Used to think all weather forecasts were useless until one saved my bacon last spring

I always laughed off the NOAA warnings about severe storms, figured they were just covering their bases. But last April I was running a big wiring job at a farm outside Waco and ignored a flash flood warning. Water came up fast, trapped my van in a low spot, and I had to call a buddy with a truck to pull me out at 2am. Now I actually check the radar before every outdoor job, has anyone else had a close call that made them change their mind about something they ignored before?

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robinp893d ago

Got a similar story but with parking tickets of all things. Used to treat parking meters like suggestions, figured I'd rather pay the occasional $20 fine than feed the machine every time. Then Chicago towed my car during a street cleaning I swore was on Thursday but was actually Wednesday. Cost me $350 to get it back plus a storage fee, and I had to take two buses to the impound lot in the rain. Now I set a damn alarm on my phone for parking restrictions, learned that lesson the hard way.

beth_park3d ago

Respectfully, I think that's a pretty fair deal considering you could have gotten a ticket too.

fionafoster3d ago

I get what you're saying about "fair deal" but honestly I see it different. A ticket is just a piece of paper you pay and move on with your life. Having your car impounded costs way more and wastes half your day dealing with the lot. Plus if they tow it you're stuck paying storage fees that keep adding up while you're trying to get there. A $50 ticket is annoying but a $350 tow plus having to take two buses in the rain like that other guy said is a whole different level of punishment for the same mistake.