Mysterious Falling Ice Chunk Leaves Man's Car On The Rocks
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16865034/?GT1=8921
By JASON GEARY , The Tampa Tribune
Tampa Bay Online
Jan 29, 2007TAMPA - With a loud groaning noise, a large chunk of ice plummeted from the sky Sunday morning, crushing a Tampa man's dream car but missing nearby houses on Hilldrop Court.
Residents looked in disbelief at the wreckage of the red 2000 Ford Mustang, its roof pushed inward and rear window blown out.
"I did not believe it until I came and looked at it for myself," said Carlos Javage, 52, of Tampa.
The car had belonged to his 20-year-old son, Andres, for about a year.
Saturday night, the son parked his Mustang outside a friend's home at 9406 Hilldrop Court in northwest Tampa, planning to return later to fetch it. Sunday morning, he got the unhappy news.
Carlos Javage said his son, who is still paying off the car, was in shock.
"That was his dream car," he said.
Bits of glass and ice littered the car's damp back seat. A baseball-size piece of ice stood near the spoiler.
John Young, 38, who lives across the street, stored a larger piece - about as big as a football - in his refrigerator.
At about 9:30 a.m. Sunday, Ramon Rodriguez, 50, was standing yards away washing his own car when the ice fell. Rodriguez said he couldn't see what was causing a loud groaning noise until the Mustang's rear window burst.
Barry Goldsmith, a forecaster with the National Weather Service, said complex weather circumstances in the upper levels of the atmosphere may create large balls of ice, known as megacryometeors.
But Sunday's weather conditions alone - partly cloudy, cool and breezy - likely weren't responsible for such a destructive chunk of ice.
Inspectors with the Federal Aviation Administration began reviewing flight schedules Sunday to determine whether the ice might have come from an aircraft.
"We are looking into it," FAA spokeswoman Laura Brown said. "There are various ways ice can form on a plane and break off."
For instance, there are cases of blue ice related to the lavatory of a plane, she said.
However, the ice that struck the Mustang was clear.
Carlos Javage said his son has contacted an insurance agent to explain the odd story.
"It's not an act of God," Carlos Javage said. "This came off an airplane." -
Thats fucking crazy!!
3 things i couldn't live without.........
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I have a hard time believing this story, whose dream car would be a mustang??? (it is kind of odd that they made such a big deal out of the car and how he was still paying for it and blah blah blah)
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inspector01 wrote:
I have a hard time believing this story, whose dream car would be a mustang??? (it is kind of odd that they made such a big deal out of the car and how he was still paying for it and blah blah blah)
how would you like it if i dropped a block of ice on your car too? -
Parker wrote:
how would you like it if i dropped a block of ice on your car too?wwwhoooo calm down sport, it was a joke.....and i don't think anyone dropped a block of ice on his car, it was a machine, or natural phenomenon, and to tell you the truth, my car is already a piece of shit so it wouldn't be the end of the world.
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oh i love it!! "crushing a Tampa man's dream car" saddest thing i have ever heard
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maybe it should have said "crushing a Tampa man's (realistic chance of owning it) dream car". I'm not a mustang fan, but I can see why some people would save up for one.
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Silver97 wrote:
Maybe he should have bought a Camaro don't see those all smashed to shit by God's forces.Nope, they are usually smashed to shit thanks to Budweiser
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Jim wrote:
I should get a mullet, cut the sleeves off a tshirt, and grab an early 90's t-top z28...Damn asian hick...
They exist.
One of the guys I went through basic with, and is also stationed with me is Asian, but one of the most redneck-motherfuckers I've ever met. Dips, rides 4 wheelers, drives a modded Dodge Dakota, and has a VERY thick southern accent. He's from Oklahoma.
-Peter
1991 240SX
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