So Many Dynamos Van Wreck -- But The Band is Okay!

Scary stuff on So Many Dynamos' recording blog, from this entry. Thank goodness they are totally okay -- really. Writes Ryan Wasoba:

At about 5:15 on 80 East near Beaver Crossing, NE our back right tire exploded. Aaron was driving, Norm was in the front seat, and Griffin and I were laying down on the bench seats. I woke up when the tire blew. We were going 80 in a 75, totally with the flow of traffic, and at that speed Aaron had a hard time controlling the vehicle after the blow-out.

We drove across the median towards oncoming traffic, and as soon as we hit the westbound part of the highway the van flipped over. We did a complete flip and luckily landed right back on our wheels and drove into the grass on the other side of the highway. 5 of the 9 windows broke, and the top is dented to shit. Our van is completely totaled, and will be living in a junkyard in York, NE until it eventually turns into a tightly compacted box....

Nobody was hurt. NOBODY. A few cuts here and there and a little scraping but really nothing. For an 80 mile-per-hour big van flipping over, that's amazing. When we eventually stopped, everybody was pretty much where they were in the van before the blowout.

Talk about a relief. I called Ryan, and everyone is safe and coming back to St. Louis together tomorrow, thanks to the kindness of Ryan's dad. I'm so, so glad and relieved that they're okay. Be safe, Dynamos!

-- Annie Zaleski