 15, 2014

Nephew has cattle pasture adjoinging a man-made lake in ND, with the railroad bridge right beside his pasture. A high wind blew several loaded rail cars off the track when a train crossed the bridge. Looters appeared before the police arrived; carried away everything from ATV's to groceries.

Nephew had to guard his own cattle from the looters.

John Fulton · Jan 15, 2014

We have a new bridge here in Virginia over Kerr Reservoir. It is about 1/2 mile long and 60 ft. high. There have been several semis flipped during high winds. there is an anemometer installed at one end of the bridge, sheltered by some trees. Why in the world they did not put it in middle of the bridge and use it to predict when bridge would be unsafe for semis is an open question.

Leroy · Jan 15, 2014

Sam, what road is that bridge on, looks sort of familuar.

EricInSEI · Jan 15, 2014

Since it's a double decked bridge between Indiana and Kentucky I would guess Louisville. It looks a lot like the Brent Spence Bridge (I-71/I-75) in Cincinnati, but too many trees.

T in NE · Jan 15, 2014

His wife died several years prior, his mother died earlier in the year.

Actually 2012 wasn't it?

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