It wiggle wiggles for sure

I was at a BBQ in Kennewick this summer and a guest spotted and killed one of these. We bagged it, snapped photos, sent the pics to the government website and never heard back. This sucker was HUGE and 100% an Asian giant hornet. Very scary.

Edit: a pic of the Asian Hornet in question

How is that your takeaway from the article? It’s literally saying change the economics or pitchforks will come, but your takeaway was that it was about guns? Seriously???

A fit mammal that has adopted well to the alpine winter environment. I've encountered a few in BC, followed their tracks over glaciers, seen some evidence of their hunting in S. Washington Cascades, near Mt Rainier. They can be elusive when they want to be.

This time of year I would completely avoid I-90/snoqualimie pass. I travel often up to Yakima from I-84, up 97 and then continue north to Cle Elum. Traffic is relatively light and passes are not very high. Take chains or studded snow tires for sure. If 84 gets closed, hwy 14 I usually open.

The interstate speed limit in urban areas in the state of WA is 60, regardless of vehicle. Pretty sure this exit is right on top of a small town?

IMO, the traps the USDA uses to detect AGH aren't real effective. Even in local areas where a nest was known to be active, their traps caught none or only a few. AFAIK, all the nests that have been discovered and eradicated were located by other means. Yet WSDA interprets "no trap hits in 2022" as some sort of proof that AGH aren't in the area. Call me very skeptical.

You fucked up twice… you CHOSE to drive too fast for the conditions… and you CHOSE to drive without full coverage.

Take it as a lesson learned since there’s nothing else you can do in this case.

About the only occasion you can hit a tree in the road and have somebody to cover your damage beside your own insurance is if the trees fell from private property like a business or home as their insurance will payout just to get rid of you.

That was an avoidable accident.

If it was on I-5, WSDOT would be the agency from which to seek redress. However, in order for WSDOT to be liable, they would have had to have known about the trees and not taken action. That’s extremely unlikely. The speed limit is a maximum, not a minimum, and we were all taught in driver’s ed to slow down when conditions are dicey. I can think of no more dicey a condition than the one you just described. Frankly, if the state patrol didn’t cite you for exceeding safe speeds or driving too fast for conditions, it was a gift.

I’d take the L and regroup. Insurance exists precisely to support you in the unexpected. Pay for full coverage next time if you can’t afford a loss like this. And slow tf down when conditions are bad.

I’m glad you lived and weren’t seriously injured.

OP, I urge you to make smarter decisions in life. Driving 70mph on the freeway @4AM in the darkness, when it’s ice out isn’t smart… Do you come across trouble often in other aspects of your life?

Edit: Just read the posts on your profile about your Gambling Addiction… Not to pick at wounds, but you obviously just don’t make smart decisions in life.

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Everybody was going 70mph on a slick rainy pitch-dark road with a blind curve? Each driver has the legal responsibility of driving safely under whatever conditions are present, so I doubt that excuse will fly.

When I was a 15 year old girl, my Dad and I were driving on I-5. He told me to look around at the individual people in all the other vehicles. Then he said, "It's YOUR responsibility that they each get home safely to their loved ones."

It's been decades, and I've never forgotten that lesson. I think of it often.

I think that the speed limit is 70 mph for cars and 60 mph for trucks in that section all though it's still quite dumb.

You were driving 10 over the speed limit in less than ideal conditions in the dark and you think that the city is going to fix your car for you?

.... Seriously?

I have a friend not on Reddit who has been wanting a fox body since he wrecked his a decade ago. Does this have the 5.0? Pm me please

It was entirely your fault. "Driving too fast for conditions." If you weren't going too fast for the conditions of darkness and snow on the ground, you would have been able to stop in time. If a cop had witnessed it, you could have received a ticket for that quoted reason.

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Driving 70mph in pitch dark and couldn’t see, am I getting that part right?

Taking payments on a $1500 car? What the serious hell is the matter with you? That’s got to be the biggest warning sign right after a gaunt face, picked scabbed over sores, track marks, and face tattoos that you’re dealing with a rotten scumbag that’s nothing but trouble… and worse yet, YOU AREBT THE ONE DEALING WITH THEM FACE TO FACE!?!?!? you have your step mother dealing with this shit… you seem like a bit of a careless jerk.

You basically have two choices at this point. Call the cops and report him for the threats and hope the car hasn’t been stripped already(I bet $5 the cat is already gone) and pray that they don’t take it out on YOUR FAMILY…. Or suck it up, forget about the rest of the money, and just give them the car with a cheerful “merry Christmas”.

If it were at your house and you were home and we’ll armed option one would be a good way to go, but you’re not… you tried to make a business deal with a junkie for something at a family members house like an utter fool and now they might be in danger because you’re pissing off an irrational twat over a few hundred dollar… might just be best to kiss the couple hundred dollars goodbye and hope they don’t cause any trouble for your family.

Sometimes life is a bitch, hopefully you learn something from this experience.

Hugh Jackman is from Australia. Wolverine is from Canada.

I do on both. But I wondered about real world drivers.

Good news. Nice to see a win for the state against giant hornets :D

Yeah but that's not the vast majority of people, now is it?

Or follow them on Twitter!