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[–]nuzaftw 839 points840 points ago

I am pretty sure it's the road to Funkytown.

[–]paczki_kid 115 points116 points ago

Funkytown is in the other direction. This is Toontown.

[–]Mandon 12 points13 points ago

No, Toontown is North. That's called Edmonton.

[–]GoShogun 23 points24 points ago

How DARE you call Calgary "Edmonton"!!!!!!!

[–]Wutsurname 8 points9 points ago

WHOA! Is this an angry Canadian?!?

[–]trycom88 1 point2 points ago

Its an angry Calgarian against edmonton... think New Jersey vs. New York

[–]KingNick 5 points6 points ago

Toontown

(because, you know, everything on the road was bouncing up and down while they sang the Welcome to Toontown song? Y'know?)

[–]centerD_5 117 points118 points ago

Nope! Just Calgary Alberta lol

[–]yunolisten 51 points52 points ago

That's the turn off of the Queen Elizabeth 2 Highway (Deerfoot Trail) onto 32nd Ave. North

I live like a 5 minute drive from there.

[–]R4Y2A0N 15 points16 points ago

Calgarians Reporting in!

[–]AdamKay 5 points6 points ago

awww yiss, calgaryyyy

[–]R4Y2A0N 1 point2 points ago

The flood trickles in...

[–]Makes 1 point2 points ago

How could you leave this place? :D

[–]RiPotato 7 points8 points ago

Yeah, Calgary!

[–]Mandon 2 points3 points ago

Werd

[–]GhettoGosu 2 points3 points ago

wheuuu

[–]AngryEyes 2 points3 points ago

Edmontonian checking in! I'll just see myself out

[–]Igilia 1 point2 points ago

Go back to your home on whore island!

[–]CanadianGuy116 1 point2 points ago

Woooo! Calgary!

[–]yorrick21 14 points15 points ago

Queen Elizabeth the 2nd Highway???

What is it with Canadians and the royal family... I seriously don't get it.

[–]spurscanada 68 points69 points ago

we have a royal family, so we name roads after them. Just like americans naming roads after presidents

[–]never_knows_best 35 points36 points ago

Canadians didn't have the temporary falling out with England that the U.S. did.

[–]ZippoS 29 points30 points ago

Technically, since we are part of the Commonwealth, she is our Queen. We're a Constitutional Monarchy, and when the Queen visits our country, she is styled as Queen of Canada. We did not fight for our independence, we politely asked for it, and we were given it.

Of course, it's mostly for show and the queen doesn't have any real say in the goings-on of our country, but we recognize our history.

[–]pooprscooper 15 points16 points ago

Of course you ask politely, how else would a Canadian ask? :P

[–]Praise_Jewish_Allah 1 point2 points ago

We tried bribing them with maple syrup first.

[–]lizardlike 4 points5 points ago

They put up little purple road signs with some royal emblem on them as well. Everyone still calls it highway 2 / deerfoot though. The news might call it the QE2.

[–]ionian 3 points4 points ago

Us neither!

[–]Flufnstuf 2 points3 points ago

Because no matter what anyone says, any country that has the queen on their money is British.

[–]brumsmithy 1 point2 points ago

Britain, Canada, Australia, new Zealand, Papua new guinea, Jamaica, Barbados and the Solomon islands all have the same royal family

[–]robtheviking 1 point2 points ago

We are part of the commonwealth.

[–]stefanrules 1 point2 points ago

I was driving in that storm, turned onto deerfoot from 16th maybe 5 minutes before this was taken. It was insane!

[–]lizardlike 2 points3 points ago

This storm was even worse just east of town around Strathmore and Gleichen. Some buildings were blown over, two radio towers were folded in half, and grain silos blown a mile away. Alberta weather is certainly exciting.

[–]brumsmithy 1 point2 points ago

I have a lot of family in Calgary :D

[–]Superfish1984 2 points3 points ago

I thought it looked familiar! Nothing quite like Alberta weather :)

[–]cuttinace 4 points5 points ago

[–]slyguy183 3 points4 points ago

Can't get song out of head now

[–]tacotaster 1 point2 points ago

[–]Ashtonhope5 192 points193 points ago

on the actual video on the news one of the signs came down of the pole and hit a car.

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[–]pitchingataint 49 points50 points ago

That's some Final Destination shit.

[–]Sloi 12 points13 points ago

Sort of a ... "reverse final destination" in that it's telling you where you're NOT going to be.

;-)

[–]Lizardizzle 37 points38 points ago

Jesus, that would have scared the fuck out of me when the sign broke.

[–]cyberbemon 6 points7 points ago

Tea bagging: Storm style

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[–]ASSinAssassin 68 points69 points ago

It's not the same without the music...

[–]wellmaybe 43 points44 points ago

Gangnam style!

[–]gulpeg 2 points3 points ago

Was expecting a decked out el camino driven by a Mexican with the bass blaring

[–]hippiechan 2 points3 points ago

I swear... every taxi driver in the city

[–]534seeds 23 points24 points ago

I can't believe the one car that had a passenger filming also was the one to pass under the sign when it fell.

[–]DrDragun 21 points22 points ago

If someone made a rage comic of this, zero people on Reddit would believe it an the top 40 comments would be "Things that didn't happen: this" type comments.

[–]Ozlin 4 points5 points ago

"True story, bro."

[–]White_Luigi 15 points16 points ago

My favorite comment:

"It really drop... 0:38"

[–]darkhunt3r 4 points5 points ago

did somebody say spiderman thread?

[–]Beremat 1 point2 points ago

nope.

[–]netino 3 points4 points ago

The end sounds like a deer getting his foot broken while running along a trail in the rain.

[–]yogi89 5 points6 points ago

It's ok I'm high too

[–]Temporarily__Alone 1 point2 points ago

[–]runsurfswim 1 point2 points ago

Will you forever be temporarily alone?

[–]dsoltesz 15 points16 points ago

Yeah, whoever made this cut out the best part.

[–]a-wild-derpette 1 point2 points ago

i dont see the car it hits :o

[–]silversniper01 2 points3 points ago

It didn't hit anyone luckily.

[–]s0ulman 36 points37 points ago

[–]corinmcblide 2 points3 points ago

[–]alracl 34 points35 points ago

The 2 most frightening seconds of any driver's life that drove by that day.

[–]mike413 4 points5 points ago

especially tall vehicles. go.. stop... go.. stop.. now go!

[–]jakersw22 25 points26 points ago

I like how the black SUV is like "Fuck it, I don't need this shit."

[–]Shyamallamadingdong 1 point2 points ago

"Ain't nobody got time for that"

[–]PantWraith 65 points66 points ago

Stop it sign, you're drunk.

[–]itsjero 42 points43 points ago

looks like a huge vehicle guillotine.

Awesome.

[–]RedOctShtandingBy 94 points95 points ago

Natural frequency is dangerous, kids!

[–]Carpet_Diver 71 points72 points ago

Aeroelastic flutter is dangerous, engineers!

[–]userdeath 14 points15 points ago

Tell me more, I skipped aeroelasticity.

[–]brendax 18 points19 points ago

Vortexes shear off in alternating patterns, is the gist of it. When this pattern has the same frequency as one of the modes of the structure you get this, also this

[–]GratersGonnaGrate 1 point2 points ago

Holy shit. That's pretty much what a normal bridge looks like... on shrooms.

[–]Talking_Head 4 points5 points ago

Most famously the Tacoma Narrows bridge.

[–]FiveChairs 2 points3 points ago

Diggin' the music.

[–]AiKantSpel 1 point2 points ago

How does one avoid this problem?

[–]Carpet_Diver 4 points5 points ago

Add stiffness to the structure, generally.

You could try changing the aerodynamics of the sign, or adding damping to the structure though.

[–]ptrapezoid 6 points7 points ago

That is some bad engineering right there!

[–]giraffiesays 46 points47 points ago

Yay Calgary!

[–][deleted] 18 points19 points ago

Whoa totally didn't realize it was Calgary!

"Something interesting happening? Well it can't be Calgary."

[–]ceciliabee 3 points4 points ago

i was looking and thought "man... those highway signs are definitely canadian... where the hell is this??"

and then i saw your comment and looked back at it... "ave... deerfoot trail... ok"

[–]Requiiem 50 points51 points ago

Dat resonance.

[–]brendax 1 point2 points ago

That's not resonance, that's just a natural mode activated by the wind shearing alternating vortexes across the structure. Resonance is when the amplitude increases to infinity because the system isn't damped enough to achieve a steady state mode.

[–]konqrr 1 point2 points ago

But eventually the sign fell. Wouldnt this indicate that the force and therefore amplitude was increasing, implying resonance? For example, vertical or horizontal bridge resonance due to people. The force is amplified by the foot motion and eventually the force and amplitude become so great that the bridge fails.

[–]brendax 1 point2 points ago

No, the sign fell because the cyclic stresses at the failure points broke the fatigue limit. Experiment: How many times can you bend back and forth an aluminum paper clip?

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

Papers clips are generally steel, not aluminum.

[–]overused-meme-alert 0 points1 point ago

Dat resonance.

ding ding ding

[–]tetsuooooooooooo 8 points9 points ago

Shut up, Hector.

[–]Helmetcamera 9 points10 points ago

Fucking Calgary weather. It was sunny ten minutes before that happened.

[–]bingram 1 point2 points ago

You're right, but this one blew in faster than any storm I'd ever seen.

[–]epilis 1 point2 points ago

I came to the comments just to find something like this. Had to scroll down for awhile, but worth it.

[–]alphalaz 9 points10 points ago

It looks like it is happy to see you.

[–]cjkonecnik 2 points3 points ago

I agree. Signs need to be as welcoming as this one all the time. Our world would be a better place.

[–]bettorworse 8 points9 points ago

That's either really GOOD design or really BAD design - I can't decide.

[–]Trekkie- 7 points8 points ago

TIL half of all redditors live in calgary (including me)

[–]umbralbro 3 points4 points ago

yay my city!

[–]arcm113 16 points17 points ago

That shit is scarier than flying spiders

[–]keith_weaver 24 points25 points ago

Nothing is scarier than flying spiders except more flying spiders, but this is close.

[–]BrockN 1 point2 points ago

You can get away from the sign, the flying spiders will still go after you

[–]MonsterAddict 1 point2 points ago

Giant flying spiders that feed off kittens and throw dead baby parts at you before slowly eating you.

[–]keith_weaver 2 points3 points ago

Or invisible flying spiders that can breath underwater and like to crawl through your drain pipes and attack your scrotum as you sit on the toilet.

[–]AmericanRover 3 points4 points ago

Giant spiders disguised as Will Smith

[–]dan525 3 points4 points ago

It looks like you are driving into a silent cartoon town.

[–]macindoc 4 points5 points ago

Finally Cowtown makes the front page!

[–]JamieP123 2 points3 points ago

And I thought Deer Foot was bad enough to drive through to begin with..

[–]faulknermania 2 points3 points ago

I can't be sure, but I think the sign is saying it wants a trampoline for it's birthday. That, or it needs to pee REALLY badly.

[–]Sir_Narwolf 2 points3 points ago

That sign is a discocunt

[–]sexyhamster89 2 points3 points ago

you cut out the part where the signs fall off

[–]Polite_Werewolf 2 points3 points ago

Is that in Toon Town?

[–]Izzlols 6 points7 points ago

"Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!"

[–]technoskittles 5 points6 points ago

Teabag all the cars

[–]markmacwastaken 1 point2 points ago

Why would you drive under the middle of that?

[–]rnumur 1 point2 points ago

Reminds me of a conveyor belt with a chopping mechanism at the end.

[–]MassRelay 1 point2 points ago

Tacoma Narrows for the modern world.

[–]arobitaille272 1 point2 points ago

Duck, Duck, Duck, Duck, Duck, Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.....GOOSE

[–]GenevaLambkins 1 point2 points ago

nice repost and it misses the part where the sign falls onto the highway.

this was in calgary during a very windy storm this month

video

[–]insidethesun 1 point2 points ago

Someone should add some googly eyes to this sign and maybe some arms

[–]its_comin_up 1 point2 points ago

This looks like something out of a modern-day merry melody.

[–]peach0929 1 point2 points ago

that black SUV is all like "Nope."

[–]The5012 1 point2 points ago

Call on meeee, call on ME!

[–]GoWithItGirl 1 point2 points ago

Toon Town?

[–]bygrace-faith 1 point2 points ago

I would not have driven under that.

[–]Landlocked_Ahab 1 point2 points ago

Duck, Duck, Duck, Duck, Duck, Duck, Duck, Duck, Duck, Duck, Duck, Goose!

[–]WithTwoWise 1 point2 points ago

The black SUV on the right gave a big NOPE

[–]CommanderVinegar 1 point2 points ago

Happened in Calgary, Alberta. Soon after a part of the sign blew right off.

[–]CJMRTN12 1 point2 points ago

What up 403?

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points ago

Reading what another Traffic Engineer said about this event, is that these signs are designed and wind tested to prevent this sort of thing, but what they didn't account for was rain building up on the bottom of the sign, and that 2mm "ridge" could cause completely different characteristics.

[–]Natilator 1 point2 points ago

I was driving on the Deerfoot (the highway that is in the gif) during that storm, I had both my windows down because my windows were fogging up, pretty scary sight.

[–]smartzie 0 points1 point ago

That's a mite unsettlin'.

[–]miraitrunks 0 points1 point ago

its a like a guillotine waiting to happen

[–]kadren170 0 points1 point ago

Oh the highway is just excited and jumpy because of the storm guise

[–]Starks 0 points1 point ago

Don't worry, he's doing dips to strengthen his core.

[–]AliasUndercover 0 points1 point ago

A genius designed those sign supports.

[–]Turnshroud 0 points1 point ago

The highway sign wants to be a '20's cartoon shoot. Maybe '30's

[–]DeliriousZeus 0 points1 point ago

"And that's how I knew that was acid I had just taken, kids."

[–]ShiningSeoul 0 points1 point ago

It reminds me of a hole at my local minigolf course...except for the chance of dying.

[–]I_M_Cartwright 0 points1 point ago

Yeah, No

[–]ronintetsuro 0 points1 point ago

I'm with the Xterra on this one. Time to pull over.

[–]rinsa 0 points1 point ago

limbo limbo !

[–]RebelTactics 0 points1 point ago

Look at the gif. Now look at the gif and imagine the sound it's making. Now you cannot unhear it.

[–]ru5ty 0 points1 point ago

driving while on acid

[–]TyrannoStorm 0 points1 point ago

It's doing squats.

[–]rachelshmee 0 points1 point ago

Dat power

[–]kuroikawa 0 points1 point ago

Thats what i call resonance!

[–]kabomlamma 0 points1 point ago

where is betty boop when you need her?

[–]All_the_Pumpkins 0 points1 point ago

Where's that Jack Nicholson nod gif

[–]eyereport 0 points1 point ago

Somebody likes to twerk...

[–]neon_kid 0 points1 point ago

Twerk team.

[–]lackingsaint 0 points1 point ago

That sign really needs to poop.

[–]reunite_pangea 0 points1 point ago

it's like a giant, green guillotine

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

Can someone put this to an appropriate sound track?

[–]Favorablestream 0 points1 point ago

This could be a good party hard gif

[–]carsontl 0 points1 point ago

"Haters gonna Hate"

[–]Grumblefly 0 points1 point ago

What are you talking about? It's just enjoying its job.

[–]Fattswindstorm 0 points1 point ago

that is a fat windstorm

[–]apocalipto9 0 points1 point ago

chop.. chop.. chop..

[–]ladadala 0 points1 point ago

Couldn't help but think of this

[–]celticmagnum 0 points1 point ago

I'm imagining this as a "haters gonna hate" gif, I'd do it myself, but I'm at work

[–]Bkasp 0 points1 point ago

this isn't even the whole video. The sign breaks off right as he gets underneath it. And he is also getting charged with distracted driving now.

[–]feslegen 0 points1 point ago

shitty engineering

[–]mike413 0 points1 point ago

Clearance 14 feet... no, 8 feet... no, 19 feet...

[–]savior6 0 points1 point ago

Its just waving at you, how friendly

[–]xsteinbachx 0 points1 point ago

What you don't see in this gif thats on the video is that sign on the right falls down beside car. When he gets closer.

[–]conundrum4u2 0 points1 point ago

Whoa! :D That reminds me of the road signs on the street during the San Francisco earthquake!

[–]rjkeats 0 points1 point ago

If you watch this gif while playing dubstep, it's hilarious!

[–]ericksinha 0 points1 point ago

Final Destination 6

[–]MissValerie 0 points1 point ago

Aw, well that's nice. Highway signs never get to have any fun.

[–]pugerko 0 points1 point ago

Final Destination IRL

[–]Gigan_Crushes_All 0 points1 point ago

It's one of those spiders from Tron!

[–]MisterPrime 0 points1 point ago

This is a-whole-nother kind of nope!

[–]willmexican 0 points1 point ago

I keep imagining this timed to the opening of jungle boogie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H25FlBy9KDw&feature=related

[–]mstrkrftr 0 points1 point ago

This is from my hometown!

The footage is from deerfoot trail, and the sign on the right fell off right after this!

[–]DreamEvil 0 points1 point ago

Am I the only one who pictured a death scene from the crappy Final Destination movies?

[–]RSG12 0 points1 point ago

CALGARY FLAMES.... that is all

[–]LaughNowCryLater 0 points1 point ago

Bahh, you guys missed the best part... the sign broke in half, and looked very scary! I live in Calgary, where the storm happened, and it was pretty wild outside.

[–]WeAreGiraffes 0 points1 point ago

Drop it like it's hot, anybody?

[–]ItsVictoria 0 points1 point ago

SUV WHERE YOU TURNIN'?!

[–]Dalek-SEC 0 points1 point ago

Da fuck? What is this magic?

[–]greensalt 0 points1 point ago

I want to build a highway sign that does that is set up mechanically to wobble heavily whenever even the slightest bit of rain starts up. It'll definitely make people drive more safely.

[–]EllieH 0 points1 point ago

Boing, boing, boing!

[–]Bletchlama 0 points1 point ago

TEABAG!

[–]amodernmodder 0 points1 point ago

OMG We've seen it please quit reposting things that are 2/3 weeks old thank you

[–]encyclopediaofbs 0 points1 point ago

massive skipping rope

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

[Le]terally peeing my pants.

[–]brando347 0 points1 point ago

this is deerfoot trail

[–]FoxCut 0 points1 point ago

INVISIBLE JUMP ROPE

[–]alejo06 0 points1 point ago

The car on the right used the turn signal, there's good people left in the world :,)

[–]SirBuzzkillington23 0 points1 point ago

Fuck yeah engineering!

[–]WtfPierre 0 points1 point ago

That sign cleary says deer foot trail.

[–]ReasonableRadio 0 points1 point ago

It's just the government T-Bagging us as usual.

[–]MaMaMiaItsMaria 0 points1 point ago

ahh you beat me to it... FFUNNNKY TOWWWN~~

[–]terranq 0 points1 point ago

Someone needs to stick some googly eyes on that sign