Corvette Museum

[USAFPILOT]

the "survivors" idea is dumb. Repair them.

[Dynomite]

Originally Posted by USAFPILOT

the "survivors" idea is dumb. Repair them.

Ya.....I was trying to figure out what "survivors" was......I was thinking they just pull them out of the hole and set them on display calling them a survivor but then thought that would be sooooooooo stupid.....I got a photo if you want to see what a totaled 1990 Corvette looks like.........it is NOT fun to look at

Then on local news of the disaster (CA News and NOT SD News) the News guys and gals thought it was funny that such toys fell into a hole in the ground

[Franke]

Perhaps its not personal enough to them. People sometimes think another's problem is funny. Not everyone on this planet is intelligent enough to understand what just happened there. Perhaps one day they will get it. Thankfully the museum and cars can be recovered and possibly restored.
CA is one quake away from something like this only on a grander scale. I remember the last quake and resulting damage. I left one month before the disaster and was on the embarcadero hiway that I think pancaked cars and the lower ramp etc. I didn't think it was funny.

[Z51JEFF]

The news people see this as just another story.One news anchor was interviewing somebody in the Corvette community.The news guy had a smirk on his face trying to find humor in the story,until he was told that the 1,000,000 car was worth close to $1 Million dollars,the smirk was gone after that.

[Z51JEFF]

Originally Posted by USAFPILOT

the "survivors" idea is dumb. Repair them.

I agree.This would be a constant reminder of something everyone would like to forget.I cant see G.M. having any part in this and even though I would like to see the extraction process I hope there isnt any coverage of the cars coming out of the hole.

[Bob Eyres]

Originally Posted by Z51JEFF

I hope there isnt any coverage of the cars coming out of the hole.

On the contrary, I hope there is extensive documentation. I'm a cameraman and I'm real disappointed in the work so far. Gimme a harness dammit.
I'm like a little kid, fascinated by how the forces of nature can sweep our little toys right off the table and damage our playhouse.
No one was hurt, that's the main thing. Everything else can be fixed. Let's not get maudlin about it.

BTW, did you see in those NCM stills how deeeeep that hole is? Who's got the cajones to find the bottom? There are real serious caves down there. I usually don't like spelunker shows on t.v., but this is an exception. Stalactites, Stalagmites, and C4's, cool.

[John Boothby]

Originally Posted by Z51JEFF

I agree.This would be a constant reminder of something everyone would like to forget.I cant see G.M. having any part in this and even though I would like to see the extraction process I hope there isnt any coverage of the cars coming out of the hole.

On the national news last night they stated that GM would help with any parts needed to restore the damaged Corvettes.