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When tumbleweeds attack... (Original Post) Jesus Malverde Feb 2014 OP
I just drove through a tumble weed attack on the freeway libodem Feb 2014 #1
I've never seen anything crazy like the video.. Jesus Malverde Feb 2014 #2
I must have been through some before libodem Feb 2014 #4
I wondered if there was a phobia name so I googled it and found this chknltl Feb 2014 #3
Reminds me of an episode of The Outer Limits mockmonkey Feb 2014 #5
Oh, dear. Here comes another bad sci-fi movie. Baitball Blogger Feb 2014 #6

libodem

(19,288 posts)
1. I just drove through a tumble weed attack on the freeway
Fri Feb 21, 2014, 02:34 AM
Feb 2014

Yesterday. First it was rain. Then in blew snow. Then it hailed. Then came the tumbleweeds across the desert and over the road. I had 2 of them get stuck on my front bumper and stay for a few miles. They get under your cand then thump.back out.

I love to burn them.

libodem

(19,288 posts)
4. I must have been through some before
Fri Feb 21, 2014, 03:14 AM
Feb 2014

And it was mid afternoon so it wasn't dark like the video but it was wild. I was doing 75 and they we're coming across from the drivers side. Some were big. But the sheer amount was crazy.

Oh, and I didn't panic but my knuckles were white.

chknltl

(10,558 posts)
3. I wondered if there was a phobia name so I googled it and found this
Fri Feb 21, 2014, 03:13 AM
Feb 2014
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x7482326

No I did not find a name but I did happen across a fellow DUer who admitted to having such a fear in an old lounge thread from 2008. (Reading the entire thread brought back fond memories of DUers who no longer post here btw)

mockmonkey

(2,834 posts)
5. Reminds me of an episode of The Outer Limits
Fri Feb 21, 2014, 09:44 AM
Feb 2014

that I remember from my youth. It starred Eddie Albert and it had Tumbleweeds amongst other things were taken over by an Alien.

I couldn't find that on YouTube except for an excerpt of it from this Tumbleweeds montage from various movies and TV shows.

Turn on YouTube's closed captions to get the name of each movie or program.

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