It's really dangerous out there tonight.

@TheHorse (206718)
Walnut Creek, California
March 14, 2023 11:01pm CST
As you know, I am generally pretty chill about dangers out there. The odds of me being killed on any given day or night are pretty low, whether it be by a gang-banger or a rattlesnake. But I admit that I was on high alert tonight tonight after work at Guitar Center. There were power outages all around where I live, due to a massive wind storm we had here. Stoplights were dark, and not yet replaced by flashing red lights. Good drivers know to treat dead stoplights as stop signs, but bad drivers do not. Half of the drivers out there are "below average " drivers. That's a statistical fact. I was almost hit twice by drivers who ran dead stoplights. The windstorm is gone, and it is calm out now. I am glad to be home.
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rakski
@rakski (112925)
• Philippines
15 Mar 23
that is dangerous alright. good you are safely home now
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The Horse
@TheHorse (206718)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Mar 23
I can see the sun this morning. Hopefully the stoplights are fixed.
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rakski
@rakski (112925)
• Philippines
15 Mar 23
@TheHorse I hope so too
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The Horse
@TheHorse (206718)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Mar 23
@rakski I am about to head out. I'll provide a report this evening (when you are having your Thursday morning tea).
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Sanjeev
@sjvg1976 (41131)
• Delhi, India
15 Mar 23
I am glad to know that you reached home safely.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (206718)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Mar 23
Thanks. Hopefully things will be calmer today.
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changjiangzhibin89
@changjiangzhibin89 (16548)
• China
15 Mar 23
Glad that you were home safe and sound ! Being hit twice by bad drivers was a near thing !
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The Horse
@TheHorse (206718)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Mar 23
I am glad it was only a near thing.
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Mr.Yang
@jefferson126 (3058)
• Shenzhen, China
15 Mar 23
The problematic stoplights are really dangerous,especailly for newcomer drivers.Local traffic system should detect the unusual stoplights by monitors.Hope the repairer can fix the fault very soon.Otherwise,such a stoplight are very likely cause traffic accident.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (206718)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Mar 23
I was surprised to see no accidents on my brief errand run last night.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (206718)
• Walnut Creek, California
16 Mar 23
@jefferson126 Yes, I was lucky.
Mr.Yang
@jefferson126 (3058)
• Shenzhen, China
16 Mar 23
@TheHorse you are lucky last night.
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Marie Coyle
@MarieCoyle (29068)
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15 Mar 23
I hope they get them fixed soon. I do understand that many drivers should not be driving. Glad you are safely home.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (206718)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Mar 23
It was an "interesting" evening to say the least.
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Oleksandr Kornienko
@Gotrix (202)
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15 Mar 23
Be careful on the road and follow the rules, even if the traffic lights are not working. Glad to hear you're safe at home.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (206718)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Mar 23
People driving too fast and then slamming on their brakes for the more hidden stoplights were an issue too.
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (134706)
• Roseburg, Oregon
15 Mar 23
I am glad that you made it home alive.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (206718)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Mar 23
Heh. Me too. Though I guess I wouldn't know it had I not.
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Trebor Ika
@Treborika (17326)
• Mombasa, Kenya
15 Mar 23
Me too very glad about that
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Anna
@LadyDuck (459514)
• Switzerland
15 Mar 23
We are still having a windstorm that stared during the night. The highest danger is to get a limb of a tree on the head (or a tree on the car). We never have power outages, the cables are all underground.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (459514)
• Switzerland
15 Mar 23
@TheHorse Tomorrow I go grocery shopping, it should be a sunny day and no wind.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (206718)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Mar 23
@LadyDuck Sounds good. It's still sunny here, with no wind. I haven't checked to see how warm it is.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (206718)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Mar 23
That's good planning!
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
15 Mar 23
I'm glad you made it home safely... Hopefully those signals will be fixed quickly.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (206718)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Mar 23
Thanks, DE. It's sunny out not. Maybe they're out working on whatever transformers blew. I saw entire neighborhoods in darkness.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
15 Mar 23
@TheHorse You're welcome. I'm glad you aren't having to wait for them to fix it, though.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (206718)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Mar 23
@DaddyEvil We shall see. I have not left the house yet. No Day Care today. The Director is ill.
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James Higgins
@JamesHxstatic (29301)
• Eugene, Oregon
15 Mar 23
Glad you made it home!
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The Horse
@TheHorse (206718)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Mar 23
Thanks, James. I was an odd errand run!
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326222)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Mar 23
It's a shame you had to drive in those conditions. It would have been very worrying.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (206718)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Mar 23
I was on "higher alert" than I usually am. I always have good "situational awareness," but this was quite different!
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The Horse
@TheHorse (206718)
• Walnut Creek, California
16 Mar 23
@JudyEv I have one more errand to run tonight before I crash. I will relax with MyLot for a bit before I head to bed.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326222)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Mar 23
@TheHorse I can well believe it.
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Traceyjayne
@Traceyjayne (1763)
• United Kingdom
15 Mar 23
People take such risks at times like that ....pleased you are home safely.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (206718)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Mar 23
They should be driving extra cautiously. Some people around here have what I call "entitlement issues."
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (78759)
• United States
15 Mar 23
Hell, even many drivers can't figure out a 4-way stop, let alone a roundabout. I am always on high alert when I drive because it seems to me there are more idiots than good drivers.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (206718)
• Walnut Creek, California
16 Mar 23
Comedian Stephen Wright got it right. 50 percent of the people we know are "below average." Do you know this John Prine song? It's pretty funny.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (206718)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Mar 23
@porwest He was good at writing about day-to-day life.
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (78759)
• United States
21 Mar 23
@TheHorse I haven't heard that one before, but I like it.
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Trebor Ika
@Treborika (17326)
• Mombasa, Kenya
15 Mar 23
Sorry for the daring situation you have experienced over there. Power outages can cause criminal cases to occur. However I am glad that you managed to come out safe.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (206718)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Mar 23
@Treborika What kinds of delays?
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The Horse
@TheHorse (206718)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Mar 23
Good point. I had forgotten about that.
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Trebor Ika
@Treborika (17326)
• Mombasa, Kenya
15 Mar 23
@TheHorse I am glad about that you have remembered. But I think today there are some delays.
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (45597)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
15 Mar 23
And I'm glad that you weren't T-boned by bad drivers on your trip home.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (206718)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Mar 23
Yeah, me too. I've rarely been more "glad to be home."
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Marlina
@marlina (154165)
• Canada
15 Mar 23
am glad that you are home.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (206718)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Mar 23
I am glad that I am home too! The sun is shining this morning and the wind is calm. Maybe they'll have the stoplights fixed by the time I head to work.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (95853)
• Marion, Ohio
15 Mar 23
Glad you made it home. Hope everything is restored now
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The Horse
@TheHorse (206718)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Mar 23
I hope so. I'll provide a report when I head to workee.
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Vicki, #1 Creek Girl
@1creekgirl (40635)
• United States
15 Mar 23
Glad you got home safely. Are the lights back on yet?
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The Horse
@TheHorse (206718)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Mar 23
I'll check when I head to work. We never lost power at my house.
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Angie
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
16 Mar 23
Exactly, some people don't stop at all.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (206718)
• Walnut Creek, California
16 Mar 23
How did Natural Selection allow such people to exist?
Adie
@Adie04 (17360)
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16 Mar 23
A reason why I don't want to go out at night. Even if I have friends, I don't want to practice going home when the sky is dark.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (206718)
• Walnut Creek, California
16 Mar 23
I dont mind going out in the dark. But many drivers here appear not to know the rules for when a stoplight is broken.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (206718)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Mar 23
@Adie04 Where do you live? Here (except in our worst neighborhoods), it is OK for a female to go out alone. But we do have many bad drivers, about half of them female.
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Adie
@Adie04 (17360)
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17 Mar 23
@TheHorse Maybe because I am a female that I don't practice going out at night because it's quite dangerous for female to go out alone. But talking about drivers.... I feel you. They're sometimes, feel like the road is theirs
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