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[vangace]

might be old

 

[Dagless M.D.]

cool if real, but very possible photoshop

 

[vangace]

must be real, see the guy in the background taking a picture

 

[Bob White]

Seems fake.

 

[fennec fox]

How?

 

[Warm Machine]

You could photoshop that. The ocean ripple effect in PS can give you distortion like that. If it is PS it is well done. Unless there was significant wind out the pool would be pretty still.

 

[vangace]

..

 

[mattx5]

Guys, it's real, I remember reading the news story a few weeks ago. Somebody drove their van through the neighbors fence and into the pool.

 

[vangace]

You could photoshop that. The ocean ripple effect in PS can give you distortion like that. If it is PS it is well done. Unless there was significant wind out the pool would be pretty still.

but look at the guy in the background taking a picture, it means there was something in the pool

 

[fbcamp]

How did it get it in so perfectly? Looks like it was parked in the pool intentionaly.

 

[belgurdo]

How can there be a van in the pool and the pool hasn't been partially emptied by the displacement?

 

[Jim Bowie]

I'd leave it in there.

 

[jiggle]

I'm no pool expert, but does a relatively calm pool usually have so many ripples, when there's no, from what I can tell, heavy wind blowing?

 

[Dagless M.D.]

but look at the guy in the background taking a picture, it means there was something in the pool

were not saying it IS a photoshop, just that it could be done

 

[Ferrio]

Story was posted here awhile back. Supposably some woman was being taught how to drive by her husband, and she smashed through some person's fence and straight into the pool.

 

[Tommie Hu$tle]

How did it get it in so perfectly? Looks like it was parked in the pool intentionaly.

Actaully why is the door or a window not open? If someone put it in there they would have to get out. It seems near impossible to get out from the passenger's side.

 

[evil solrac v3.0]

I'm no pool expert, but does a relatively calm pool usually have so many ripples, when there's no, from what I can tell, heavy wind blowing?

it could also be from the pool's cleaning system? whirpools? or something like that.

 

[Warm Machine]

but look at the guy in the background taking a picture, it means there was something in the pool

Yeah, but if it is all a setup that is a nice touch.

If it is real, the water displacement probably dried off in the hours between when the vehicle sank and when the crane arrived. As well, the pool is probably filled to a constant level by the pump or whatever that controls it which explains why the pool looks full but not to bursting nor too low.

 

[wandering goat]

Here's an article with this picture:

http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2004/Jun/29/ln/ln22a.html

 

[vangace]

lol

 

[MrPing1000]

This is old, so old infact that someone requested an owned! pic with it and I happily oblidged

 

[Warm Machine]

I'd love to actually try to fake that picture.

 

[Burger]

How can there be a van in the pool and the pool hasn't been partially emptied by the displacement?

Don't most pools have an overflow valve ?? Like in the bath or sink, too much water and it flows out the gap to be drained off.

I mean, what the fuck do you do when it rains ?

 

[fart]

i think you'd still see splashing, and what's with how neatly the van is in there

 

[fennec fox]

Story was posted here awhile back. Supposably some woman was being taught how to drive by her husband, and she smashed through some person's fence and straight into the pool.

Yeah, but wouldn't there be some damage to the car and/or pool? That car looks like it went straight from the factory into the pool.

 

[wandering goat]

I'm guessing they went in pretty slowly so that the front part touched the bottom first, and then gravity and the wheel did the rest.

 

[Error Macro]

Are the front windows down? Why are all the doors closed? Like they climbed out and then shut the doors?

 

[Burger]

Are the front windows down? Why are all the doors closed? Like they climbed out and then shut the doors?

I heard you cannot open a door when a car is underwater. You can't tell if the front windows are up or down, my guess = down.

 

[Escape Goat]

Pools do have water jets....

And how can you tell if there is wind or not. its a picture for crying out loud.

 

[robochimp]

You wouldnt be able to open the doors untill the presure inside and outside of the suv were close to equal. Windows would roll down no problem and are most likely down. It would be the fastest way out

 

[Scoobert]

Read the article, people:

"As we landed in the pool, I remembered a movie and I waited for the water to fill the car and then I opened the door," said Pat Campanella, 56. Letting water in equalizes the pressure and allows the door to open.

The husband opened his passenger door.

 

[talking head]

yeah how the fuck are you people even pretending to assume that there is no wind?

 

[Mister Zimbu]

Story was posted here awhile back. Supposably some woman was being taught how to drive by her husband, and she smashed through some person's fence and straight into the pool.

Oh. Female driver. That explains everything.

 

[Hitokage]

The surface of a pool will have ripples as long as the circulation system is running, as jets are usually placed near the top of the pool as opposed to the bottom. Actually, the surface of a pool being still is an indication that something's wrong, like the skimmer baskets being clogged. However, the kind of ripples on that pool may not be the kind produced from just circulation. It could also be from a breeze, which is all it'd need. As for level control... the drain valve doesn't have to be automatic, you know.

Oh, and if you're going to fake such a picture, you'd also have to recreate the light patterns on the pool floor and sides and have it match the ripples on the surface.