Driving through Brisbane in yesterday's storm

[Unco]

A stressful drive, yes. Considering I was in my little Ford Festiva. I drove through light hail in Johnson Road heading towards Ipswich the back way.

I get to the Ipswich Motorway and it had turned into a car park as traffic had to slow right down to go over a stretch of flood waters in the Rebank area approximately 50 metres in length.

Roughly around 10 inches of water covered the road. So I hoped for the best and slowly drove through it.

Now, what makes people want to drive through flood waters at high speed??? By high speed I mean that they create a wall of water in front of the car because they're not giving it enough time to go under the front of the car.

It is a stupid practice IMO. When you think about it, the intake generally sits in a high area of the engine bay. By driving slowly, the water stays down the bottom where it should be. By driving faster you double the height of the water directly in front of the car due to resistance, thus seriously increasing the chances of water reaching the intake and ending up inside the engine.

Anyway, I got through it OK, but I was really ****ed off at other people racing through the water and splashing it everywhere. I just can't see the merit in doing stuff like that.

Was anyone else out on the road when the storm hit? I managed to stick the LTD in the shed after washing it and going for a Sunday drive. I got it in about a minute before the rain started.