Epic fail

Has anyone posted any pics of the BBC weather app showing incorrect wind/gust forecasts?

Not in the Epic WTF thread. There's still time though.

I have this one from this morning.

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The city of Napoli comissioned an art installation to celebreate Pulcinella. The artist's original plans looked like this:

But he died, and whoever took over, well, to say they finished it off...

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Epic win

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgeyezggpezo

A young woman spent hours trapped upside down after slipping between two boulders as she tried to retrieve her mobile phone during a hike in Australia.

"We were all like, how did you get down there - and how are we going to get her out?"

Unbelievably, the rescued woman was left with just minor scratches and bruises, NSW Ambulance said.

She did not, however, manage to retrieve her phone.

Reminds me of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Kendrick_Johnson

Brought this to mind for me. Grim way to go in both cases.

https://www.mountain.rescue.org.uk/2019/03/remembering-neil-moss-sixty-years-after-the-tragedy-of-his-death-in-a-peak-district-cavern/

That's a distressing account

https://www.lfgss.com/comments/17559317/

The plane I was on on monday morning had already been through checks and had fired up the engines when a woman started freaking out that she couldn’t find her phone. Whatever she told crew was so bad it meant we technically had to land without having gone anywhere, the stairs were brought out etc. and she was let off. Obviously we were then delayed. As she got off she waved and said ‘have a nice flight’ to everyone with a sense of bitterness, as if we were all smug bastards for having played the game and remembered our phones. As far as I could tell, everyone had been polite and tolerant. When we landed many people were late for their meetings, as this was a commuter flight. Two people who I thought were tech bros were rushing especially. At customs the person of colour of the two was stopped and searched as he ran through. He was apoplectic with rage and indignation and I dread to think how that went down. Hold on to your phones!

If she went in from the top they should've been able to drag her out from the top. Dafuq did they need to move rocks for?

Maybe the rocks were sharp and posed a risk to the rescue ropes or rescuers.
Maybe she deformed to fit a non-evenly shaped compartment, and removing rocks made extraction easier.
Maybe the rocks were really cool and they decided to keep them.
Maybe the group were Gauls or Celts and they scapegoated the rocks in an attempt to atone for the lady’s sins so the cave gods would free her.

Probably the first reason.

Meh. Rope/straps around ankles, headphones on to muffle whinging/screaming, pull until muppet removed.

@hippy cable ties are gonna BLOW YOUR MIND

I'm not sure ripping her feet off and leaving the rest of her in the hole is the best move.

Would make a great Funniest Home Video though...

Reminds me of John Jones, who sadly died in Nutty Putty cave.
Stuck upside down in a very narrow fissure.
Rescuers couldn't get him out, they even collapsed the cave and sealed it after, as it is now his permanent resting place.

I’m stuck in a broken down car wash and nobody is answering the site emergency number

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I’ve never been in an unstaffed drive-through type, good luck!

How long until you try ram your way out?

In the spirit of this thread, wind down a window or two and the car wash will start working

I’M FREE! FREE!

Cancel your planned Free the Tooting One Campaign

I was working out how long I could survive on half a pack of Marmite rice cakes when they finally answered the phone and released me.

They offered me a second go later when it had built up enough pressure but refused to upgrade me to Premium with wheel wash and a special wax.

Rescuers couldn't get him out, they even collapsed the car and sealed it after, as it is now his permanent resting place.

Um...