Chevrolet Silverado plunges straight into the water to embankment – Video: Michael Cannon/Twitter
The unique scene video is said to have been shot in the San Joaquin Valley, which provides one-eighth of California’s agricultural output.
By page Yale Climate Connection, California experienced one of the wettest winters ever recorded. Storms over the past week have left many roads under water. According to San Francisco Chroniclewidespread flooding has caused billions of dollars in damage, including the headwaters of the Tule River depicted in the video here.
The levee shown in the video was built to protect an orchard. After being partially washed away, it was quickly repaired in any way possible.
In the video, a farmer uses a Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck to embank the levee, with soil being filled under the vehicle before rolling into the water and moving the vehicle with a heavy object on the accelerator. There’s another pickup, the Ford F-150, which seems to use the same method as embankment material.
The video has garnered 1.6 million views on Twitter. Although many people sympathize with the farmer’s plight, they are also concerned about the possibility of gasoline leaking from the vehicle into the environment.
But one user responded: “Why are people worried about pollution. With such a flow, a little leak is nothing. The fuel tank is closed. The car will shut down within 30 seconds of being in the water and the engine won’t start in the mud either.”
The dike before being embanked – Photo: Michael Cannon/Twitter
Another photo shows that the embankment has been completely repaired, the land is filled in to prevent flooding from recurring – Photo: Michael Cannon/Twitter
Another area in the flood scene. If not embanked in time, perhaps this is the scene that this farmer must suffer – Photo: Michael Cannon/Twitter
The person who uploaded the video, Michael Cannon, said the owner would salvage the pickup after the flood receded without even submitting an application for insurance support. However, with a pickup truck soaked in water and full of mud, the owner will have to spend a large amount of money to repair these two new cars with a selling price of at least 34,000 – 35,000 USD.
Even so, that money, or even if the car is completely unusable, is still worth saving many people’s livelihoods.