Reilly, when we were landing in Hawaii, I looked out the window and saw:

 

Water, water, water, water, LAVA ROCK OHSHIT WE'RE GONNA HIT LAVA ROCK, wheels hit ground, runway.

 

Quite scary. :nod:

 

Lava > grass :\

 

Haha yes, that sounds way scarier, at least it sounds like it went according to plan, only the bit before the runway was lava.:nod:

 

Hi lore :surprised:

And yet, it's the safest way to travel, outside of walking.;) 99.999% of the time, nothing goes wrong! :laugh3:

 

This is true, when it comes to stats, you should be more scared of getting into a car/bus/train then an aircraft.

 

But I do understand how it doesn't feel safe.

I have to take a 10 hours flight next summer and I'm terrified about it D:

 

Hi Reilly :cheesy:

Lava > grass :\

 

Haha yes, that sounds way scarier, at least it sounds like it went according to plan, only the bit before the runway was lava.:nod:

 

Hi lore :surprised:

 

Yeah, I was holding onto my armrests because I thought we were crashing. :|

 

The airport in St. Maarten (Maartin?) is crazier though, they either have to fly over a beach or barely avoid a mountain. There are videos on YouTube of it. :wacko:

Yeah, I was holding onto my armrests because I thought we were crashing. :|

 

The airport in St. Maarten (Maartin?) is crazier though, they either have to fly over a beach or barely avoid a mountain. There are videos on YouTube of it. :wacko:

 

I was actually just looking for that before on youtube when I posted but couldn't find the original video that shows how scary it is.

:o

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAfQwDizpRo]‪747 Landing - St.Maarten‬‏ - YouTube[/ame]

Yup that's the original one, the other ones I found the planes were quite a bit higher then that, I wonder if the pilot was hoping a truck wasn't driving by.

 

That was really low and landed on the edge of the runway, maybe they use more of the runway now since it became viral.

Ha, even being in cars scares me. /loser

Ha, even being in cars scares me. /loser

 

It might change when you learn to drive.

I plan on not learning to drive. :|

hi

I plan on not learning to drive. :|

 

Oh. Ruh roh. :blank:

Crests, it's your choice but if I were you I would learn to drive. Whether or not you use a car after you get your license is another thing, but imo it's a good thing to know in case there's an emergency or you really need to get somewhere

 

Good morning

Hai legomaniac. :rolleyes4:

 

I'd go crazy without being able to drive, I hate public transportation and you get like that when you're not in the habit of using it. I live in the countryside and to use it you need to walk 2 miles from my home, and the bus only comes 3 times a day, srsly 3 buses a day?! Apparently the bus often comes late or, which is much worse, can come early. I remember that happening years ago and I was pissed off with the driver.

 

Everyone out here has a car, it's unthinkable to do otherwise, that bus only goes to 1 town so if you needed to go somewhere in particular you'd have to go into that town and maybe get a bus that goes back towards this direction, and you'd have to get the early bus to do all this to stand a chance of catching the evening bus back.

Reilly, we don't have any buses/trains within 15 miles of us. That's poor public transportation. :P

Holy Jebus! That's terrible. And they're both poor public transportation only yours is incredibly poor and just not an option. Are you way out in the country with few neighbours?

Good point. :lol:

 

And no, not really. More of a suburbs area, but borderline with farmland, which is probably why there's not public transportation.

This is true, when it comes to stats, you should be more scared of getting into a car/bus/train then an aircraft.

 

But I do understand how it doesn't feel safe.

I think the fear comes from not being in any control whatsoever. I know logically it shouldn't freak me out, I have a much greater chance of something happening the 5 days each week I drive to/from work (especially in the winter), but at least when I'm driving I have a lot more control of what's going on. When on a plane you have zero control.

 

 

:o

 

:sick: holy poop

 

Frankly I think I'd be more freaked out if I was on that beach or in a car on that road.

The planes don't seem to go quite as low as that now, it landed on the very edge of the runway, but they are still very low.

So you guys think I should learn to drive? D;

:sick: holy poop

 

Frankly I think I'd be more freaked out if I was on that beach or in a car on that road.

 

My parents went on vacation to St. Maarten about 19 years ago, and they were in a rental car driving on that road when leaving the airport just as a plane went over them, and they had the windows open and everything. :lol: They said that everything in the car was black from debris flying in, and the hood of the car lifted up and everything. :lol:

So you guys think I should learn to drive? D;

 

fo sho brah :wacko:

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So you guys think I should learn to drive? D;

 

Its an angry-but-winking smiley.

 

Unless you live in/near a city centre then definitely.

uh, right outside my window is the main street of the city

and i live in a major city

:|