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  2. How to spot a flood-damaged car - AOL

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    Cars damaged in states like Florida, North Carolina and Tennessee can be shipped and sold states away by unscrupulous used car dealers. ... salt and sand slowly erode parts of your car. Damage to ...

  3. Why you should check cars for flood damage before buying - AOL

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    Roughly 378,000 flood-damaged cars were on the road in 2021, according to CARFAX data, and the company warned in a mid-September press release that more may surface for sale on used car lots after ...

  4. Seattle windshield pitting epidemic - Wikipedia

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    As the newspapers began to feature the story, more and more reports of pitting were called in. Motorists began stopping police cars to report damage. Car lots and parking garages reported particularly severe attacks. Several hypotheses for the widespread damage were postulated:

  5. Tornado outbreak sequence of May 14–31, 1962 - Wikipedia

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    Strong winds overturned two trailers and caused heavy sand damage to cars in Coachella Valley in California. Multiple hailstorms caused major damage in Sullivan County, New Hampshire. Hail was up to 1.25 inches (3.2 cm) in diameter in West Lebanon while news outlets described hail as big as "snowballs". [2]

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  7. Impact attenuator - Wikipedia

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    The car burst into flames and took the lives of Pierre and 84 spectators in one of the worst accidents in racing history. He stated he was inspired by sand-filled fuel cans which he used to protect his tent from strafing during World War II. [6] Early prototypes were self funded and tested due to low initial support.

  8. Runaway truck ramp - Wikipedia

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    Problems include sudden, forceful deceleration; sand being affected by weather conditions (moisture and freezing); and vehicles vaulting and/or overturning after contacting the sand pile. Mechanical-arrestor escape ramp : a proprietary system of stainless-steel nets transversely spanning a paved ramp to engage and retard a runaway vehicle.

  9. Dust storm - Wikipedia

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    A sandstorm can transport and carry large volumes of sand unexpectedly. Dust storms can carry large amounts of dust, with the leading edge being composed of a wall of thick dust as much as 1.6 km (5,200 ft) high. Dust and sand storms which come off the Sahara Desert are locally known as a simoom or simoon (sîmūm