There was trouble on I-70 yesterday too........
Motorist injured in pile-up on I-70
Published Saturday, May 15, 2004
Six vehicles were involved yesterday in a traffic pile-up on Interstate 70 near the Perche Creek bridge.
Only one person involved in the wreck needed medical treatment, and that was for minor injuries, said Cpl. Mark Wilson of the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
The noon wreck occurred after an eastbound Chevy Trailblazer spun out of control just west of the bridge. As nearby traffic slowed, a dump truck struck a Jeep Grand Cherokee from behind. Three other vehicles were involved in chain-reaction collisions.
Wilson declined yesterday to provide the name of the 37-year-old injured Columbia motorist.
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They were planning construction in Colorado
Junction construction to close part of I-70
By The Denver Post
State transportation officials plan to close eastbound and westbound Interstate 70 between the Morrison exit and West Sixth Avenue on Sunday and Monday nights from 7 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. The shutdown will allow workers to place bridge girders at the I-70/C-470 junction. The work had been scheduled last week but was postponed because of the weather.
During the closure, motorists traveling east on I-70 will exit at Genesee Park, take U.S. 40 east and return to I-70 at the Colfax Avenue/I-70 interchange. Westbound I-70 motorists will exit at Colfax during the closures and take U.S. 40 to the Morrison exit, officials said.
On Tuesday and Wednesday nights, also from 7 p.m. to 5:30 a.m., only westbound I-70 will be closed so workers can finish the girder placement. The same alternate routing for westbound traffic will prevail.
On MSNBC, there was a report about tractor-trailers being used for attacks. The threat was for another country (I don’t recall which one), but was not specific to the US. I would treat this as if it were meant for the US. The report could have been misinformation. While were watching for truck attacks in other countries, we suffer them here.
If they do stage truck attacks here, I’d image they would be loaded w/ explosives or some other nasty payload. Just a blurb I heard on the news. Don’t have any more details. Any one traveling should take extra care.
Stay Alert folks. There’s a whole lot going on.
I think what we’ll see when we do get hit will be a combination of every type of attack we’ve discussed all happening in a simultaneous, coordinated manner.
Low yield nuclear detonations
Dirty bomb detonations
Homicide attacks
Tractor-trailer attacks
Rail (train) attacks
Small aircraft (loaded w/ only God knows what) attacks
Release of bio and chem. Agents
Someone mentioned a while back that AQ knows they’ve only got one more shot (at least in the short term) so they’re waiting for all the plans to mature. Once they think they can pull off all attacks in a coordinated manner, they’ll make their move. These monsters are patient. I think they’re just waiting for us to go back to sleep and many Americans already have.
Chunks of cement fall from bridge in Chicago
May 15, 2004 — There were traffic troubles at a busy spot in Chicago overnight. Chunks of cement started falling from the Lake Shore Drive Bridge at Belmont.
Police and fire crews were at the scene. They directed traffic around the area. Workers were seen knocking some of the loose cement to the ground.
It's unclear if any repairs are planned or if the area will be closed to traffic.
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/news/051504_ap_ns_bridge.html
City worker injured in fire
A city worker was severely injured when a fire broke out as a tanker was being loaded with fuel Friday at the city's Department of Fleet Management, 1685 N. Throop. The fire started about 2p.m. The driver of the truck tried to put out the fire and called 911, officials said. The worker suffered burns to about 18 percent of his body. He was transported to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center where he was in critical condition. Four others on the scene suffered smoke inhalation, officials said.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-metro15.html