Joe Luck Strikes again...

Joe · 01-19-2003, 06:11 PM

The reviews are on hold for a few days.... Today I almost died on a lake .... my car went through the ice ( in a spot that was much softer than the rest of the lake) , and went into submarine mode... The cars totalled and if it wasnt for a coworker/friend of mine I may not have gotten pulled from the water as fast as I did. He was also in the car but was able to bail faster ( I had a seatbelt on he didnt) . Was one of the most dangerous situations I have been in. Swimming in broken ice water in sub 6Deg F weather with a 10+Mph wind and not being able to get out of the hole.

Pics will come up when someone gets them posted... I personally need a day to recover and figure out what the deal is with the car... The cars been totaled, but need to find out what s going to happen with insurance.

Just happy to still be around right now.

Needless to say I will never be driving on a lake again... frozen.. (or not

).

( theres a pic of the car in the lake later in this thread now)

jaydee · 01-19-2003, 06:34 PM

Not quite the extream water cooling we want to hear about! Glad you made it out ok. We do some Ice fishing up here now and then and I hear horror stories of lost cars, trucks, ATV's, and sometimes people.

Buster · 01-19-2003, 06:39 PM

Glad to hear you made it out Joe. I'll tell you what man, I've been upside down at 100+ MPH in a race car, but that would scare the shit outta me. Water, freezing, belted in... no thanks....

scott

BrianW · 01-19-2003, 10:24 PM

I am so glad for you Joe.

Brian

gogo · 01-19-2003, 11:39 PM

Glad you're ok.
The site just wouldn't be the same without you.

Falling in Ice covered water sucks. I fell through the Rouge river in Detroit once. It wasn't over my head or in a car though.

Joe · 01-19-2003, 11:41 PM

Thx fer the words!

Yes ice water sucks most any time

The Spyder · 01-20-2003, 01:01 AM

oh man, you were lucky! Glad your alright~

g.l.amour · 01-20-2003, 03:07 AM

you're alive dude...

makes one notice how fragile we all are

PlawsWorth · 01-20-2003, 07:55 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Joe
The reviews are on hold for a few days.... Today I almost died on a lake .... my car went through the ice ( in a spot that was much softer than the rest of the lake) , and went into submarine mode... The cars totalled and if it wasnt for a coworker/friend of mine I may not have gotten pulled from the water as fast as I did. He was also in the car but was able to bail faster ( I had a seatbelt on he didnt) . Was one of the most dangerous situations I have been in. Swimming in broken ice water in sub 6Deg F weather with a 10+Mph wind and not being able to get out of the hole.

Pics will come up when someone gets them posted... I personally need a day to recover and figure out what the deal is with the car... The cars been totaled, but need to find out what s going to happen with insurance.

Just happy to still be around right now.

Needless to say I will never be driving on a lake again... frozen.. (or not ).

I fell in to a lake with my best friends sister when I was like 6years old, don't know how I managed to get up and how I managed to pull her up. But one thing is for shure, I'll never walk on a frozen lake and the feeling of walking through 40" snow when you are 50" tall isn't fun

BaconGrease · 01-20-2003, 08:30 AM

Good Heavens!
Great to hear you and your friend made it out, sorry to hear about the car.
Pretty scary stuff.

bigben2k · 01-20-2003, 09:22 AM

Nice to hear you made it...

Now of course the question is: how did you end up in that situation? Isn't the race site managed by anyone?

Joe · 01-20-2003, 11:16 AM

zoson · 01-20-2003, 11:22 AM

You shoulda peed in the water joe! It makes it nice and warm. mmmm

I'm glad you're alright man.
-Zoson

redleader · 01-20-2003, 02:22 PM

Shit Joe you have really bad luck. If it were anyone else I'd say stay away from cars and water

Any chance you'd be able to get a winch and haul it out of there?

bigben2k · 01-20-2003, 02:28 PM

You weren't racing, were you...

We used to drive over a river, up here in Canada, on our way to see family members. It's a bit colder, in Canada... but there were many local stories about snowmobiles facing the same faith.

We always made it through.

If I remember correctly, you need at least 12 inches of ice, to support a car (or was it 4 feet?). 4 inches supports a man, theoretically...

xerka · 01-20-2003, 02:48 PM

Wow that had to be scarry. Thats good it didnt go much further in the ice. Would you mind telling us the story?

Joe · 01-20-2003, 02:54 PM

http://www.rafal.com/slizganie.htm theres a page with more pics

and if you want the full story, to save me from typing it twice check this thread.

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show...hreadid=303486

I am "Clegg" in that thread.

nicozeg · 01-20-2003, 03:18 PM

Wow, strange parking place you choose!

I'm glad to hear that nothing bad happened to you.

It reminded me a friend with his new jeep wrangler: He ride to the end of a beach and stayed in the rocks a couple hours with his girlfriend. When he wanted to come back discovered that the rising tide has closed the exit. He had to wait in the place only to see the waves getting closer, until they smashed the car against the rocks during the night. The sad end was that the insurance didn’t cover off road situations.

bigben2k · 01-20-2003, 03:21 PM

This one says a lot:

bigben2k · 01-20-2003, 03:32 PM

This one says the rest:

(Damn lucky Joe, DAMN lucky!!!)

bigben2k · 01-20-2003, 03:35 PM

This one would show how it was pulled out?:
(Note that the tractor wheels are useless; this is strictly a pull, hold, twist, release, repeat operation!)

Joe · 01-20-2003, 04:52 PM

Yeh they used a couple 6000lbs rated come-alongs to pull it up, it worked rather well. At one point it did end up much lower in the water because of a slip by the tractor. Also the geek in the Purple/green jacket with the blue hat is me.

joemac · 01-20-2003, 05:38 PM

WOW Thats CRAZY !!! Now you know what some of our supercooled CPU feel.. Were you more over clockable at colder temps LOL. How did you get out WOW....

bigben2k · 01-20-2003, 06:28 PM

There's no rescue operation for crashed/burned watercooled CPUs...

Blackeagle · 01-20-2003, 07:05 PM

Glad to hear you are OK Joe. That water hits you it almost stops your breathing don't it? Been there (differant method = duck hunter), not good.

I hope your insurance rules or state laws are differant than here. In MI. when your cars on the lake, it's uninsured.

Worse the Mi. DNR guys have no sense of humor about it, tickets issued to add insult to injury.

01-19-2003, 06:11 PM	#1
Joe The Pro/Life Support System Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 4,041	Joe Luck Strikes again... The reviews are on hold for a few days.... Today I almost died on a lake .... my car went through the ice ( in a spot that was much softer than the rest of the lake) , and went into submarine mode... The cars totalled and if it wasnt for a coworker/friend of mine I may not have gotten pulled from the water as fast as I did. He was also in the car but was able to bail faster ( I had a seatbelt on he didnt) . Was one of the most dangerous situations I have been in. Swimming in broken ice water in sub 6Deg F weather with a 10+Mph wind and not being able to get out of the hole. Pics will come up when someone gets them posted... I personally need a day to recover and figure out what the deal is with the car... The cars been totaled, but need to find out what s going to happen with insurance. Just happy to still be around right now. Needless to say I will never be driving on a lake again... frozen.. (or not ). ( theres a pic of the car in the lake later in this thread now) __________________ Joe - I only take this hat off for one thing... ProCooling archive curator and dusty skeleton. Last edited by Joe; 01-20-2003 at 11:19 AM.

01-19-2003, 10:24 PM	#4
BrianW Cooling Savant Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Desert City in California Posts: 631	I am so glad for you Joe. Brian __________________ Water Cooled Inwin Q500 (Dual Rads: Rad1 = DTEK Pro Core \| Rad2 = Blick Ice Estreme, Hydor L30, Dangerden Maze2, Bay Res Typhoon Reservoir, 1/2 " DD Tygon Thick Wall Hose). Flow: Res, Pump, CPU watervlock, Y into both rads, both rads into res independently. Athlon XP 1800+ (@ 1731 - 150mhz fsb.), on a Asus A7N266-c, and a Radeon 9000 *waiting for RMA'd Saphire 9800 ultra from Newegg)

01-19-2003, 11:39 PM	#5
gogo Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: AK Posts: 246	Glad you're ok. The site just wouldn't be the same without you. Falling in Ice covered water sucks. I fell through the Rouge river in Detroit once. It wasn't over my head or in a car though. __________________ Now, with Retsyn®

01-19-2003, 11:41 PM	#6
Joe The Pro/Life Support System Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 4,041	Thx fer the words! Yes ice water sucks most any time __________________ Joe - I only take this hat off for one thing... ProCooling archive curator and dusty skeleton.

01-20-2003, 01:01 AM	#7
The Spyder Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Oregon- Posts: 43	oh man, you were lucky! Glad your alright~ __________________ So.... how ya doing?

01-19-2003, 06:34 PM	#2
jaydee Put up or Shut Up Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 6,506	Not quite the extream water cooling we want to hear about! Glad you made it out ok. We do some Ice fishing up here now and then and I hear horror stories of lost cars, trucks, ATV's, and sometimes people.

01-19-2003, 06:39 PM	#3
Buster Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: California Posts: 89	Glad to hear you made it out Joe. I'll tell you what man, I've been upside down at 100+ MPH in a race car, but that would scare the shit outta me. Water, freezing, belted in... no thanks.... scott

01-20-2003, 03:07 AM	#8
g.l.amour Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: on da case Posts: 933	you're alive dude... makes one notice how fragile we all are __________________ yo soy un tiburón

01-20-2003, 08:30 AM	#10
BaconGrease Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Richmond Posts: 85	Good Heavens! Great to hear you and your friend made it out, sorry to hear about the car. Pretty scary stuff. __________________ Damn that is hot

01-20-2003, 09:22 AM	#11
bigben2k Responsible for 2% of all the posts here. Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas, U.S.A. Posts: 8,302	Nice to hear you made it... Now of course the question is: how did you end up in that situation? Isn't the race site managed by anyone? __________________ WBTA (Water Block Testing Alliance) Nordic Hardware WC 101 Last edited by bigben2k; 01-20-2003 at 11:24 AM.

01-20-2003, 11:16 AM	#12
Joe The Pro/Life Support System Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 4,041	Heres a pic __________________ Joe - I only take this hat off for one thing... ProCooling archive curator and dusty skeleton.

01-20-2003, 11:22 AM	#13
zoson Cooling Savant Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: X Posts: 204	You shoulda peed in the water joe! It makes it nice and warm. mmmm I'm glad you're alright man. -Zoson __________________ Core i7 930 @ 4254Hz 22x193 \| ASUS R3E 901 BIOS \| 12GB Mushkin Blackline 3x4GB @ 1547MHz 7-8-7-24-1N \| Lian Li PC-A10B 2x EVGA GTX275 SLI @ 720/1266/1566 \| 2x 80GB Intel X25-M G2 SSD Raid 0 \| 3x 1TB Samsung Spinpoint 7.2K Raid 5 \| Corsair 950TX H2O \| Enzotech Sapphire Rev.A \| EK-FB RE3 \| Swiftech - 2x MCW60/GTX275 Unisink, MCP655b, MCRes Micro.v2 \| 3x HWLabs SR1-120 あなたの神への弓 Time isn't wasted, when you're gettin' wasted.

01-20-2003, 02:22 PM	#14
redleader Thermophile Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The deserts of Tucson, Az Posts: 1,264	Shit Joe you have really bad luck. If it were anyone else I'd say stay away from cars and water Any chance you'd be able to get a winch and haul it out of there?

01-20-2003, 02:28 PM	#15
bigben2k Responsible for 2% of all the posts here. Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas, U.S.A. Posts: 8,302	You weren't racing, were you... We used to drive over a river, up here in Canada, on our way to see family members. It's a bit colder, in Canada... but there were many local stories about snowmobiles facing the same faith. We always made it through. If I remember correctly, you need at least 12 inches of ice, to support a car (or was it 4 feet?). 4 inches supports a man, theoretically... __________________ WBTA (Water Block Testing Alliance) Nordic Hardware WC 101

01-20-2003, 02:48 PM	#16
xerka Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 107	Wow that had to be scarry. Thats good it didnt go much further in the ice. Would you mind telling us the story?

01-20-2003, 02:54 PM	#17
Joe The Pro/Life Support System Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 4,041	http://www.rafal.com/slizganie.htm theres a page with more pics and if you want the full story, to save me from typing it twice check this thread. http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show...hreadid=303486 I am "Clegg" in that thread. __________________ Joe - I only take this hat off for one thing... ProCooling archive curator and dusty skeleton.

01-20-2003, 03:18 PM	#18
nicozeg Cooling Savant Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Santiago, Chile Posts: 403	Wow, strange parking place you choose! I'm glad to hear that nothing bad happened to you. It reminded me a friend with his new jeep wrangler: He ride to the end of a beach and stayed in the rocks a couple hours with his girlfriend. When he wanted to come back discovered that the rising tide has closed the exit. He had to wait in the place only to see the waves getting closer, until they smashed the car against the rocks during the night. The sad end was that the insurance didn’t cover off road situations.

01-20-2003, 03:21 PM	#19
bigben2k Responsible for 2% of all the posts here. Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas, U.S.A. Posts: 8,302	This one says a lot: __________________ WBTA (Water Block Testing Alliance) Nordic Hardware WC 101

01-20-2003, 03:32 PM	#20
bigben2k Responsible for 2% of all the posts here. Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas, U.S.A. Posts: 8,302	This one says the rest: (Damn lucky Joe, DAMN lucky!!!) __________________ WBTA (Water Block Testing Alliance) Nordic Hardware WC 101

01-20-2003, 03:35 PM	#21
bigben2k Responsible for 2% of all the posts here. Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas, U.S.A. Posts: 8,302	This one would show how it was pulled out?: (Note that the tractor wheels are useless; this is strictly a pull, hold, twist, release, repeat operation!) __________________ WBTA (Water Block Testing Alliance) Nordic Hardware WC 101

01-20-2003, 04:52 PM	#22
Joe The Pro/Life Support System Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 4,041	Yeh they used a couple 6000lbs rated come-alongs to pull it up, it worked rather well. At one point it did end up much lower in the water because of a slip by the tractor. Also the geek in the Purple/green jacket with the blue hat is me. __________________ Joe - I only take this hat off for one thing... ProCooling archive curator and dusty skeleton.

01-20-2003, 05:38 PM	#23
joemac Cooling Savant Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Dallas Posts: 339	WOW Thats CRAZY !!! Now you know what some of our supercooled CPU feel.. Were you more over clockable at colder temps LOL. How did you get out WOW....

01-20-2003, 06:28 PM	#24
bigben2k Responsible for 2% of all the posts here. Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas, U.S.A. Posts: 8,302	There's no rescue operation for crashed/burned watercooled CPUs... __________________ WBTA (Water Block Testing Alliance) Nordic Hardware WC 101

01-20-2003, 07:05 PM	#25
Blackeagle Thermophile Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: U.S.A = Michigan Posts: 1,243	Glad to hear you are OK Joe. That water hits you it almost stops your breathing don't it? Been there (differant method = duck hunter), not good. I hope your insurance rules or state laws are differant than here. In MI. when your cars on the lake, it's uninsured. Worse the Mi. DNR guys have no sense of humor about it, tickets issued to add insult to injury.

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