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To: Cindy; SlowBoat407; All
I received a call from SlowBoat about this shutdown of I-95 and he wanted me to pass this on...:

8,700 Gallons of Gasoline Spill in Swamp After 18-Wheeler Overturns (Fayetteville NC - 3/16/07)

Saint Pauls — A tractor-trailer truck carrying gasoline overturned on southbound Interstate 95 Friday, closing down part of the highway and stopping traffic.

All southbound lanes of I-95 are closed at mile marker 35 south of Fayetteville, and are expected to remain closed until mid-afternoon. Motorists should seek alternate routes, according to the North Carolina Department of Transportation.

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928 posted on 03/16/2007 9:04:52 AM PDT by all4one (Global Warming is just another UN policy to get their hands in our pockets)
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To: all4one

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FBI: Extremists Driving School Buses
Posted by Sopater
On 03/16/2007 2:37:16 PM CDT

"Fox News ^ | Friday, March 16, 2007 | LARA JAKES JORDAN
WASHINGTON — Suspected members of extremist groups have signed up as school bus drivers in the United States, counterterror officials said Friday, in a cautionary bulletin to police. An FBI spokesman said "parents and children have nothing to fear." Asked about the alert notice, the FBI's Rich Kolko said "there are no threats, no plots and no history leading us to believe there is any reason for concern," although law enforcement agencies around the country were asked to watch out for kids' safety. The bulletin, parts of which were read to The Associated Press, did not say how often foreign... "


929 posted on 03/16/2007 12:59:50 PM PDT by drymans wife (They is nothing like the mind of a TM;'er)
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To: all4one; SlowBoat407

Thanks for the info.

I'm glad everyone is ok.
It looks like the truck driver will pull through.


930 posted on 03/16/2007 1:14:13 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: all4one; Cindy

Thanks for bringing everyone up to speed. We were routed onto a side street for about 10 miles, but we're now safe and sound in Florida for a week. Take care!


949 posted on 03/16/2007 9:10:22 PM PDT by SlowBoat407 (Objects in the mirror are more easily seen than they were through the windshield.)
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