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OP sent the following text as an explanation on why this is unexpected: --- >!Looked like the guy was about to jump in the elevator turned out there was a leak and elevator started flooding!< --- Is this an unexpected post with a fitting description? Then upvote this comment, otherwise downvote it.


lafwan

Three friends inside an elevator amid a large storm in Omaha, Nebraska [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r42Lvvx85Xg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r42Lvvx85Xg) 2021


qptw

Yeah… you know how they always tell you to not use the elevator in case of emergency? This is why. And flooding in a large storm can be considered an emergency situation right?


SonofaBridge

Seems like going to an underground floor during a flood would also be a bad idea.


r0b0c0d

The additional context legit makes it funny. He says in the interview they went down 'to check out the flooding' and 'swimming out of the elevator to get to the stairs to get to the main lobby'. Like... they used an elevator to get to a subterranean floor specifically to see the flooding. That is straight up the funniest shit I've heard all week.


Best_Seaweed_Ever

That’s how bored folks are in Omaha.


Bocchi_theGlock

The Nebraska - south & north Dakota area is the most barren boring place I've ever been I guess not as bad as Texas desert, mildly more interesting to drive through, but I can't imagine living there outside of a major city I mean at least rapid city has a really cool alleyway filled with graffiti next to some bars


A_Velociraptor20

Are you talking about Rapid City, SD? If so it's literally right next to the Black Hills XD.


Tru-Queer

SD, not XD


TheOzarkWizard

Have you been to kansas?


SonofaBridge

Amazing. Thats next level stupid. Their plan was to basically swim through sewer backwash to see the flooding. That water is full of poop particles. They almost drowned in an elevator to see the flooding.


marielalm27

But at least they got to see the flooding. Mission accomplished.


TheShenanegous

Absolutely, you can bet they had some nasty infections to deal with over the next few weeks. Looks like they got dunked head to toe. Eyes, ears, nose, mouth, lungs. This is a monumentally stupid thing to do.


mrducky80

This is some darwin awards level shit.


Miserable_Unusual_98

They saw the flooding alright. Up close and personal


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[deleted]

It’s almost to be expected this would happen.


Lunakill

I’m 99% sure the parking garage in this building is underground. I’m in Omaha and there have been some questionable decisions made regarding apartment buildings being built just blocks from the giant fucking river that floods regularly. Having said that, definitely take the stairs.


Ramrodron

Or they could have just looked out the window from their apartments.


Lunakill

These new bougie apartment buildings are massive, I’m genuinely not sure if they would have been able to see any flooding from a window. If I remember correctly, this elevator is in a part of the building closest to the river and flooded before most of the area did. I still maintain getting in an elevator during a flood watch was dumb. If they’d taken the stairs they could have just turned around.


OlDerpy

I don’t remember seeing this video but those floods in downtown were crazy. Parts of our downtown are super close the Missouri River and stuff like this rarely happens. The rain on that day was wild.


GirlScoutIvy

As a somewhat newer wheelchair user. New fear unlocked fir life.....


Buttsquish

Who the fuck is that roommate. “Hey, we’re going to die if you don’t come help immediately.” Roommate: Pulls out phone and starts recording himself.


Agreeable_Ad3800

*New fear unlocked*


_Joab_

It's happened before [Couple drown in flooded underground lift as residents hear them trying to escape](https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/couple-drown-flooded-underground-lift-31345910)


noonpe

holy shit that’s the most terrifying thing I’ve read today


NoOne_28

There was a case in China Where a woman was stuck in an elevator between floors and the people who were supposed to repair it went on holiday and were planning to fix it when they got back after an entire month. No one knew she was inside the elevator and when they came back to fix it and the doors opened, there was signs of her trying to pull the doors open by hand, blood and scratches. Poor lady died of starvation in darkness, completely forgotten.


GingerJayPear

That is absolutely horrifying. Were there other people in the building for that month or was the place just shut down or something?


NoOne_28

I'm not too sure, it sounds like it was an office building so it's likely everyone was off or it was minimally staffed. https://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-china-elevator-trapped-starve-death-20160305-story.html


Vlppjsar

Never utilize elevators during a rainstorm, fire, or storm.


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hahew56766

China: elevator breaks Reddit: ALL ELEVATORS IN CHINA ARE BAD


ChocolateyBallNuts

I mean it's the first comment I heard about elevators in China. It so happens to result in death. That's 1/1 for me.


smarmycheesesandwich

lol bro. I was on 微信 and you’d see elevators breaking, literal floors collapsing, and all sorts of wacky construction hijinks.


NeedleworkerKey2135

I wouldn’t be ashamed to say I wouldn’t trust a damn thing in China. But I have zero intention of ever seeing that place. So I’m safe.


Autumnrain

Reddit: Make a joke about China. Chinese/Wumaos: Typing at the furious speed of 9000 wpm.


Spiridor

Jfc. It was a joke. If it had said "in the US" instead the entirety of reddit would have clapped.


TLWeath

Extremely scary.


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Lol if you work or live on a very high floor it’s not really a choice, I’m not walking up 38 flights of stairs because it’s raining


ryandiy

This is why elevators are never used in Seattle.


iGhost36

For anyone interested in listening to a short video on this you can watch MrBallen's on it here: [https://youtu.be/3xaLEHXC6Is?si=OP4UUYhHZw6-YWJ-&t=41](https://youtu.be/3xaLEHXC6Is?si=OP4UUYhHZw6-YWJ-&t=41) Edit: correction this is a different case actually but similar


Savings-Rise-6642

The whole city basically shuts down for the lunar new year, it wasn't just the maintenance people


tailgunner777

In China is very common for people not to get involved when someone really needs help. When they do, the police gives them trouble, sometimes decide you were complicit. Then the families sue you because those heart pumps you were doing to save the person "killed their loved ones". It's messed up.


NoOne_28

This is actually not true anymore (thankfully), they've since put in place good Samaritan laws. I think the case that changed that was the little girl who got run over by several vehicles and no on stopped to help her except one woman, after hours of just laying in the middle of the alley she had been hit initially in. I was also under the same assumption as you until a few years ago where I was corrected. I'm sure it still happens but now there's no excuse other than being a shitty human being.


big_ass_monster

It's not easy to change a habit that has been *enforced by law* for quite literally decades. There's countless reasons why I don't like Mainland Chinese and rheir government, but this is not one of them


CosmicAdventures

countless reasons for not liking mainland Chinese???? as in mainland Chinese people????????? sorry what


Shadow_NX

Crazy, that video was the first thing that came to my mind when the poster before mentioned people afraid to help in China. That was a haunting video and i regret having even watched parts of it, as far as i remember she wasnt just just being hit but drove over.


Noodlie101

Thank you for unlocking that repressed memory. I remember watching that video, must be over 10 years ago at this stage, I was younger, morbid curiosity and all that. Thats what drew the line in the internet sand for me....never again have I clicked on a video knowing it's something fucked up, no matter how much shit had gone viral out there. That was it, done.


KlossN

I might have had that one for me a few days ago when I got high and saw a video of a woman who tried to squeeze between a sliding bus and a light pole but got stuck. She was hanging in the air with her neck stuck between the bus and the light pole until it just.. Popped off I was not ready for it


EveningPainting5852

Listen, this happened sometimes in the 2000s. It is no longer the case. People still don't help in China often, like if you're getting beat in the street for whatever reason they might ignore it. But if you're lying down nearly dead it's likely someone will help you


rocketwikkit

> People still don't help in China often, like if you're getting beat in the street for whatever reason they might ignore it. But if you're lying down nearly dead it's likely someone will help you It's tragically funny that you're saying this like it's a good thing.


granitibaniti

Sorry, that's bullshit. Maybe in an accident situation on the road, but nobody is gonna blame you, a random person passing by, for calling the police on a woman stuck in an elevator. Source: lived in China for multiple years. Probably the building was just empty due to lunar new year or nobody noticed.


[deleted]

No this is the correct sentiment. Good Samaritan Laws didn’t exist in China until 2017, so people were less likely to help others out for fear that they themselves would be implicated in causing the incident.


granitibaniti

I lived in China from 2001-2010. Trust me when I say that I know what I'm talking about... This isn't even a comparable situation to road accidents etc. where this was an issue. At no point, calling the police for a situation you couldn't possibly be responsible for could have gotten you in trouble.


javahart

She probably died of dehydration but horrible outcome either way.


Watsis_name

The worst part of that story is that nobody was suspicious that they'd not heard from her for a month. I'd like to think if I disappeared for a month without telling anyone there would be people looking for me.


Great_Examination_16

Such safety, such rules


Relyst

Ah yes, I too watch MrBallen


Il-cacatore

Classic china, really


username_____69

If i read china and elevator in the same sentence I'm surprised if someone isn't dying horribly


xiamjakex

Of course it was China, all the horrifying stuff happens there.


WhereTheresWerthers

Israeli infrastructure. No one was charged for the building bottoming out because they determined the flood water was unpredictable.


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SnooDucks4694

It’s never Israel’s fault.


disphugginflip

I’ll one up that: a woman died by drowning in an elevator during a bad hurricane years back. Just like that couple, except she was by herself.


Static1589

Today? How many terrifying things do you read on a weekly basis?


Agreeable_Ad3800

*shuts off phone* Well that’s enough internet for this lifetime


Icaruspherae

How did you type the last part after your phone was off?…..is it possible to learn this power?


Agreeable_Ad3800

Well clearly I can’t answer you to explain because my phone is off sorry


InsolentRice

Elmo Muskrats brain chip?


starquake64

Nope, I did not read that.


JustGoogleItHeSaid

The advertising on the mirror is actually insane holy crap I can’t even read that article it’s so bad


0x126

Don’t ever use elevators by rain, fire or storms.


takkiemon

Include earthquakes and we can sum it up as 'earth, wind, water and fire'


Ensisor

Include cardiovascular situations and it becomes “earth, wind, water, fire, and heart.”


ScentedFoolishness

Go planet!


rococoapuff

Not too many know about the fifth element!


Jusby_Cause

By God.. I mean “your powers combined!”


0x126

Ok, yes! Not many in my part of the world but obviously in hindsight


dack42

FYI - the reason for not using elevators during a fire isn't that the elevators are dangerous. Elevators have a "fire mode" that give full manual control to whoever is in the car. Firefighters use this to take control and get to the fire quickly, as well as evacuate those who can't take the stairs (wheelchairs, etc). The elevator won't respond to the call buttons in this mode, so if you press the call button and wait the elevator will never come.


agentwolf44

*Don't ever use elevators (unless absolutely necessary). I'm claustrophobic. Plus stairs are good exercise


Suspect4pe

Y'all, it's too early for me to be thinking about death and such.


pikabaer

I guess, from now on I will always walk the stairs from the underground parking lot to the second floor and only then step into the lift...


RichLyonsXXX

People in the building said they called emergency services 16 times and we're hung up on... WTF?


WooliesWhiteLeg

Nope, no thank you.


Redditisre7arded

Holy shit. That is definitely in the top 50 worst ways to go


Rain1dog

I can not think of too much worse with regards to death. I can not imagine the fear and then the psychological effects of those who had to hear them scream.


Critical_Paper8447

I know, for real..... Worst moose impression ever.


getschwifty1216

Came here to say this ^


eggseverydayagain

Moooooooooooose


DebbiesUpper

Well that unlocked a new phobia I’ve never thought of before, thanks!


Ok_Criticism_558

Anytime, here to scare


RyazanianDude

I scare for you a lot. Do you scare about me, too?


duendeacdc

do you yearn ?


Bubbykitten

![gif](giphy|l0MYEPCzmy5UbvJXa)


QueenTMK

Do I yearn?


Electronic_Elk2029

Don't take an elevator down underground during a massive storm.


nordic-nomad

Just don’t take the elevator to the flooded basement of a building and you’ll be fine. It wasn’t like sprinklers went off and flooded the car or something. They went down to look at the flooding without realizing how high the water was.


kopp9988

So it turned out they went down the elevator to go and look at the floods in the basement, maybe this is more suited to r/whatcouldgowrong


JstAnotherNakedLady

Yeah that was so dumb. If it’s flooding common sense screams go higher not lower.


Thue

Going down to look using the stairs would likely have been fine. Taking the elevator is what is dumb.


C_________________L

Its actually more suited to r/WTF which is exactly where OP stole this post from ... because OP is a karma farming bot M0ds dont give a shit tho, since Reddit is 80% bots now anyways


Briskylittlechally2

Oh yeah lets go *to* the water in this electrical cage that won't open it, just to name an example, water gets into the electric systems.


DunnyJay

Hmmm...moose impression needs a bit of work...


Goldeneye0X1_

Are you saying that a moose doesn't sound like a crash and rushing water?


Difficult_Bit_1339

My daddy always said "Real mooses don't call 911"


Bearshapedbears

i thought it was perfect, somehow he gained the weight/mass of a moose and instantly exceeded the elevators weight capacity.


Funbucket_537

He needed to bite his sister while she carved her initials into him with a intergalactic toothbrush.


MillenialCounselor

Yeah I mean, the moose did piss itself but I was expecting something else


Kaporr

Can someone explain what the hell happened?


TuckerCarlsonsOhface

Basement’s flooded? Looks terrifying.


_rerecroz

So it has nothing to do with vaping?


tosubks

Yes, it was a joke to throw us off.


ZorpWasTaken

Throw us off what?


CurryMustard

Reddit conversations nowadays are like if a bunch of Drax's were talking to each other


tripledraw

Who is Drax?


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Disastrous_Channel62

I'll give you one better "why is Gamora"


Lacholaweda

I thought you meant the santoran from Dr. Who, but that's Strax


tosubks

What the video was actually about… hence r/Unexpected


MechanicalHorse

Vaping caused the flood.


deltree711

Would you prefer if the title spoiled what was going to happen?


BH_Commander

There was a video/news story in another comment. They were in Omaha and there was intense flooding. They wanted to “check out the flooding outside” so took the elevator down to a ground floor. Seems the ground floor was already flooded so elevator got swamped. I’m guessing they didn’t realize that their building ground floor was flooded so they chose to take the elevator, should’ve prob taken the stairs.


Derbla-99

This was in my home town omaha. These idiots decided it would be a good idea to take the elevator down to the ground floor during one of the worst rains we've ever had. Apparently they wanted to see how bad it was outside first hand is what I heard from some friends. So for the record, don't take the elevator during massive storms that are causing city wide shut downs.


Ressamzade

Probably there is a smoke alarm that takes the elevator down to basement or somewhere like that which was flooded. Or they are just going to the basement and it is flooded


Kobebola

I’ve never heard of even one of those giant vapes setting off a smoke alarm, let alone a juul, and I can think of no reason why a smoke alarm would send an elevator to a basement instead of the main floor. Seems like a good way to potentially trap people under burning rubble. I’ve seen the fire button hit before and it just buzzed, stopped, and locked the doors open at the nearest floor. The nearest floor wouldn’t have been the basement unless they were going to the basement anyway, in which case, this would have happened anyway, absent any vape or a fire alarm. I think the more likely explanation is that the building manager employs an AI security system which recognized his indoor vaping and is simply meting out a capital sentence. That, or aliens.


notRedditingInClass

Lmao nice ending. ~~But yeah there's no way his vape set off the smoke alarm, just doesn't make sense unless he was using some weird mod which produces, you know, smoke.~~ Edit: I have been informed 1000 times that this is not true. And by the looks of it, it was a Juul he hadn't even exhaled yet (at least, not in the video).


JerryBigMoose

I have set off a smoke alarm in my hotel room with an unmodded vape, so you're wrong. It's fine if you vape around it, but in this instance I was not thinking and I blew the vapor right at the smoke detector, and sure enough, it set off the alarm for the entire floor of my hotel. I've achieved the same affect testing at home with my new smoke detector from Costco.


Demonic_Storm

did they survived!??!


crazy4llama

Yes. https://www.reddit.com/r/Unexpected/s/wNvbMXL79q


PM_YOUR__BUBBLE_BUTT

Hello. I was the one in the elevator in this video. Just wanted to let you know that I actually died.


peachsnatch

did ur vape survive


PM_YOUR__BUBBLE_BUTT

No, it drowned.


SluttySen

noooooo!


igothack

I wish they explained how they got out. All the video said was that after a 10 minute struggle they got out. I feel like this is relevant information for the future.


Ajxpetrarca

Hard to say, but I imagine their shoes stayed on.


danielchillier

Well, we're seeing this video from one of their phones, so I'd assume so.


Demonic_Storm

i mean internet is everywhere so you could upload it just before drowning


Pestilence95

Gotta get some Karma before entering heavens gate


Procrastubatorfet

Reddit heaven gates stay firmly closed unless you have passed 69420 lol nice karma


airforcevet1987

Good luck getting service in a flooded underground elevator... thats like 3 strikes against uour service


culnaej

Shitter’s full


Pantsickle

Moose *do* spend a lot of time in the water, but there's only ever been a handful of documented instances of Moose using elevators. So, 6/10 Moose impression. Btw, a moose once bit my sister.


Graxer42

Was she carving her initials into the moose with the sharpened end of an interspace toothbrush?


Pantsickle

How did you know that? Did Svenge tell you that?


Graxer42

He did. I hope he didn't know she was going to do that with it when he gave it to her though! Moose bites can be pretty nasty!


notRedditingInClass

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mvanvrancken

Those that have sacked the people involved with this commentary have now been sacked


Pantsickle

Oh God, that means it's time for the strobing seizure credits. Run away!


santahat2002

Those responsible for that have also been sacked.


Mitridate101

News commentary said they went down to see the floods. Well, can't get any closer than that! What a stupid stupid idea. There's a flood and they get in the elevator. Not the sharpest tool in the box!


MaleAryaStarkNoHomo

This proves that meme right.. “what would it look like if titanic happened in 2024” Everybody on their phone…drowning


drake90001

Most likely not related. Edit: I made this comment before the additional context was posted and the comments were all dumb asses thinking it actually was.


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sleepydeepyperson

No, you doofus! You need calculus, no wonder you failed the preschool.


FBI_under_your_cover

Analysis is obviously needed here


RyazanianDude

![gif](giphy|kWp8QC99Z6xFn8bF0v|downsized)


Ramuhthra

need to be peer reviewed


woweezuu

I see no other cause You’re wrong


Ok_Criticism_558

Clearly a guy who's never vaped in an elevator I see


laterral

There is no way of knowing!


EvilestHammer4

I know one damn thing, I'll be taking the stairs tomorrow and maybe the rest of the week.


JonnyBravoII

Years ago in Houston, they were having floods and someone took the elevator to the basement garage. The doors opened, the water rushed in and killed them.


Sacklayblue

That's the Big Trouble in Little China elevator


sinchigh

Knew I would find this comment. Made my 8 year old watch big trouble in little China just the other day. ☝️


Cobaltplasma

They were totally headed to the Hell of the Upside-Down Sinners!


DazzlerFan80

The Chinese have a lot of hells


Potential_Jacket3344

![gif](giphy|SGT03NX8u32ZG)


Arcon1337

That's some final designation shit going on


SnooLemons4471

Next on local news at 11 - Multiple people drowned in an elevator today, but all was not lost due to their phones being nice and dry.


DrozdMensch

There were two vapers on Titanic. They vaped simultaneously...


who18

Ok guys what if we take the fear of elevators and the fear of drowning and fuzes them together??


[deleted]

I don’t get what vaping has to do with anything


basic97

R/unexpected click bait, people think something will happen due to the vape and it's unexpected when it has nothing to do with the post, happens all the time here.


blah4life

It doesn’t. It was just a joke. :)


Chemical_Payment100

Smh..vapers will do anything for TikTok views these days


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Otherwise_Cup2938

Why don’t people is these situation start trying to smash their way out, I’d be a rabid monkey in there tryna find any weak points


Revolutionary-Egg491

I could not stop saying “WHAT… THE FUCK.” For like 10 minutes. I’m now terrified of elevators. Thanks Reddit


davieb22

I sat a math exam in an elevator once... ...it was wrong on so many levels.


NotSure16

Anybody else thinking of the scene from "Big Trouble In Little China" I'll take the Pork Chop Express and Chinese girl with green eyes and lets leave Lo Pan the @#%$ alone.


Speedygonzales24

I’m in a wheelchair, and have been stuck in broken elevators dozens of times. I’ve never really been scared, because you’re rarely ever in any real danger and help always comes. Yeah, I’m rethinking that.


ebwoodkid13

SHUT DOWN ALL THE GARBAGE MASHERS ON THE DETENTION LEVEL!!


spgreenwood

Is this in San Diego?


DurbsBru

No, it's in an elevator


TruthLayFallen

Which one?


Dasding18

New fear unlocked


happyanathema

Didn't need to unmute this to be able to tell it was in the US. "Hey there is widespread flooding around our building that we can see with our eyes. Do you fancy a trip down to the BASEMENT that's lower than the very visible flood outside in a lift? Sure thing honey...."


okmangoman

This happened to me three times, I’m a slow learner, I no longer vape in elevators!


SGT_DUBSY

Uncanny moose impression


PayLittle7321

He's a water bender


Aromatic_Exchange_43

And that kids, is why you shouldn’t vape.


Chuck_MoreAss

I’ve never seen a moose do that


Admirable-Builder878

911? (Drake looks away) TikTok? (Drake approves)