Just another blowout!

My car~ 2004 Cantury Buick. Bad thing about it~ The tires! I've had this car for a little over a year, approximately 14 1/2 months. I have had 3 flats and a blow out, almost 2 blow outs to be exact.

This morning, i was just going about my business like normal. I had just gotten off the pone while driving with setting up a doctor's appointment for a physical. I was heading westbound on I-40 between the Louisiana and San Mateo exit and i was in the fast lane(aka the far left lane). I started feeling my car bumping really bad and htought it was the road and so i proceeded to drive. I started wondering if it was my car. It didn't feel like my other flats. I turned off my music and decided to move to the middle lane. It kept going, so it was me! I continued to proceed to the far right lane (3 lane highway). I started going slower and slower and saw a whole bunch of smoike come out behind me. Well, my tire blew out. I don't even know when it happened cause i didn't feel anything til the vibrations. I stopped in the middle of the freeway right next to the construction guys. I was too scared to go anywhere else. I started to cry. I was scared cause i was stuck in the middle of the freeway and i couldn't get out of my car or i'd get hit! I decided to call 9-1-1. I told them that my car had a problem, i thought a flat and i was in the middle of the highway. They said they'd send someone out. While waiting for a cop to show up, one of the construction workers came over and said, do you have a flat, and i said yes. He asked if i had a spare and i said yes. He asked if i had anyone to help me, but i didn't. I have changed a tire before but this one was completely gone. The others just had nails in them. The officer arrived and told me to pull over. He said to go slow. I was trying to go too fast. He used his speaker so i could hear. So i went as slow as possible and moved over when he said. He came over to check on me and said that a highway patrol was on his way to help me change it. The construction worker came over. I didn't realize it was him cause he had put on this bright green jacket one. I got my spare out and my jack. He had one of those hydrolyx machine thingys for drilling i guess but was able to unscrew the bolts. The jack he had was too small or too big for my car and he used mine. He changed my tire for me in like less than 5 minutes! It was awesome. A few minutes after the highway patrol came and we explained the situation and then a realized the guy who changed my tire was the construction guy. I ended up going to discount tires like always. They said my front tire was about to blow too. The metal was showing. The other tire was just wearing out too. I got 3 new tires all with warranties. The reason for the blow out~ not having my tires rotated and being low on air, normal wear and tear. I also have a theory and that is a few sundays ago, i almost ran a stop sign and had to make an abrupt stop and i burned rubber. That could've been the possible cause too. Heavenly Father was watching out for me 4 times this morning 1) Allowing nothing terribly owful to happen after the blow out 2)Allowing me to get over safely and securely 3) He made sure my other tire didn't blow out before i got to the tire place 4) He allowed it to happen today and not tomorrow when i have 3 finals. He also was watching out for me because he sent me a rescuer (The construction man). The patrol man was surprised i got someone over to were i was cause they had many cops out pulling people over today. Luckily, Hannah had previously warned me about them!

There's my crazy day so far!My other flats occured 1) after leaving work one evening (where i learned to change a tire) 2) In Madrid, NM, with my dad this past summer 3) After leaving the institute to go to work. I stopped at a gas station and either i noticed or someone told me. 4) Today on I-40, right near where i in my first car accident 14 months ago.