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posted by martyb on Sunday September 03 2017, @09:18AM   Printer-friendly
from the random-and-intermittent-failures dept.
An Anonymous Coward writes:

https://qz.com/1066966/how-many-cars-were-destroyed-by-hurricane-harvey/ and also at other news outlets.

For Harvey victims, it's going to be rough if they lost their car, Houston is a very car-dependent city. Like many states, Texas only requires liability insurance — only those that bought comprehensive coverage will be able to claim the loss on insurance.

Ideally most of these flooded cars will be scrapped, as it's very likely water damage to electrical systems and other parts are not cost effective to repair professionally. However, there will be "new" and used cars on the market that have been underwater (to a greater or lesser extent). Many will be sold "as is" and some of them will be cleaned up and sold fraudulently as if they were not damaged. Buyer beware, these cars will be shipped all over in search of buyers (marks?)

After Katrina, friends of mine with time on their hands bought several new-flooded Honda Civics (which they were familiar with from building "street stock" race cars). They pulled out the interior and then the full wiring harness. Bought new harness from Honda and replaced everything, and had perfectly good near-new cars for pennies on the dollar (and a few days of hard labor).


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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Runaway1956 on Sunday September 03 2017, @10:47AM (5 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Sunday September 03 2017, @10:47AM (#563112) Journal

    "but passed out cold at dinner that evening,"

    Seems a long time to suffer any effects from giving blood. Hours later? Strange.

    For myself, I've given blood so many times, it's routine. Not even anything to think about, just something to do to break the routine. Except, I embarrassed myself about 1992 or so. Hot summer day, I went to work as usual, doing construction work. About ten o'clock or so, they sent word that our group was due at the blood-mobile, so a half dozen of us walked out by the front gate, where they were set up. I walked into the nice air conditioned van/truck/bus/whatever you call it. Laid on the table, chatted with the lady taking my blood, stood up - and fell out. No dizziness or anything, I just fell out. Taps, taps, lights out! When I came to, they made me lay on a sofa for awhile, drink a couple gallons of juice, then insisted that I be put on light duty for the rest of the day.

    And, I really have no idea WHY I passed out that one time. I felt healthy, felt rested, but for some reason it just kicked my ass.

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by Immerman on Sunday September 03 2017, @02:13PM (2 children)

    by Immerman (3985) on Sunday September 03 2017, @02:13PM (#563138)

    Perhaps they attempted to replace the lost blood with alcohol?

    • (Score: 5, Funny) by Runaway1956 on Sunday September 03 2017, @02:22PM (1 child)

      by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Sunday September 03 2017, @02:22PM (#563142) Journal

      We have a member who would suffer an adverse reaction if his alcohol were to be replaced with blood. ;^)

      • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 03 2017, @04:13PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 03 2017, @04:13PM (#563159)

        I suspect one of my relative's blood type is XO positive. He's not ethanol-fueled but... ;)

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 03 2017, @09:09PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 03 2017, @09:09PM (#563229)

    > WHY I passed out

    Lying down in air con after heat and exercise, then abrupt into vertical after lowering blood volume - your body just had a whole shit ton of blood pressure influences all at once.

  • (Score: 2) by driverless on Monday September 04 2017, @01:17AM

    by driverless (4770) on Monday September 04 2017, @01:17AM (#563259)

    For myself, I've given blood so many times, it's routine.

    So have I. Maybe it's time I moved out of Oakland.