Originally published at: Giant tumbleweed in road stops traffic [VIDEO] | Boing Boing
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This has the vibe of being an early scene in a horror/disaster movie.
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Noob.
Spend much time on Socal freeways outside of LA and you’ll see tumbleweeds this size by the dozens flying across traffic.
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omg, that’s hilarious. you don’t move them out of the way – ram them! i have heard them called “Nevada pinstripes” here.
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That’s a baby tumbleweed, by the way. (The giants swallow cars whole.)
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I need a gif of a large one to comment on the political ineptitude towards tackling the pandemic.
Also, I while I know these aren’t crickets, this gives an impression about my feelings as well:
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Also, The Big Lebowski…
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Really big dust bunnies.
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And some cool background music by some like, I dunno, maybe early Elton John?
After I saw the headline, I assumed it would be in Texas, where everything is bigger. Let’s see some really big Texas tumbleweeds!
Yep. Even much smaller ones are a problem. My fear is that one would get trapped beneath my (or anyone’s) vehicle and catch fire. Then there’s the fear that they’d simply scratch one’s ride.
They’re most dangerous when in mating swarms.
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Tumbleweeds are an invasive species, so no Nature is (not) healing.
The Tumbles are taking over…
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