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Missing HAZMAT truck & Driver, Florida
WCJB TV 20, Gainesville FL ^ | October 2, 2001

Posted on 10/01/2001 11:26:17 PM PDT by cgk

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To: Skibane
"Stealing the truck is only half the battle — How do you manage to put the truck in the right place to pick up a truly hazardous shipment? A lot of the stuff these trucks carry isn't all that dangerous."

You should have seen what a tanker truck full of chlorine did when it flew off the 610-59 exchange in Houston a few years ago. Now, imagine a tanker truck full of gasoline 'blowing' on any of the bridges over the Mississippi River. Most people are not aware of the number of 'sea ports' up the Mississippi River. (Big economic pain)

121 posted on 10/02/2001 5:11:59 PM PDT by blam
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To: World'sGoneInsane
I have seen a couple of these planes. The cockpit canopy sits up higher on these than most planes.....more like a WW2 warbird in that respect. It is an awkward looking plane but has plenty of power for low and slow flight with a heavy load ,turbo I believe. If I remember correctly, they are sometimes referred to as air tractors.
122 posted on 10/02/2001 5:12:15 PM PDT by backtobasics
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To: blam
Right on I-75 between Orlando and Gainesville.

Hint, don't drink the O.J. until they prove the load was properly dumped

The guys over in Florida report that touristism is down. They say they only have terrorists living there and they train there. They doubt that they would screw with their home and training bases, so take a vacation in Florida, everyone else is the target.
NOT !

123 posted on 10/02/2001 5:12:31 PM PDT by Suck My AR-16
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To: TexasNative2000
"I drove from Tampa up I-75 and west on I-10 through Pensacola over the weekend."

You should have stopped in New Orleans at the FReeper party there.

124 posted on 10/02/2001 5:18:29 PM PDT by blam
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To: crypt2k
I heard that a 20 year State dpt employee was missing this am in a small plane . I think they said it was going to the Turks or Cacos Isl. Heard that on 610 am in Miami
125 posted on 10/02/2001 5:22:32 PM PDT by ottoisa1
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To: Common Tator
Here's a refrence to an AY-65 as a "fumigation" plane..

Source: Bio-War against Cuba

So... It's a cropduster?

That's what I gather from the above.

126 posted on 10/02/2001 5:27:30 PM PDT by Jhoffa_
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To: ez2muz
"Presently, A1A is closed from south of the Patrick Air Force Base North to around south Cocoa Beach."

I'll be darned. I used to live on A1A in Satellite Beach. We have a similar situation here with the shipyard at Pascagoula, Mississippi, where the USS Cole is being repaired. Hmmmm

127 posted on 10/02/2001 5:28:25 PM PDT by blam
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To: backtobasics; MississippiMan
backtobasics is correct in that it sits high. Looks a lot like a WW2 torpedo bomber. It does have a gas turbine engine that has a very distinctive sound compared to the ones running piston engines. A friend of mine flies one and he just grinned when I made the statement that he shouldn't have any problem keeping the chemicals in solution. Meaning his technique at the end of a field is to pull hard g's to gain altitude then crank it over almost upside down to spot his smoke (his has this spot marker accessory installed) then power slid down while lining up the run back across the field. He is fun to watch as he gets so much joy from flying.

While I have never asked him if it has a second seat, it is definitely big enough to have a jump seat behind and below the pilots chair. That would put one in the 'hold' with the tank though.

128 posted on 10/02/2001 6:01:39 PM PDT by Dust in the Wind
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To: blam
I grew up on the IA/IL border and there were 4 bridges that crossed the Mississippi, and one was almost always closed for repairs/construction. I think that is the case in most cities along the Mississippi. A bridge blowing up would kill people, but probably not that many and there are alternate routes. The bridges are also watched.

It is my personal belief that terrorists may try to attack the military again or a power source. I think that they are trying to show we are weak. If they attacked a school or daycare, women would be so pi$$ed that they would be calling up GW themselves and asking for nukes.

129 posted on 10/02/2001 7:29:58 PM PDT by GWfan
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To: cgk
RE: THE TRUCK

1. the Global Positioning System, a satellite tracking device, has been disconnected.

2. the 18-wheeler has markings that allow the truck to be used to haul hazardous materials.

3. 'He also told his boss that he had a family funeral to attend,'' Sowder said, adding the intelligence unit later learned through family members that there were no known funerals in the family.

4.  the last satellite track had him positioned four miles from Tornado, W.Va.

5. the tractor, a white 1999 Kenworth with Florida tag A7629C, and its trailer, a 1998 Great Dane (tanker?) with Ohio tag C0283M,

6. The tractor and trailer both have blue and yellow stripes and utilize the company's initials ''LCT'' on the sides.
(Lester Coggins Trucking)

The tractor also has the identification number 907 on the side and the trailer has an identification of N3858

130 posted on 10/02/2001 7:35:45 PM PDT by Suck My AR-16
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To: Suck My AR-16
Thanks for the clarification. This fills in a lot of the details.
131 posted on 10/02/2001 8:07:19 PM PDT by Nuke'm Glowing
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To: GWfan
"I think that is the case in most cities along the Mississippi. A bridge blowing up would kill people, but probably not that many and there are alternate routes. The bridges are also watched."

I was thinking more of a bridge farther south, like around New Orleans, that would stop shipping traffic, not so much auto traffic.

132 posted on 10/02/2001 8:51:19 PM PDT by blam
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To: blam
bttt
133 posted on 10/03/2001 12:41:38 AM PDT by seeker41
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To: cgk
Any update on the truck?
134 posted on 10/04/2001 12:42:10 PM PDT by smorgle
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