"Turn Around Don't Drown!"
Have you ever heard that said before? Well I didn't until I moved to this "great" state of Texas about six months ago.
I thought I was going to die laughing when I heard the weather man on the local news station say it after announcing a flash flood warning. He said "Remember...Turn around don't drown!" It kind of reminded me of how a fire fighter tells a first grade class to "Stop Drop and Roll" should they ever catch fire.
It is a "jingle" that this frequently flooding city of San Antonio, Texas has developed to try help keep the geniuses that reside here from accidentally killing themselves.
My aunt told me that although I thought it was funny, I shouldn't laugh because everytime it rains, someone actually dies or goes to the hospital after trying to drive through 6ft of water. Apparently the number of people needing to be rescued after a failed attempt of trying to transform their vehicle into a boat had gotten so high that the fire department had to start charging people for these "rescues."
I don't care...it still makes me laugh. It's kind of like a "stupid-fine" or "idiot-fee." ROFLMAO!
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