In a message dated 12/7/99 2:53:37 AM Eastern Standard Time,
swatfish@hotmail.com writes:
> To go along with the deer.....
> I was going along I-75 to Atlanta last week to a Steve Vai concert minding
> my own business. Along comes a kamikaze bird out of the median making a
> bee-line towards my windshield. The bird hits the windshield and it
sounds
> like a shotgun blast. After leaning back up and pulling the seat out of
my
> a@#, I noticed a clear spooge and one lone feather, but no damage. Pure
> luck I guess. He must have had his pecker pointed in the other direction
or
>
> it would have surely broke thru the glass. I guess Dodge makes pretty
> decent windshields too.... B.T.W. the point of attempted entry was
directly
> above the steering wheel.
>
Wow, I had a very similar experience on my way to Atl on I-20 a few years
back. I pegged one at about 80, tried to avoid it. I thought it was coming
through my windshield but it didn't even crack it.
Kelly in SC
'96 CC 5.2
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