Having something land on your car is deeply unfortunate no matter the circumstances, but it somehow feels even more unlucky that one Ferrari driver in Texas was recently caught under debris caused by a storm.
While we are not immune to the schadenfreude of seeing someone with a ludicrously expensive car fail to handle its power, this one seems to really and truly be an accident that the driver of this Ferrari had nothing to do with.
According to the @speedhouston Instagram page, the model is a Ferrari 812 Superfast, and the damage occurred in Houston. While it is unclear precisely when, reports from the city show that a major and sudden storm hit it on Wednesday.
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The video sheds little light on what exactly landed on the Ferrari, but it looks like it could be the scaffolding behind a highway sign or a section of roofing torn off a nearby building. Fortunately, the driver’s ability to exit the car suggests that they aren’t seriously injured, and the fact that they drive away implies that the damage may not be catastrophic.
Certainly, Wednesday’s storm caused a surprising amount of damage despite not being categorized as a tornado. For those thinking that the driver simply shouldn’t have been out in such bad conditions, the storm apparently whipped up surprisingly quickly.
That’s because the timing of the weather event (the early summer) means that it is difficult for a storm to build in Texas, reports the Houston Chronicle. However, when they do happen, they tend to break suddenly and powerfully.
This storm created what weather experts call “straight-line winds,” to distinguish them from spinning tornadoes. These can exceed 50 to 60 mph (80 to 96 km/h), and are actually responsible for more property damage in the lower 48 states than tornadoes.
Unfortunately for this Ferrari’s driver, they were in the wrong place at the wrong time. We can only hope that their insurance policy was better than their luck.
