{"id":1231,"date":"2020-01-13T02:37:59","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T02:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/general\/?page_id=1231"},"modified":"2020-01-13T02:56:23","modified_gmt":"2020-01-13T02:56:23","slug":"how-did-this-get-here","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/general\/thought-provoking-issues-and-ideas\/how-did-this-get-here\/","title":{"rendered":"How Did This Get Here?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This article was first published on the 12th of January, 2020 by <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Patrick Carpen. (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.patrickcarpen.com\" target=\"_blank\">Patrick Carpen.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last updated: January 13, 2020 at 2:56 am<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/patrickcarpen.com\/general\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2020\/01\/car-on-cliff.jpg?resize=678%2C444&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1232\" width=\"678\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/patrickcarpen.com\/general\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2020\/01\/car-on-cliff.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/patrickcarpen.com\/general\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2020\/01\/car-on-cliff.jpg?resize=300%2C196&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/patrickcarpen.com\/general\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2020\/01\/car-on-cliff.jpg?resize=150%2C98&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You&#8217;ve probably seen the meme on the internet making fun of politicians and asking &#8220;ever looked and something and wondered how it got there?&#8221; Well here&#8217;s a real <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patrickcarpen.com\/science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"science (opens in a new tab)\">science<\/a> question for you. How did this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patrickcarpen.com\/cars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"car (opens in a new tab)\">car<\/a> get there?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Take a moment to think&#8230;..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Think&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Any ideas? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I posted this photo with the same caption on the internet and got varying responses. Some <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"people  (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.patrickcarpen.com\/people\" target=\"_blank\">people <\/a>suggested that it was the work of a helicopter. Some suggested they were going too fast while yet another suggested that the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"car (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.patrickcarpen.com\/cars\" target=\"_blank\">car<\/a> might have been parked at the top of the hill and they forgot the brake. And one person exclaimed, &#8220;please tell me!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But no one guessed the correct answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Power of Water!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This happened in Indonesia in January 2020 during the devastating flood that lasted for about one week. During this time, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patrickcarpen.com\/cars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"cars (opens in a new tab)\">cars<\/a> were picked and floated through the streets like boats. Take a look&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-facebook wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-facebook\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-allowfullscreen=\"true\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ourworldforever\/videos\/439031863646121\/\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block;\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And that&#8217;s the power of water! It&#8217;s not as hard as iron, not even as dense a piece of sponge, yet, it has the power to lift a car &#8211; a car that six strong men might struggle to lift &#8211; and place it comfortably on a cliff. That&#8217;s the power of water. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You&#8217;ve probably heard of hydraulic pumps and hydraulic jacks&#8230;and other hydraulic tools which harness the power of water. As with so many other things in life, water, even though a weak element, under the right circumstances, can do that which stronger elements cannot do. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Related: Harnessing the power of the mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Related: God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the strong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article was first published on the 12th of January, 2020 by Patrick Carpen. 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