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    "Hey /b/ can you please photoshop the sun between my fingers?”

     

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  3. http://paralimpici.gazzetta.it/files/2012/10/Zanardi-ed-Eric-a-Venezia-VeniceMarathon-2012-500x332.jpg

     

    From here:

    http://goo.gl/KCKTp

     

    Alex Zanardi became one of the undisputed stars of the golden summer of sport in Britain with his incredible gold medal-winning performances in the Paralympics.

    It marked the end of an incredible journey for the Italian motor racing driver, who refused to let the loss of both legs in an accident in 2001 end his sporting career.

    After proving that he could still compete on the track in specially-adapted cars, he then turned to hand cycling, in which he won gold in both the H4 time trials and H4 road races.

     

    But his latest act of heroism could be the most inspiring of the lot.

    While lining up at the Venice Marathon on Sunday he decided not to try and win the race, but to complete the gruelling 26 mile course alongside 17-year-old quadriplegic Eric Fontanari.

    Eric had been desperate to take part in the marathon despite having only minimal use of his arms, and after an encouraging training run he had high hopes.

    But foul weather conditions almost ended his dream: with high winds and rain lashing the course, he was barely able to continue, and Zanardi began to push him along while still keeping his own hand bike going.

    But the trials were only just beginning.

     

    "It's been a crazy adventure," Zanardi said later.

    "Eric began to suffer from the cold with muscle spasms, and could no longer hold his bike which was veering off to the left. At that point I realised that there was no way we would get to Venice in that condition."

    Rather than give up, though, Zanardi had a brainwave.

     

    "I decided to attach the front of Eric's bike to the back of my bike using a rope I found in a rubbish bin by the side of the course. We took the front wheel of Eric's bike off to link it on to mine, and off we went. We looked like the A-team!"

     

    Zanardi proceeded to propel both himself and Eric along, but still things kept on going wrong: under the strain my gears broke, sticking me in a high gear that was almost impossible to keep going.

     

    "But miraculously I found some tape to fix it up enough to get going again. I couldn't stop, though: Eric was behind me shouting, 'come on, let's get our home-made tractor to the finish line!'"

     

    Still there were challenges, with the completely unbalance bike careering across the 13 bridges the duo had to traverse once they arrived in Venice itself.

     

    "The front wheel skidded because all the weight was at the back," Zanardi explained, "but we knew that the goal was close and we couldn't give up.

    "After the last bridge I stopped to wait for the guy who was supposed to be coming back with Eric's front wheel, so we could reattach it and have him push himself over the line.

     

    "But he never came, so I decided to pull Eric up to a centimetre from the line, then I got out of my handbike, detached his, and pushed him over because I wanted him to be first to pass the finish line.

    "It's been tough but an incredible feeling. I could not give up because Eric believed we would get there from the first metre to the very last."

  4. was anyone in new orleans prepared for this or have the proper building code?

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    The world can also end tomorrow, shit happens.

    Several of my dads family lived less then a mile from this, lost a house, got on a bus not knowing where you will end up, started over from scratch, and did fine without the dramatic hipster/gay weatherman crap of what is going on with Sandy.

     

    I'm convinced that tv news stations are creating useless frenzy to generate views, sponsors, etc. Also because the storm hit areas that are have large populations of wealthy white home owners, the media will be flooded with sob stories. Let a redneck outside mobile lose their 3rd home in 20 years or a poor black guy and everyone just moves on like normal.

     

     

    in the case of NO, it was a natural phenomenon that NO knew to expect since before the city was even built. Also their levies were subpar, as evidenced by their performance. I don't discount the fact that Katrina was also a huge occurence...

    Stuff like this doesn't happen hard like this in the northeast of the USA. Yea there is sometimes heavy rain but hurricanes meeting cold fronts from Canada are a thing of rarity relative to hurricanes in the South/Southeast, which usually die down a lot by the time they reach Virginia/Delaware if they even make it that far

     

    I don't believe the media is creating useless frenzy over it all...I mean they are covering all parts of NJ and NYC which are affected pretty evenly...I think they're estimating about 50billion worth of damage, compared to Katrina's 46.6billion

    http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/united-states/121030/cost-sandy-cleanup-may-hit-50-billion

    Now is that useless frenzy when the cold hard numbers tell the story in that light?

     

    anyway, my grandma in Queens is doing fine, if you care at all. Both my brothers who live in NYC are ok, as well as the one in Philly. My uncles and aunts in Queens, BK, the Bronx and other close friends are also fine for the most part. Some have lost a lot but generally have their health even though some material things have been lost.

     

    good for your dad's family coming out ayt...but I don't believe for a second they didn't experience the gay weatherman crap you're on about.....Never for a second. All you have to do is turn on a TV the second a hurricane or whatever other disaster is coming anywhere in the USA and within just a couple a minutes there is mention of Katrina....It'd be foolish to think otherwise

     

     

    PS: Kanye is a fool who has no idea what he's talking about

  5. +1. If I hear one more thing about this fucking pansy-ass hurricane, I'm going ballistic.

     

    hurricanes don;t usually hit the northeast this hard....the southeast is used to stuff like this and has buildings coded accordingly

     

     

    would you, here in ohio, be prepared for (as an example) a magnitude 7 quake? how about real monsoon rains? how about a tidal wave?

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