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Old Jan 13, 2005 | 06:34 PM
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Default Close call!

I always try to park my 95 in the far corner of the public parking lots but today I decided just to park sort of in the middle which was away from all other cars. When I returned to my car a 8 inch round, 25 foot long limb had broken off a tree and right onto that corner parking space!

That was close!

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Old Jan 13, 2005 | 06:38 PM
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Yup, close call. I guess thats why they call it "the woodlands"
Another local, got pic's of your car?

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Old Jan 13, 2005 | 11:45 PM
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God blessed Texas! (born in Denton and dragged North by my Yankee Dad)
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Old Jan 13, 2005 | 11:53 PM
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see even the trees in Texas know better than to mess up a vette...
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Old Jan 14, 2005 | 08:38 AM
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That was your intuition at work. The tree limb would have to have weighed at least a thousand pounds if not more. Not good for any car, tragic on a Corvette.
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Old Jan 14, 2005 | 08:47 AM
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Wow glad you parked in the middle. Watch out next time.
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