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The video below demonstrates what happens when you cut the high voltage wire in a hybrid car. Interesting, but don't do it. Look at the damage to the high dollar Hurst edraulic cutter blades and the total destruction of the sawzal blade.

The Weather Channel's Mike Bettes and his crew made a serious mistake and were in the direct path of one of Oklahoma's tornados last night. Reports have them being tossed several hundred and rolling a couple times. It sounds like they are all ok.

These are not your grandma's old school grocery getter of years past where we could show up and start whacking metal.

The other day we rode to a hybrid auto class in a 1966 Jeep. Basically, it's a death trap that includes no roll-over protection, gas tank under the driver's seat, and lap belts that will keep only your hips from being cut off, rubbed off, or pinned under something during a crash.

The crash shown in the pictures left this Ford Escape in a side presentation with the drivers side down. It was unstable side to side, however the drivers side front tire was buried in the stone providing a starting point for stabilization.

Some say its to slow, but a little practice, a decent MDT or ipad, and having a general knowledge of vehicles on the road can make you faster and safer on the wreck scene. Michael Smith had an article out yesterday where he talked about avoiding high strength steels when your tools are dated.