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But 95% of people attending auctions are not "rich"

I mean I suppose you could look at anything that way

which I find funny

Auctions are just rich people fighting with money

If anyone wants a cheap EV, the auction sites are all full of them

It’s just that a $17k repair is a lot in teslas case. Need to standardize the batteries more and hopefully keep getting a decrease in cost. You can get a used battery far cheaper to install into that used car, like how you can get a salvaged engine for older cars, rather than buying a new engine.

sounds about right. Like when an engine or tranny dies on a gas car and the car is worth about as much as replacing the broken parts. I know if my engine or tranny blew on my car, no way I’d replace it, let the car go.

seattle tv story. woman visits daughter. old 2012 tesla died. $17k for battery pack. $20k car value. she walked away.

SD80MAC wrote:

CSXfan11 wrote: That was the loudest lightning I have heard in my entire life

you can’t hear lightning though

I meant thunder but still

SD80MAC wrote:

CSXfan11 wrote: That was the loudest lightning I have heard in my entire life

you can’t hear lightning though

Well, to be fair, if you’re close enough to a lightning bolt you can hear a crackling sound.

CSXfan11 wrote: That was the loudest lightning I have heard in my entire life

you can’t hear lightning though

has started a new topic: Could have Conrail survived?

That was the loudest lightning I have heard in my entire life

#2 B II BCG&A

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Now it’s Ohio and Indianas turn, quite an outbreak occurring down there. Deshler is tornado warned, for a storm that is currently producing a tornado at Oakwood.

thankfully he’s safe and none of the trees landed on his house. Probably gonna head down there tomorrow after work and help clean up.

My buddy’s back yard in Portage: https://imgur.com/a/O5Nq9AJ

Jochs wrote: 364 stopped in Niles. 352 has been stopped in Battle Creek for awhile.

sounds like they’ll be there a while

Saturnalia wrote: Tornado on the ground in Portage, debris signature on radar

third confirmed tornado for the area on the ground right now

Ramona Skating Rink in Sister Lakes got struck by lightning and is burning down. I used to roller skate there in the late 1970s-early 1980s.

364 stopped in Niles. 352 has been stopped in Battle Creek for awhile.

Apparently the Fed-Ex facility in Kalamazoo took a hit.

PDS TOR warning, fremont might be getting hit

Tornado on the ground in Portage, debris signature on radar

Meanwhile, east of Three Rivers is a confirmed LARGE tornado on the ground doing damage

We were tornado warned briefly, that circulation right now has a PDS warning over Kzoo potentially putting down a tornado

Very chunky stuff, literally exploding on impact

We had golfball size hail at Shops

https://webpubcontent.gray.tv/wndu/weat ... arning.jpg

Tennis ball sized hail in Michigan City....broken car windshields reported.

Berrien Co. no longer under tornado warning. Cass and Van Buren under tornado warning.

Between Dowagiac and Decatur.

Confirmed tornado near Glenwood, MI.

Tornado warning expired for me.

has started a new topic: Why Blue Oval Plant Stopped Amtrak?

i do the same AARR. Porch faces east, so I can usually sit in the chairs and the rain/wind stays away while watching the storm pass overhead

For as long as I can remember whenever there is a storm, even if it is late at night, I like to sit outside under an overhang (like a porch) and enjoyt the storm

Tornado warning in Walworth County in Wisconsin

Although my round will be much later

I’m in the SLGT area

Holy..

WE ARE AT TORCON 7

TORNADER WATCH

I posted it in my weather thread

So that will be fun.

I was looking at the likely hood from watch text the SPC and likely hood for tornadoes is high and for EF2 is moderate

David Collins wrote: Latest Mesoscale discussion from the SPC showing an 80% chance of Tornado Watch Issuance for the Chicago area and vicinity. Currently in Naperville, looooovely…

Latest Mesoscale discussion from the SPC showing an 80% chance of Tornado Watch Issuance for the Chicago area and vicinity. Currently in Naperville, looooovely…

It just poured here

I have the storm prediction center bookmarked for immediate reference

I merged his weather thread into his existing one, then he created another with the same info. Axed the 2nd creation.

has started a new topic: Midwest severe weather outbreak

We really only NEED 1 connection, be it the Plymouth sub, the GR sub, or the Moose.

I’m not sure about the future of rail in GR. I supect at least 1 or even 2 of the current connections from GR to the national rail network will someday be severed.

I Don’t think their demise is imminent by any means. Nor do I wish it. But maybe someday.

You shut your mouth about the GDLK becoming a trail! They have lots of online customers at least...

~Z~ wrote: jetlink- short bikey yesterday too, quick meandering ride out to walgreens and back. new bike trail being paved between a local park and a main road here, gives me more options on my bike loop now. good for the local residents.

Very nice. When the Grad Elk becomes a trail you will really have a great connection from your home to the cycling world.

has started a new topic: Midwest severe weather outbreak

jetlink- short bikey yesterday too, quick meandering ride out to walgreens and back. new bike trail being paved between a local park and a main road here, gives me more options on my bike loop now. good for the local residents.

That’s impressive!

~Z~ wrote: Kiddo track n field today, sub 6 minute mile