So I nearly died today
Jul. 10th, 2004 10:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
heidiI was driving back from the Seaquarium - harry and jon in the backseat, my mum in the passenger side, north on I-95, and two boxes flew out of the back of the pickup in front of us.
I usually get away from pickups with stuff in the back, but they hadn't been visible - they weren't on the racks and the back was up. I had about half a second to react, and I couldn't move to the left because there was a car, and the boxes had landed to the left and right edges of our lane - we were on the far right, and there wasn't enough space between the lane edge and the wall, given where it landed.
So I swerved a bit to the right then to the left to go around them as much as possible, and got a bit of a brush from one, but I managed to not hit them head on, thank heavens.
Everyone is fine, the car is only slightly scraped, and I did finally stop shaking, after about an hour.
But it was a terrifying half-second. And it puts everything in perspective.
I usually get away from pickups with stuff in the back, but they hadn't been visible - they weren't on the racks and the back was up. I had about half a second to react, and I couldn't move to the left because there was a car, and the boxes had landed to the left and right edges of our lane - we were on the far right, and there wasn't enough space between the lane edge and the wall, given where it landed.
So I swerved a bit to the right then to the left to go around them as much as possible, and got a bit of a brush from one, but I managed to not hit them head on, thank heavens.
Everyone is fine, the car is only slightly scraped, and I did finally stop shaking, after about an hour.
But it was a terrifying half-second. And it puts everything in perspective.
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Date: 2004-07-10 07:23 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-07-10 07:24 pm (UTC)Oddly enough, I was thinking about you as I was putting O to bed, and came down to find this.
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Date: 2004-07-10 07:24 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-07-10 07:26 pm (UTC)Glad you're all okay. Eep! It's scary, isn't it?
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Date: 2004-07-10 07:27 pm (UTC)*hugs*
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Date: 2004-07-10 07:33 pm (UTC)I'm so glad everyone is ok
*hug*
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Date: 2004-07-10 07:33 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2004-07-10 07:38 pm (UTC)I'm glad you're alright Heidi!
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Date: 2004-07-10 07:38 pm (UTC)But *hugs* I'm glad you're okay- that must have been terribly frightening. :-*
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Date: 2004-07-10 08:07 pm (UTC)Hugs,
Elia
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Date: 2004-07-10 08:11 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2004-07-10 08:21 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-07-10 08:31 pm (UTC)I love that. :D
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Date: 2004-07-10 09:08 pm (UTC)I'm so glad you all made it through unscathed. Accidents are horrible, but the shakes take longer to go away when your kids are in the car, imho. The "what ifs" won't leave you be.
*hugs tightly and thanks guardian angel guys for being on duty today*
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Date: 2004-07-10 09:25 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-07-10 09:27 pm (UTC)*relieved*
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Date: 2004-07-10 09:32 pm (UTC)*hugshugshugs*
Date: 2004-07-10 09:56 pm (UTC)That was really scary! *has flashbacks*
I'm really glad you, Harry, Jon & your mom are okay. That's what really, really matters.
Thank God for seatbelts.
Anya
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Date: 2004-07-10 10:47 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2004-07-11 12:04 am (UTC)Am glad you're OK - is there any way of getting redress from the pickup driver for failing to secure a load or something?
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Date: 2004-07-11 12:31 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2004-07-11 03:54 am (UTC)I'm glad that you're okay and you're alive so that you're aware of things having a perspective! :-) I know what you mean about that--in 2002 I was driving with my two sons to the mall on a windy March day. I slid on an ice patch and flipped the truck twice. We ended up in a ditch, the Jeep totaled, and I only got a concussion. Randy and Eric were fine.
Something like that really makes you appreciate what you have and teaches you not to dwell on the things that don't matter. We have but one life, after all, to do with as we see fit.
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Date: 2004-07-11 08:20 am (UTC)And I-95 is evil just about everywhere in between Florida and Massachusetts. Once, I was almost run off the road in NC by some ass simply because I was going only 5 mph over the speed limit.
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Date: 2004-07-11 01:11 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2004-07-11 02:47 pm (UTC)I've had nearly the same thing happen with canisters of gas (fortunately non-flammable) so I know how scary that is.
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