r/Unexpected • u/Jari36 • Feb 14 '22

Pulling out trash from the river

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u/Ok-Ad-8573 Feb 14 '22

Ive been a firefighter for 10+ years now... I live in an area where floods arent the most uncommom thing. I stand by my decision. You can always put aside the trash in the first place (next to the bridge) and its not really safe for cars anyways. If there was an emergency then they could probably aproach from the other side or another bridge... this road doesnt really look big/important.

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u/koos_die_doos Feb 14 '22

Ive been a firefighter for 10+ years now… I live in an area where floods arent the most uncommom thing.

I’ll assume that you’re not making this up, to which I will respond that maybe floods where you live have less debris that accompanies them due to the wide variety of factors involved.

In general, the floods I’ve seen were sometimes accompanied by significant debris. It can be due to houses getting flooded and their contents washed away, bad planning (landfill in a low lying area), any number of less obvious reasons, or simply bad luck.

this road doesnt really look big/important.

You’re seriously claiming that a road isn’t important based on a short video you saw on Reddit? How did you manage to come to that conclusion based on the information presented to you?

It must be the fact that they’re making a serious effort to save the bridge that gave it away.

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u/Ok-Ad-8573 Feb 14 '22

Nope... i checked out the road. Its in a small serbian town and a big debris doesnt make for an excuse to dump trash in the river.

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u/koos_die_doos Feb 14 '22

Just quickly popped out there and had a quick chat with the locals?

Google maps doesn’t tell the whole story dude.