Last year we managed to drive home right as a derecho hit. Traffic is going slowly. Amazingly everyone is driving like they're sane; other than we all should have really stopped. We came to a tree that was blocking most of the road. It's down to a partial lane and the shoulder. Cars are taking turns. Everything is moving nicely. The other side is now clear of cars and it's now our turn to go around the very obvious obstacle. I watch as a tractor trail approaches, at normal speed - marked 55 so he's going at least 60. I don't think he's going to stop. My wife says, "He's not going to stop." So I wait. We watch as he hits the tree and his truck launches into the air. He lands with his trailer doing a fishtail bounce. Thankfully he doesn't flip. He never slowed, just kept on going.
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