#elongated musk ox

[steelbluehome]

Apparently when this image and this story is widely distributed, Tesla stick goes down. You know what to do.

Tesla Cybertruck erupted into flames after crashing into a fire hydrant outside a Bass Pro Shop in Harlingen, Texas [x]

"they had extinguished the flames engulfing the Cybertruck. However, the fire reignited after they had stopped the water flow onto the battery, highlighting a challenging concern associated with electric vehicle fires."

"[in a different incident] the blaze's intensity was so severe that it obliterated the vehicle's VIN and left the driver unidentifiable"

"burns at extremely high temperatures, sometimes reaching 2,300 to 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit, taking hours to extinguish."

" Firefighters have had to adapt their tactics to fight these fires, using full personal protective equipment due to the toxic fumes."

"Tesla vehicles require up to 30,000 to 40,000 gallons of water to put out – approximately 40 times the amount needed for a combustion engine car"

Tesla Cybertruck catches fire after crashing into a fire hydrant The incident highlights the challenges in putting out EV fires By Skye Jacobs August 31, 2024 

Bottom line: Statistical data shows that electric vehicle fires occur at a similar frequency to those in vehicles with internal combustion engines, but this offers little comfort to firefighters. These fires are notoriously difficult to extinguish and pose increased dangers to first responders. At least two fires have resulted from Cybertruck crashes, raising concerns about the safety of high-voltage lithium-ion batteries.

Earlier this week, a Tesla Cybertruck erupted into flames after crashing into a fire hydrant outside a Bass Pro Shop in Harlingen, Texas. The collision resulted in a deluge of water soaking the vehicle's battery, which then ignited, according to Assistant Fire Chief Ruben Balboa of the Harlingen Fire Department. First responders arrived at the scene and believed they had extinguished the flames engulfing the Cybertruck. However, the fire reignited after they had stopped the water flow onto the battery, highlighting a challenging concern associated with electric vehicle fires.

This incident is the second fire in Texas involving a Tesla Cybertruck. The first happened after an owner drove into a ditch. It is the first fatal crash involving the model. In that case, the blaze's intensity was so severe that it obliterated the vehicle's VIN and left the driver unidentifiable.

The Harlingen incident underscores the difficulties these fires pose to first responders attempting to extinguish blazing batteries. Electric vehicle batteries can undergo a process known as thermal runaway, where a failure in one cell generates enough heat and gas to cause a chain reaction in adjacent cells.

The resulting fire burns at extremely high temperatures, sometimes reaching 2,300 to 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit, taking hours to extinguish. Firefighters have had to adapt their tactics to fight these fires, using full personal protective equipment due to the toxic fumes. New solutions, such as EV fire-specific fire blankets, are also being developed to address these challenges.

Additionally, first responders have found that EV fires demand significantly more water to extinguish. In 2021, Austin Fire Department Division Chief Thayer Smith told Futurism that Tesla vehicles require up to 30,000 to 40,000 gallons of water to put out – approximately 40 times the amount needed for a combustion engine car.

Ironically, Tesla posted a detailed rescue sheet for its Cybertruck the week before the Harlingen fire. Tesla designed the guide to assist first responders by informing them where the vehicle's low and high-voltage power cables terminate.

While such incidents tend to make headlines, it's important to note that electric vehicles generally do not catch fire more frequently than internal combustion engine vehicles. Tesla's global data indicates that, on average, a Tesla vehicle fire occurs once every 130 million miles traveled, significantly less frequent than the average vehicle fire rate of one per 18 million miles traveled in the US.

https://www.techspot.com/news/104515-tesla-cybertruck-ignites-after-crashing-fire-hydrant.html

[ember-da-toon]

I can't post photos for some reason, but I do have Tharne's lore down.

Just to be clear, I don't know much about Pressure lore, but I'm learning as I go here.

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Experiment B-71 - Codename "Sabertooth" - Formerly known as "[Redacted] Tharne" - was a member of a notorious crime family that specialises in money laundering and drug exporting.

They were caught in the midst of a shootout, a spy within their midst caught him and brought him justice. He was sentenced to life in prison after tricking many unsuspecting travelers to be drug mules.

He was one of the handful of people selected for experimentation to give humans more resistance to the cold using strands of polar bear, musk ox, narwhal and beluga whale DNAs.

In the midst of the alternations, one of the researchers got a hold of Sabertooth Tiger DNA and added it to their alterations.

The experiment was a success, and specific Blacksite Guardsmen and onsite researchers that did their work in cold and below freezing temperature, were altered to have the cold resistant aspects.

B-71 was then assigned to help with Inventory Arranging. Since they had gained super strength, they are able to carry multiple crates on their back and reach high shelves. They could even manually open the Heavy Containment doors if desired.

As imposing and dangerous they were before they were experimented on, with all the experiments and altercations of their body, they can barely act like how they used to. Before the experimentations, they needed to be shocked and chained for resisting and attempting to escape. They used a lot of sedatives on him and even put on shock collars, but they broke once they were more bear like and they had to add the panel over their heart and plant a chip in their brain.

Nowadays, they're rather docile and harmless despite being a large ursarid with an elongated fang and a narwhal tail. The trauma of being beaten and sedated had his old violent ways pushed to the back of their mind. They could barely speak anymore, used to screaming and yelling incoherently when shocked, barely able to form a sentence and could only growl and chuff when communicating. At least they could write.

They can be found around the High Maintenance rooms, pushing around crates or scavenging through them for any sort entertainment, maybe even hunting Squiddles for food.

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That's all I have for Tharne's lore for now. I hope you guys like them. ヽ(*´▽)ノ♪

[shitpostroundhouse]

[hunters-of-the-wastes]

Breathing steam and kicking up snow, a great beast charges out of the fog. This is the Tundra Ox, a new-age cousin to the proud musk-ox that once dominated the snowy plains of the artic. This one is covered in frost and snow as if the landscape itself has come to life to challenge you. The massive animal lowers his horns and stampedes straight towards you…better run…

The Tundra ox is a muskox-like mammal native to the frigid tundra and forests of post-nuclear apocalypse North America, where it roams in large tight-knit herds. Although closely related to the muskox, the tundra ox is an altogether leaner and taller animal, having the somewhat graceful build of a buffalo instead of the squat frame of a muskox. The muzzle is elongated like a sheep’s for browsing, and much like their ancestors, both sexes possess a heavy bony plate across the forehead that ends in two big curved horns, which is thought to help aid them in digging up vegetation from under snow drifts in the cold seasons.

Tundra oxen live in herds comprised of females and a handful of males, with herds growing from 8 to 13 individuals. Hierarchy is normally determined by size and age, with bigger and older individuals ranking higher than the others. Although both sexes live together their activities are often gender-segregated outside of the summertime mating season. Dominant males form harems and drive out the subordinate males, who then form temporary bachelor herds for protection; after the mating season ends they are welcomed back into the herd as if nothing had ever happened. Tundra oxen lack musk glands and instead use cow-like vocalizations to communicate, and the males resort to headbutting when disputing the rights to mate.

Because of their long shaggy coat, they also make great winter mounts. These bulky animals can stay in the frozen snowy tundra all year round, surviving temperatures of -70 degrees centigrade. Along with thick fur that helps keep it warm in the cold mountain climate, large hooved feet evenly disperse its weight so it doesn’t sink in deep snowdrifts.

A large grazing herbivore, Tundra ox is somewhat easy prey for anything larger than itself. Its size and horns only work to deter smaller predators, and bulls who tend to be much larger then females determine the defensive formation during rutting, while the cows decide the rest of the year. Despite this however, occasional predators, likely mainly predators of calves or infirm adults, can include Yao Guai, The North- American Dire Bear, Deathclaw, Packs of wild mongrels as well as humans and other predators.

Tundra oxen, however, are easily domesticated. In many areas where normal standard brahmin have a hard time surviving, Tundra ox are farmed for their meat, hides, wool, milk, and hooves. If properly trained they can haul cargo, pull carts, or even accommodate a human mount; in some parts of Canada they’re a popular alternative to the riding horse, which while faster is far less suited in dealing with the rough terrain.

Fun Fact

Coat color for Tundra Ox can range from a mix of black, grey, and brown, and their long guard hairs are known almost reach the ground. Rare White individuals are known to exist, and are highly sacred as well as protected animals . Brahmin and Tundra Ox can mix breed, similar to how domesticated cattle and bison could. Brahdra (southern naming) or Tunmin (northern naming), are a fertile hybrid offspring of domestic Brahmin, usually a male in managed breeding programs, and the Tundra ox, usually a female in managed breeding programs. Similar in reasons as to why the Beefalo was bred, The Tunmin was created to combine the characteristics of both animals for beef production. The meat is said too be lower in fat and cholesterol than standard Brahmin cattle.

[infinityactual]

WHY DID I HAVE TO MISS OUT ON THE GOLDEN AGE OF ROCKETRY MY PARENTS GOT THE SATURN V - THE MOST POWERFUL VEHICLE EVER BUILT BY A LANDSLIDE WITH W ENGINES TWENTY FEET TALL AND TWELVE FEET WIDE AT THE MOUTH OF THE DRIVE CONE - AND THE APOLLO MOON MISSIONS.

ALL I GOT WAS ELONGATED MUSK OX'S TESLA SENT TO MARS AND JEFF BEZOAR'S PENIS ROCKET I DEMAND A REFUND.

Yknow the fact that the device I'm typing this on has way more processing power than the thing that took us to the moon is amazing in and of itself....

Then you learn that the computer that took us to the moon was a bunch of fucking MAGNETS and you gotta stop and sit down for a while.

We went to the moon on a million or so teeny tiny toroidal magnets.

[ejazkhanphotography]

The Arctic Expedition by Ejaz Khan

My passion has always been pushing the boundaries of human endurance, coming as I did from the bylines of Mumbai to the Big Apple and exploring the harshest extremes of nature. The lure of Alaska had beckoned, but now I wanted to push the envelope beyond that to the rugged terrain of the icy arctic snow to Grise Fiord, in the northernmost part of Canada, population 132. The planning for such a journey has to be meticulous and took 7 months with someone finally willing to take me to a space where no USA photographer had gone before & tracked the Arctic Wolf at the North Pole.

The desolate location found me sitting in a tiny 6seater aircraft, which took 5 days to reach Grise Fiord, due to harsh conditions. The tiny aircraft was forced to land midway in a swirling snow blizzard, with no one around, & no connectivity to normal life as we know it. I was hit by a panic attack, scared of the isolation & fearful of dying alone & anonymous in the cold Arctic snow, I broke into cold sweat despite the sub Artic temperatures. Finally, I reached the tiny town of Grise Fiord and met a sprightly 72-year-old man called Raymond who was to be my wolf tracker! I went into another bout of shock looking at the elderly man, whom I thought would need help himself, let alone be able to support my quest for the Arctic Wolf. Nevertheless, we left the one-horse town, on a snowmobile ride for 8 hours. The destination was a desolate wilderness, which had no trees, no grass, no signs of life other than the two on the snow.

No roads, no paths to follow, just oceans of snow and my tracker and me. We pitched our tent in the freezing cold of -56 Celsius and that was to become our home for the next 9 days. The artic could just as well have been the land of the midnight sun, since the Daylight shone even up to midnight on a clear night, and yet it felt like it was only 4 pm. Since we were two of us on a snowmobile, there was a weight restriction & so we carried limited supplies. We awoke the next morning to search for wildlife so we could eat for the next 9 days. The biting arctic cold was oppressive & hostile and even 6 layers of warm clothing could not protect me from the elements of nature. Covered in polar bear skin pants, I began to understand how the animal felt, in its own natural habitat

Our hunt began for food, and that proved to be one of the highlights of my trip. Once our search had ended, we pitched the third tent as a base camp which was more than a mile away, from where I would stalk my arctic wolf prey to shoot on celluloid. Few people can relate to the isolation of being alone with yourself, the elements and your maker, and it holds a mirror up to your soul when you spend 15–18 hours alone in nature. The wilderness offers you no second chances and no toilets, no showers, and no bedrooms. Dinner each night is frozen air cured slices of wild Musk Ox served cold, and sleep in a basic sleeping bag deep within the snow. Sitting in mounds of snow for hours on end in total isolation brings home the stark reality of who you are & how insignificant a being the human is, amongst Gods Creations.

The frailty of humanity is best expressed when confronted with solitude & battling the elements of nature’s fury — be it snowstorms, blizzards, hurricanes, tidal waves or earthquakes, making you one with your maker, brings reality to the forefront. I became delusional, like the protagonist Pi Patel in Yann Mattel’s “Life of Pi”, seeing things in the -50 sub-zero temperatures and freezing cold & loneliness, the only solace is that I could meet my aged tracker at nights when I returned for the day. Less than 7 days into the expedition, my delusions became more vivid and I began to see artic snow wolves in the moving blizzards of snow. My fingers numbed without sensation, my feet frostbitten and my personal organs that had developed a mind of their own. From Mahim to Manhattan, the cacophony of human chaos presents a symphony of sound when compared to the high pitch of silence in the Arctic circle, and at times I prayed for the cacophony to return. Having faced all the adversities one could think of in one week, I decided to call off the expedition on the 7th day, frustrated and broken within, that I was defeated, not by the elements of nature alone, but by the gremlins within my mind.

Once the snowmobile was packed and on its way, en route the nearest town, 8 hours away, I was suddenly stopped in my tracks — the elusive Arctic Wolves appeared on the horizon, almost to bid me goodbye, as I was giving up my expedition into their native territory. Divine intervention or poetic justice, it was the highlight of a week of adversity and terrifying loneliness, facing nature’s elements, yet meeting the beauty of the Wolves in their pristine natural habitat, untouched by a human hand or even a cell phone tower. There are times that one marvels at the magnificence of a solitary existence, this was one of those times. I have been fortunate to learn to make myself one with my nature and surroundings and have shot the magnificent Musk Ox in Norway, the Puma in The Chilean Andes, the Arctic wolves in the arctic circle, the Alaskan Bear in Alaska and the magnificent Arabian Horses in the beautiful valleys of France.

My journey and travels now bring me to my motherland, India, where I will dare to confront the greatest Mountain range on earth and picture the magnificent Himalayan Snow Leopard, one of nature’s enigmatic animals, almost extinct and reclusive.

With Global warming and the snow receding, the Himalayan snow leopard is forced to lower altitudes for its food. The cattle of hill tribes & natives play a great role here and their livestock is easy prey. It is time that we educate our natives to care for these precious animals like their own family.

Human beings are the most efficient predators on earth and the snow leopards will lose this battle, like many of the great beasts that went before. Educating natives & humans to co-exist with the snow leopard will help in elongating their lifespan into the next century.

Our world needs to recognize these beautiful beasts and rescue them so future generations of our children can admire God’s creations for what they are.

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Watch the Arctic Expedition Short Film

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