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HUGE Boulder Totally & Completely Squished & Smashed A Car!

img.dailymail.co.uk — The 12 March 2008 earthquake in China caused giant boulders from the mountains to roll into the town of Yingxiu in Sichuan Province, China. One huge boulder landed on a green car . . . the car was no match for this giant of a rock . . . the car was totally flattened.

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  • vroom101, on 05/18/2008, -2/+19Via "Incredible pictures: The Chinese town that was wiped off the face of the Earth by the earthquake which left 5 million homeless": http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/new ... (www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=566765&in_page_id=1766&ito=1490)
    • unreg, on 05/18/2008, -0/+1That's a heck of a title.
    • dsmx, on 05/18/2008, -0/+1If that was Britain a traffic warden would of come along and put a ticket on the car.
    • DarkShroud, on 05/18/2008, -0/+1It still has more leg room than a Sentra.
    • Ladymongoose, on 05/19/2008, -0/+1How do you squish a car? It has no squishy parts.
  • dougvfr750, on 05/18/2008, -11/+5Now that's what you call getting rocked
    • Nicoli23, on 05/18/2008, -0/+1You had a good start but failed in the end.
  • vroom101, on 05/18/2008, -10/+3Here's what I'd like to know with 100% certainty: Was the car-crush solely done by the boulder resting on the flattened car?
    • unreg, on 05/18/2008, -0/+2Totally and Completely according to the title
  • vroom101, on 05/18/2008, -5/+2Description Update -- Here's the caption for the photo as given at http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/template/2.0-0/el ... (www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/template/2.0-0/element/pictureGalleryPopup.jsp?id=3947490&&offset=1&§ionName=WorldAsia)

    A flattened taxi lies under one of the boulders that crashed down on the streets of Beichuan in Sichuan Province. (Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images)
  • vroom101, on 05/18/2008, -7/+5#1. Corrected Digg Description:

    The 12 March 2008 earthquake in China caused giant boulders from the mountains to roll into the town of Beichuan in Sichuan Province, China. One huge boulder landed on a green car -- a taxi . . . the car was no match for this giant of a rock . . . the taxi was totally flattened.

    #2. More photos snapped by Mark Ralston of the flattened taxi in Beichuan, Sichuan Province, China: http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx?cont ... (www.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx?contractUrl=1&language=en-US&family=editorial&p=%22Mark%20Ralston%22%20taxi&src=quick)
  • vroom101, on 05/18/2008, -7/+5http://cryptome.org/cn-quake5/pict112.jpg
    A giant rock is seen near a truck damaged after the rock hit the vehicle from a highway above near Yingxiu, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Friday, May 16, 2008. Across the disaster area, survivors were still being found alive after being buried in rubble for four days, and the first foreign rescue workers were allowed to the scene. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

    via http://cryptome.org/cn-quake5/cn-quake5.htm
  • chkdg8, on 05/18/2008, -4/+1That's probably where our insurance company customer service reps are outsourced from.
  • firewound, on 05/18/2008, -1/+3I'd hate to be the rep trying to explain that natural disasters aren't covered
  • Kidman13, on 05/18/2008, -5/+9The good news is that I still saved a bunch of money on my car insurance by switching to GEICO...
    • BTraina, on 05/18/2008, -0/+1geico doesn't insure giant earthquake boulders actually...
      • edwartica, on 05/19/2008, -0/+1But they do cover dental accidents do to a falling boulder, provided that the acident happened after 12 PM on the fourth tuesday of the month during a hail storm while being trampled by a heard of at least twenty elephants and no less than three zebras, along with a spider monkey.
  • roboticrickshaw, on 05/18/2008, -8/+1That photo looks shopped you can tell by the widely varying pixelation. I should know I have worked in the buisness for years.
    • Murdats, on 05/18/2008, -1/+3ur doin it rong
    • macfan93, on 05/18/2008, -1/+2I hope you were being sarcastic. If not, you are the stereotypical photoshop douchebag
  • trumpcard, on 05/18/2008, -5/+0Its just hollywood effects right
  • Spuy767, on 05/18/2008, -1/+7Redundant Poster. . . . Is redundant.
  • hpp00nst3r, on 05/18/2008, -1/+16i think indiana jones was also seen escaping
  • glaz, on 05/18/2008, -1/+7"Totally "&" Completely" and "Squished & Smashed" ? This headline begs to be edited.
    • asskicker32, on 05/19/2008, -0/+1Agreed. The worst offender by far, of poor digg headlines.
    • TheRunes, on 05/19/2008, -0/+1Welcome to the redundancy department. Welcome to the redundancy department.
  • joeydoo, on 05/18/2008, -2/+3.... wait.. where did I park my car. It's green, anyone seen it?
  • Piontek, on 05/18/2008, -0/+5poor rock :/
  • DavidtheDuke, on 05/18/2008, -2/+2Sufferin' Suckataz! Abebade abebade abebade THAT'S ALL FOLKS!
  • quasimot0, on 05/18/2008, -0/+3That's a huge bitch!
  • maelstromwar, on 05/18/2008, -0/+6What car?
  • dwcharn, on 05/18/2008, -0/+4I hope nobody was in there.

    That's no Moon...
  • DrivinWest, on 05/18/2008, -0/+7This is what happens when you play Twisted Sister at full volume. You've been warned.
  • lotec, on 05/18/2008, -0/+13wow that's amazing. the amount of force required to completely flatten an engine block is mind boggling...
    • stix213, on 06/09/2008, -0/+1What's more amazing is the tire didn't even pop! You'd think they would make engine blocks stronger than tires......
  • friendlyman, on 05/18/2008, -0/+6That'll buff right out
  • Jacksc, on 05/18/2008, -0/+4The tire never popped
  • luke16, on 05/18/2008, -2/+5On a more serious note, my heart goes out to all those who were affected by the earthquake disaster.
  • solarweasel, on 05/18/2008, -4/+2while the deadly earthquakes in china are tragic, i'm a firm believer in lessons to be learned by countries who (at one time) encouraged an exploding population without regard to common sense things such as sustainibility and safety.
    • unreg, on 05/18/2008, -0/+4Huh? Whats the lesson? Expanding populations cause deadly earthquakes?
  • MasterMynd, on 05/18/2008, -0/+33oh no! squished AND smashed?!
  • TheDiggAbides, on 05/18/2008, -0/+6You know something AMAZING happened when the words huge, totally, completely, squished, and smashed all appear in the same sentence
  • mrcpu, on 05/18/2008, -2/+4Hey Honey... Where'd you park the car? I left my iPod in there... sure hope it wasn't stolen!
  • Igei, on 05/18/2008, -3/+4Like a rock! Ohhhh like a rock!
    • edwartica, on 05/19/2008, -0/+1Just hope they had a piece of the rock!
  • brutaltakedown, on 05/18/2008, -2/+2dude where's my car?
    • DarkShroud, on 05/18/2008, -0/+3Hopefully in your ass for referencing that movie.
  • jluebbert, on 05/18/2008, -0/+2Is that guy carrying a body in that bag?
  • shibbiy, on 05/18/2008, -1/+1+1 just for the title
  • dha07030, on 05/18/2008, -0/+1Hulk Smash?
  • crane3120, on 05/18/2008, -3/+0i really dont understand why this is in world/business (other then it looks like the car was not crushed in north america)...but sweet non the less.
    • edwartica, on 05/19/2008, -0/+1I don't think its sweet. And you wouldn't either if it was your car. Think about it, someone lost money because of this. Maybe money they don't have.
  • citydragon, on 05/18/2008, -0/+1Reminds me of that chinese cat crushing thing...maybe I have a sick mind.
  • edgeofreason, on 05/18/2008, -0/+7It'll buff out!
  • ChunkyLover36, on 05/18/2008, -1/+1Nature 1, Car 0. Game over, nature wins.
  • panteradactyl, on 05/18/2008, -0/+5I seriously hope that ***** was empty
  • superhypersonic, on 05/18/2008, -5/+0Take that, you 'green' car fanatics.
  • securitymonkey, on 05/18/2008, -4/+5Rock... paper... CAR!
  • ICasualty, on 05/18/2008, -1/+3Clearly the worst headline title...today.
  • johnrust, on 07/12/2008, -1/+1Epic fail.
  • jasonh1234, on 05/18/2008, -5/+1Terrible event. But in the spirit of trying to find the good in the bad... Maybe 20 years from now when we hear "Made in China" that will be synonymous to "Built incredibly sturdy and of the highest quality and standards" as a result of changes brought forth by this event.
    Or not.
    • stix213, on 06/09/2008, -0/+1Nah, now their stuff will just be made even more cheaply.... so it can be easily replaced when damaged.
  • vroom101, on 05/18/2008, -1/+1From the article "In China, Skittish Pandas, Then Exploding Cliffs" at http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/17/world/asia/17sce ...

    The Americans were gathering for a lecture at the reserve's panda breeding center [Wolong Nature Reserve, Sichuan Province, China] when they noticed strange behavior by the animals. The birds that had been chirping in the bushes, or twirling in the skies overhead, were gone. There was almost no sound. The pandas seemed nervous. Then at 2:28, the earthquake hit.

    "For me, what was terrifying was when the top of the cliffs started exploding," Ms. Kopp said. "All the boulders started coming down. The staff at the reserve was wonderful. They were yelling at us to get under some structure."

    The steep mountains looming over the breeding center were collapsing in landslides as strong aftershocks rippled through the valley. "These rocks were just flying in the air," Mr. Weber said. "A few of the rocks were the size of Volkswagens."
  • Takuro, on 05/19/2008, -0/+3If the tire on the right wasn't there, I'd honestly have a hard time guessing it was a car.
  • Lac0ste, on 05/19/2008, -3/+1Shopped... i can tell by the pixels
  • WickEd101, on 05/19/2008, -0/+1You really and certainly need to read up about unnecessary wording so you don't and do not make stupid titles again. And again.
  • depro9, on 05/19/2008, -2/+1The rock is Bush & the car is you & I.
    • johnn11238, on 05/19/2008, -0/+1Oh. My. God.

      You have such a poetic mind...

      /wipes tear from eye.
  • frozenwookie, on 05/19/2008, -0/+1GEICO cover that?
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