Three people died after typhoon-like winds pulled them out through their apartment windows in southern China, as extreme weather battered the region over the past week.
A total of seven people had died in Jiangxi province since the exceptionally strong winds began on Sunday, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Thursday. More than 5,400 houses were damaged and 313,000 people affected, of whom about 1,600 had to be evacuated to safety, it added.
The Chinese meteorological authority issued an orange alert - the highest on its three-tier warning system – on Tuesday, the first since 2013, according to the state-run Global Times.
Four deaths and at least 10 injuries were reported in the provincial capital Nanchang, the hardest-hit city, when severe thunderstorms and heavy rains hit on Sunday, according to CCTV.
I flew off my motorcycle once and thought exactly that thought.
I had only had the bike for a few days at that point and I remember thinking in my head, “welp, this sucks. Gonna die now.” Along with, “wow, that small mistake is going to cost me my life.”
Both terrifying thoughts.
I’m still alive though, my left leg is all messed up, like having the left knee of a 80+ yr old at 36.
What was the mistake you made and what happened?
He bought a motorcycle, then got in an accident damaging his leg.
He bought a motorcycle and then took it out on public roads*
I had no conception of throttle, I was on a gsxr 1000.
The last clutch I used was a Honda civic. I was on a steep incline at a red light. If I were in my civic, I would have to give quite a bit of gas before letting off the clutch just to prevent from stalling. So I gave my bike a nice choke on the throttle before letting go of the clutch.
The bike took off… Fast… And it surprised me and I tensed up. As I tensed up, my grip on the throttle became stronger and caused me to pull the throttle harder.
I sped up really fast and hit the curb, went over the handle bars and flew several yards through the air and landed in a parking lot. There were bones sticking out of my leg and I was laying in a puddle of my own blood.
Lucky for me the ambulance was across the street and they witnessed it happen. Otherwise I may not have survived.
Ah liter bikes surprising folks, name a more iconic duo… Glad you’re ok.
This is why riders in my country are limited to 250cc until they leave their provisional license. I’ve nearly lost family members to bike accidents. One is just a larrikin - he was riding in shorts and lost a large chunk of his leg muscle to road rash. The other just had a car pull out at the wrong time and wound up in intensive care for weeks. Nothing he could’ve done, the guy just didn’t look. The driver dropped off a get well card for him, which apparently is rare for someone to do. He wasn’t a bad guy, just got careless for a sec and nearly killed someone.
High side I expect.
I had the same thing on mine, low-siding off a mountain pass. Was airborne so long, I remember thinking of what to land on to try increase chances of living. Ended up with rotating over to my right ass to take impact away from spine and accept my legs crumpling everything else after that. And it worked!
Right femur compounded out above the knee, just missed the femoral artery, and had muscle cut out because of the bone doing so much damage, but everything else stayed good. Added to my surgical metal collection and now my right leg is a bit shorter than the other which pisses my hips off, but pretty good considering. I’m sure a cane will be on the cards in a decade or so, which I think is kind of classy.
Glad to hear you’re alive, sounds scary.
Well I actually have a cane being delivered today from amazon lol.
Nice. There may have pain, but now you got style with a conversation starter.
“What happened?”
“Oh, I was more bad ass than most people a few years ago and this is what they give the Masters.”
Do you still ride?
Nope, I do ride bicycle though.
I fell off a bicycle without a helmet and hit my head. Passed out, woke up in the emergency. Was like 20 years before I got on another bike.