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Media • The Weather

Didn't Even See the Truck At First

by Dan Savage • Sep 1, 2017 at 11:02 am

Storm Harvey set to provide unexpected boost to auto industry https://t.co/kkoURUnMLX
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) September 1, 2017

Is the photo editor at the Financial Times trying to get people to drive through dangerously flooded streets?

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