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- crawfishsoul, on 10/12/2007, -11/+280Looks like it's that time of the month for Massachusetts.
- nerdherder, on 10/12/2007, -4/+61Thats no cargo spill, thats the road to hell.
- chicken101, on 10/12/2007, -3/+36...which leads to a diner in hell.
*ducks* - sctechguy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+34A diner in hell, you say?: http://files.redvsblue.com/web/images/comic/RT_Comic_Ep102_Dine.jpg
- jd72277, on 10/12/2007, -0/+33The Target truck looks so appropriate.
- consoneo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+29And the cargo? Not dyes, no no. Dead bodies.
- CoheedRock, on 10/12/2007, -3/+29It looks like those plastic Matchbox tracks for toy cars we all use to have (or maybe still do have?)...but with real cars and made of pavement.
- melbourne28, on 10/12/2007, -4/+30I thought you were supposed to paint the town red, not the highway. Oh well, next weekend instead.
- acex23, on 10/12/2007, -7/+32"A tractor trailer carrying dye intended for mulch deposited some of its cargo on the highway after the load shifted. "
How did a leak cover the entire road? Seems like it had some enhancing done to me... - Shiner6, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18shm0edawg - To clean your car take a razor blade to the windshield, and for painted areas, use bug / tar remover then a clay bar. Should do the trick. I've had paint on my car before.
- witcompe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18I drive on that stretch of road very often, and I can assure you there is no Photoshop work done on that pic. It is slowly fading, but after the accident it was very brightly colored. I am not sure if the snow on Thursday will get rid of it all, but maybe someday I will be able to tell where the lanes are.
- shm0edawg, on 10/12/2007, -5/+17It may be cool to look at, but I was caught in one of these situations last year in Upstate New York when a truck carrying hundreds of gallons of red paint crashed and spilled it across 4 lanes. There was no escaping it and I still have little red specs all over my windshield, bumper, hood, roof, mirrors, tires, etc. It's not fun when you have to drive over it. These kinds of dyes and paints don't just wash off either.
- LifeIsARhythm, on 10/12/2007, -3/+14The snow along that part of the highway was red too
- lar3ry, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8For those of you that think that the upcoming snow storm will help, you might be interested in knowing that this happened during that LAST snow storm and we still have this dye for miles (between Rt. 2A in Littleton and Rt. 110 in Westford).
During that last storm, the spray from the rain/snow made deposits on cars and windshields, and the result wasn't pretty (people in Mass. had to slow down to see, causing an even larger backup).
The road isn't currently as red as shown in the picture; it's mostly pink now. It still causes out of towners to slow down, wondering what's going on.
[sigh] - crawfishsoul, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10If you RTA, snow on Thursday.
Right. - MarkCiccone, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7I was coming home for Easter when my girlfriend pointed out that the snow on the northbound side of the highway was tainted red. As we went further we realized that the entire road was red! We thought it was a promotion, but when we got to her house the local news was covering it. Seeing it from a helicopter, we thought it was sort of pretty. It'd be cool to paint interstates different colors!
- jjk5, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Supposedly the dye is water-soluble. We'll see after Thursday though.
- TheNik, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8@ harbinger - Yeah, that dastardly fiend Gravity Man is such an unrelenting bastard, huh? Oh, what's that? It was a loaders fault?
- o2sk8, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I sat in the traffic for the damn rubberneckers in the other lane, believe me, it wasn't cool. Cars were completely covered, it was crazy.
- insovietrussia, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Sorry, above comment was in wrong article. Stupid digg login bug :(
- Silencer7, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3If the highway's bloody, take the dirt road home.
- jcbwalsh, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4I drive through this section of 495 daily. This happened about a week ago and the photo is very accurate - not a Photoshop job. The traffic spread the powder over the road just like you see it. It was a bit creepy to drive over.
- tarmithius, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5@nerdherder
Apparently you've been to Lowell. (I currently live down the street from where this happened) - selrahc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3There is probably a slight Levels adjustment if that is what you mean. Most photos need that, especially if they are taken with a DSLR(Can't comment on the camera used though, because the EXIF info is stripped).
- insovietrussia, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3In Australia in regional areas they painted large portions of road a similar colour to make it easier to see kangaroos on the road at dusk.
The problem they found was that red covered roads make people drowsy and they were falling asleep at the wheel. - Barovelli, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3OMG - My old high school drivers' ed 16mm film "Red Asphalt" comes true!!
- Silencer7, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4"...Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood. Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood. Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood. Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood. Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood..."
- floridiot2, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6That's not very breaking, sir.
- Akaji, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Since when would snow get rid of dye? Even on concrete, that stuff would stay.
- datastorageguy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"If you RTA, snow on Thursday."
Yeah and I have tickets to the sox game Thursday. Godam where the hell is spring. - letuescarpe, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Most of the bigger companies in Massachusetts that aren't in Boston are located off of 495. Lots of people use that highway every day. Traffic is only slightly better than on 93/95/Mass Pike (the highways that go through Boston).
Anyway. I drove through this crap last Thursday, during a snow storm, and it was pretty damn creepy. Red snow is not something you see very often. - mattyG, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2lol @ shm0
"Pofcher used a pre-soak chemical and pressure-washed each car, before sending it through the automated wash.
The dye drizzled away easily. "
http://www.lowellsun.com/front/ci_5600741 - hawkspur, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5Makes you wonder how they are going to get that off the road oO
- t4k3n, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3i swear to god im going to pistol whip the next person that says shenanigans!
- lieutenantmudd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The sad part is that some company spends money to dye mulch.
- Arbus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1You're right, bacon IS delicious.
- TalenKlaive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Duggmirror appears to have actually grabbed it:
http://duggmirror.com/offbeat_news/Leaked_cargo_dyes_highway_an_eerie_red_PIC/ - Nobiting, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I drove through that on my way to work, my car was half red
- maggiesue0303, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0you are wrong.....
CNN &CNN.com had video posted on live television and online....I'm sure you could still find it online under The Offbeat News Section. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2This is not a photoshop job trust me on this one it looks even brighter on a white car.
- acex23, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1um... what?
- drunk3nrabbit, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2@consoneo
God i hope they weren't *LIVE* bodies! - Mobizo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0REDRUM......
- 89vision, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1I bet that would be a nightmare on my new paint job.
- knifesideleft, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1This road would probably be the fastest way into hell from Lowell, unless you ever heard of a bootmill sandwich that is. Quickest heart attack ever.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+4Yeah, except it wouldn't be funny at all because 'This is madness' and 'This is Sparta' aren't funny, at all.
- threadmore, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Welcome to last week!
- RichOfTheJungle, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0That sure was a fun drive home.......
- Leomarth, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Am I the only one not disturbed by the fact there is nothing on the tires of the trucks? You'd think they'd have some red on it.
Is there some other source for this story? If not, I'd suspect the thing was shopped, or at least enhanced as someone else wrote.
If I'm wrong, correct me. -
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