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Underground parking lot filled with flood waters from Hurricane Sandy. (imgur.com)

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[–]flaskandbeaker 59 points60 points ago

Wanted to point it the sign says 12' clearance. That there is a lot of water.

[–]unusedalias 16 points17 points ago

Is it a below ground parking garage? If so, water likes to find a "level", so it will fill the lowest lying areas first (obviously). If it's 12 ft above ground and flooded that high...well then holy shit.

[–]sweaterobsessed 77 points78 points ago

Why is the water red?

[–]spayum[S] 129 points130 points ago

There are two possibilities that I can think of.

  1. It's red diesel from a generator or heating unit (Diesel sold for heating isn't taxed, and is dyed red to distinguish it from diesel used in motor vehicles)

  2. It's the oil from a central radiant heating system for the building (The stuff that pumps through heating radiators)

[–]aequitas3 175 points176 points ago

Only logical answer is blood.

[–]peaceforpalestine 45 points46 points ago

Or cranberry juice.

[–]KazMux 35 points36 points ago

No, no.. Its blood.

[–]peaceforpalestine 16 points17 points ago

I insist it cranberry juice.

[–]izzalion 11 points12 points ago

It's cranberry juice. Cranapple.

[–]majinjohnny 10 points11 points ago

Crapple?

[–]Dcoil1 7 points8 points ago

Guys, you're all wrong. Jesus stopped by. It's wine.

[–]majinjohnny 1 point2 points ago

Baby Duck I hope.

[–]lshabowco 12 points13 points ago

reminds me

[–]Stefferdiddle 0 points1 point ago

Cherry Kool-Aid.

[–]midnitewarrior 0 points1 point ago

Juice from a blood orange.

[–]MightyJoeBong 8 points9 points ago

I have to return some video tapes...

[–]finallymadeanaccount 2 points3 points ago

Someone saw all the water, decided it was a good place to grow cranberries.

[–]kngkeeper 10 points11 points ago

And thus Ocean Spray was renamed to Hurricane Spray.

[–]missdingdong 0 points1 point ago

Red Jello.

[–]Askeee 1 point2 points ago

AKA the blood of murdered cranberries.

[–]ignitr 1 point2 points ago

SLAYER\m/ !

[–]aequitas3 3 points4 points ago

I would very much like to see a mashup of Raining Blood- Reign in Blood and Raining Men - The Weather Girls. It's raining blood! Hallelujah its raining blood!

[–]Whipfather 4 points5 points ago

You summoned me?

[–]Ollieboots 0 points1 point ago

It's the blood of hurricane Sandy!

[–]JustRuss79 1 point2 points ago

The zombies are making stew?

[–]aequitas3 0 points1 point ago

Stew is delicious. He has been aged for 45 years.

[–]AdrianBrony 0 points1 point ago

blood is actually more of a yellow color when it is diluted in water.

[–]shoracer 7 points8 points ago

transmission fluid and sometime power steering fluid is red also.

[–]Rapejelly 2 points3 points ago

It could also be transmission fluid from the cars in the lot.

[–]crusoe 0 points1 point ago

Or transmission or some radiator fluids are red too.

[–]Aaronmcom -5 points-4 points ago

Or that cars lights tail light is on.

[–]bobming 54 points55 points ago

Uh-oh...

[–]che_singh 12 points13 points ago

It's dirty as hell, since it's underground parking

[–]Ckydder 7 points8 points ago

Yeah, that's a little disconcerting, isn't it...

[–]dillan23 24 points25 points ago

Sandy must be on her period

[–]Grimsonite 4 points5 points ago

Obviously, can't you see how she's raging?

[–]TheKinginYellow 5 points6 points ago

Because it's super fucking evil.

[–]Mugros 2 points3 points ago

Never seen a horror movie? A human is 300L blood.

[–]jbredditor 0 points1 point ago

Would you believe it's strawberry milkshake?

[–]Order66_Survivor 1 point2 points ago

Zombie juice.

[–]giveuploseall 2 points3 points ago

I can't get the image of the river of goo from Ghostbusters 2 out of my head.

[–]Doomdoomkittydoom 0 points1 point ago

Revelation 16:4.

[–]MysidianPadawan 0 points1 point ago

transmission fluid and oil?

[–]cr3ative -1 points0 points ago

Glycol coolant, possibly.

[–]pohatu 27 points28 points ago

It's like a car soup.

[–]evlpengwyn 17 points18 points ago

The secret ingredient is car.

[–]this_sort_of_thing 37 points38 points ago

Man pointing at car: "Well, there's your problem"

[–]GeneralBS 64 points65 points ago

If i drove a Sante Fe i would have left it down there also

[–]packattack88 11 points12 points ago

That's downtown NYC (few blocks south of Wall St.)

https://maps.google.com/maps/myplaces?hl=en&ll=40.704451,-74.010832&spn=0.001739,0.004128&ctz=240&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=40.704386,-74.010989&panoid=od3VRrJzH449AZs4ufmtFg&cbp=12,142.93,,0,0.89

[–]Buttpoker 8 points9 points ago

And the seas ran red with the blood of fallen vehicles

[–]crashaddict 6 points7 points ago

did not expect the hyundai to float....they should put that shit in their ads. This shouldnt really be too shocking, with any major storm, you are going to get flooding of underground structures, it is pretty god damned impressive though

[–]fuckofthemountain 5 points6 points ago

Morning after photo from the Daily Mail

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/10/30/article-2225108-15C28DE9000005DC-221_964x623.jpg

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2225108/Hurricane-Sandy-2012-Superstorm-batters-US-coast-Manhattan-goes-dark-7-5m-power-17-dead.html?ICO=most_read_module

[–]pipe2p 13 points14 points ago

well there goes my car....might as well have a beer!

[–]B21Irish 6 points7 points ago

Any idea where?

[–]spayum[S] 39 points40 points ago

I don't, but it's the same parking lot as this picture, which has been posted a few times.

http://imgur.com/CMpVO

[–]surry 28 points29 points ago

wow you can see the blue hyundai with the white sticker to confirm this.

[–]spayum[S] 23 points24 points ago

Yeah, that's how I figured it out. A facebook friend posted it, and I connected the dots with the blue Hyundai.

[–]mypetridish 4 points5 points ago

wait so, in the picture the cars were not rushing out? they were simply parked there?

[–]doxiegrl1 7 points8 points ago

It seems like the owners parked them as high as possible, but that didn't help.

[–]mypetridish -1 points0 points ago

Why not just park them by the road side?

[–]doxiegrl1 3 points4 points ago

It's possible there weren't any places to do that without restricting the ability of emergency vehicles to get around the city.

[–]mypetridish 0 points1 point ago

Hurm, fair enough. I guess there is no where to run... for those cars.

[–]southernproper 0 points1 point ago

Behind 85 Broad Street in Manhattan. The ramp leads to S. William Street

[–]Danperez87 6 points7 points ago

The guy drinking a beer doesn't have fucks to give.

[–]Le_Petit_Lapin 18 points19 points ago

Which dipshit leaves their car in an underground garage when floods are expected?

[–]Nipper83 67 points68 points ago

My guess would be the dipshit who had nowhere else to park

[–]Pinky676767 54 points55 points ago

Or the dipshit who's sick of their Santa Fe and wants insurance money.

[–]mypetridish 9 points10 points ago

if they opted for flood protection

[–]joetromboni 34 points35 points ago

I'd just call it stolen...cause it ain't where I left it

[–]Nipper83 19 points20 points ago

Some huge chick named sandy stole my Santa Fe officer!!

[–]TheSunAlsoRises 2 points3 points ago

Exactly. NYC isn't exactly flooded with parking spaces.

[–]Wurm42 15 points16 points ago

You ever tried to park overnight in Lower Manhattan? There aren't exactly a lot of above-ground options.

[–]palanoid 21 points22 points ago

Ever tried to park in Lower Manhattan during massive storm and flooding? You can park it anywhere sideways and you don't get ticket because it's assumed that it floated there.

[–]LazerVik1ng 0 points1 point ago

A Middle Eastern engineering firm tried to solve this problem and you saw how we treated them.

[–]blind_painter 3 points4 points ago

FLOOD WATERS MORE LIKE BLOOD WATERS AMIRITE?

[–]consumeradvocacy 0 points1 point ago

Yeah what the hell?

[–]mylowe 1 point2 points ago

the guy has a beer. guess he's gonna enjoy his birthday no matter what.

[–]-Syphon- 2 points3 points ago

Do Not Enter: Check.

[–]Kevinsense 2 points3 points ago

That's my car... :'(

[–]NGeXToronto, ON 2 points3 points ago

Those morons are out in a hurricane with beer. Frigging stupid fucks.

[–]grizzly-bar 1 point2 points ago

Personally, I'd be hard pressed to think of better time to have a beer.

[–]Barneyoftherubble -1 points0 points ago

Thank god its only a Hyundai..

[–]shorty6049 1 point2 points ago

Ugh.... what a mess

[–]justamobile 0 points1 point ago

I think it is ok to release the breaks now.

[–]thebillionaire 1 point2 points ago

Look at the guy with a beer. Lets get wasted and watch some destruction!

[–]rohtozi 0 points1 point ago

filled with blood waters from Hurricane Sandy
FTFY

[–]earwigy1990 0 points1 point ago

Reminds me of Universal Studios before it burnt down.

[–]PolarBearIcePop 1 point2 points ago

ಠ_ರೃ Well, I say! I wonder if AllState covers, 'cars drowned in blood'.

[–]digit01 1 point2 points ago

What about the guy with a beer in the hand? Look like he got his hurricane drink on.

[–]Orig1 0 points1 point ago

I was thinking how awesome it would be to go for a swim in a parking garage until I saw the red water. Oh well I guess I'll just have to ride the memory of the time I rafted on Pennsylvanian streets, which coincidentally were also red. From clay so its cool.

[–]ngaaih 0 points1 point ago

Holy shit it's the goo from ghostbusters!!!!!!

[–]HouseOfHouse 1 point2 points ago

Why does it look like blood? ಠ_ಠ

[–]Aloveoftheworld 0 points1 point ago

Well... Yeah....

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