breathless shock struck with the searing impact and the screaming of metal grinding on metal , the blast of snow and wind exploding over them with the white glass of the windshield , showering them in a gut wrenching dizziness that made everything seem to go silent , even as the chrome handle bar of the bicycle hooked into the post of the windshield was heaving , screaming , the bicycle thrashing like an injured animal beside the car , right beside laura .