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Old Apr 15, 2007 | 08:01 PM
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MINI in the flood

Well i live in the northeast and the nor'easter on top of me is bringing a lot of chaos with it. Luckily, i dont have a basement and my area doesn't get flooded, but if i drive less than a mile away...the road turns into a river. Anyone have stories or pictures of the flood. I found this pic on the front page of cnn.com and had to show it.......

 
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Old Apr 15, 2007 | 08:50 PM
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thats pretty crazy....i live in denver and a guy in the MINI5280 club was talking about how get got stuck in his MINI for like 30 hours or something (might not be that long i dont remember but it was really really long) due to the crazy snow storms we had hear in colorado!
 
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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 04:08 AM
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I do think it was 30 hours, and that was until he got to a shelter, not even home!
 
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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 04:18 AM
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Poor MINI
 
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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 05:58 AM
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Mine got off the Freedom just ahead of the storm. Hope it's allright out there on the docks in a foreign land, not knowing where it's home is.
 
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Old Apr 17, 2007 | 06:27 PM
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It will be ok there with all its brothers and sisters
 
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Old Apr 19, 2007 | 10:38 AM
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Most of the cars I saw floating were either Lincolns Continentals or Hummers (H2s and H3s)...
 
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Old Apr 19, 2007 | 11:55 AM
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My sister lives in Nottingham, NH and I was talking to her the other day, and they only have 1 road open in and out of the city , she has sent me some pics of the flooding, thank goodness for her she lives up on a hill
 
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Old Apr 19, 2007 | 06:47 PM
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Went out Sunday in CT. No way would I take the MINI, wife's SUV all the way, even as much as I hate driving it. I heard MINIs shorting out their steering fans if it gets submerged, and we definitely drove through a foot of water in places.
 
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