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Breaking: AmTrak Train Passengers Calling CNN for Help
CNN | 7-22-07

Posted on 07/21/2007 2:36:37 PM PDT by Global2010

CNN Just interview a passenger who has been on a stranded Amtrak since 9:30 a.m.

More calls are coming in from passengers on the train.

Seems this lady wants off and Amtrak is saying to the passengers they don't know when that will happen.

Rumors are the tracks are washed out at both ends.

Food, water, air, toilets still in good shape.

Just seems to be very frustrated passengers due to lack on info.

So they wanted to reach a live national news show to let them know they are stuck.

The Anchor on CNN said well sounds like they are not in danger or lacking food/toilet so you can't say anything negative about Amtrak.

The other anchor said maybe we should send them all copies of Harry Potter to keep them occupied (sarcastically speaking).


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: amtrak; flood; texas
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To: DainBramage

Post #9 LOLOLOL


21 posted on 07/21/2007 2:51:49 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Global2010

So...this train is stuck in Texas?

Can’t tell from the thread body...


22 posted on 07/21/2007 2:52:39 PM PDT by The Coopster
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To: Global2010

A lot of central and east Texas has been experiencing flooding. Where I live, it has rained something like 56 out of the last 58 days. Sime of those days have given us 5 or more inches.


23 posted on 07/21/2007 2:52:44 PM PDT by Tex Pete
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To: Global2010


...we told the conductor we just wanted to go on a little fishin' trip...
...and now all this.
24 posted on 07/21/2007 2:53:48 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: Global2010
I rode Amtrak cross country once. Wow. You meet some characters, let me tell ya. I wouldn’t get too excited about one rider sounding the alarm. They need to head down to the club car for a spell...
25 posted on 07/21/2007 2:55:12 PM PDT by Dysart
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To: FreedomCalls

Well other than a government subsidized rail system is still in business at all but that’s a larger problem.


26 posted on 07/21/2007 2:56:21 PM PDT by billbears (Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it. --Santayana)
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To: operation clinton cleanup
Where is the President! Has FEMA been mobilized?

Based on what happened after Katrina the President better go rescue them with Marine One immediately unless he wants to be blamed for people being stuck on a train.

27 posted on 07/21/2007 2:56:46 PM PDT by Mad_as_heck (The MSM - America's (domestic) public enemy #1.)
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To: WestCoastGal

Flash Flooding Causing Major Problems
Last Update: Jul 21, 2007 12:24 PM

Posted By: CyberBob

UPDATED: Saturday 12:30pm: It may not seem like it to you now, but the rain is going away! However the flash flooding is causing significant problems on roads and flooding is occurring along area rivers, creeks and streams.

In Medina County, the Red Cross has opened a shelter at Wools Middle School for voluntary evacuation of D’Hanis. They are expecting around 300 people to use this shelter. North of Highway 90 in Medina County, rainfall totals are over 5 inches of rain today with some totals in excess of 8 inches of rain.

In Medina and Uvalde Counties, Highway 90 is closed because of flooding. Uvalde is in standby mode to open a shelter at the Civic Center if necessary.

Moderate flooding is occurring in Sabinal at the Sabinal River. Minor to moderate flooding is occurring along the Nueces and Frio Rivers.

In Bandera County, moderate flooding is occurring along the Medina River above Lake Medina. Water is expected to trickle over Medina Dam spillway this afternoon. Minor to moderate flooding can be expected this afternoon and tonight along the Medina River south of Medina Lake and the San Antonio River at Elmendorf.

There are still flooding problems along the Guadalupe River south of Lake McQueeny from Friday’s rain. There are still some road closures in Comal, Guadalupe, and Gonzales counties from Friday’s rain and the rain early this morning.

The heavy rain is slowly moving north and northwest at 10-15 mph. It will continue to dissipate and move out of the region this afternoon.
4 Warn Storm Team Chief Meteorologist Jennifer Broome tells us Saturday is our transition day from very wet weather to more typical summertime chances of rain, which are late afternoon and evening pop-up storms. High pressure will build in from the north to give us drier weather. It doesn’t mean rain chances aren’t completely gone. We’ll hang on to the 20-30% chance of rain in the afternoons early next week.

YOUR FORECAST: Sat - Rain, heavy at times during the day. Flash flood watch in effect. High 82. Sat night - Isolated evening storms. Mostly cloudy. Low 73. Sun - Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon storms. High 90.

Train is stranded between Uvalde and Sabinal near San Antonio.


28 posted on 07/21/2007 2:58:05 PM PDT by WestCoastGal (Jr - You drive we'll follow! ~~FREE THE # 8~~Mountain Dew Code Red)
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To: kcvl
Thank you that helps greatly.

I actually have relatives in Murphy Texas (north of Dallas) who mentioned a lot of rain last month -- but didn't really dwell on it much. I guess it's been a lot worse than they let on.

One reason why I live in Las Vegas! We get rain a few times during the year, but it's gone in 20 minutes...not that flash floods can't be a problem, but wow...the kind of stuff they're getting in Texas is nasty.

29 posted on 07/21/2007 2:58:37 PM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast
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To: kcvl

If I got into somethin like that, the first thing I’d do when I see some dame whinin would be to go over and slap her like she was Taliban.

“Lady, you gonna be part of the problem, or part of the solution?”


30 posted on 07/21/2007 2:58:49 PM PDT by djf (Bush's legacy: Way more worried about Iraqs borders than our own!!! A once great nation... sad...)
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To: Dysart
I rode it from Chicago to Sacramento. Met a whole bunch of DeadHeads going to Denver to see their favorite band. Nice people, but they sure filled the club car for the whole trip.
31 posted on 07/21/2007 2:59:08 PM PDT by Othniel (Mohammad: False Prophet and Smeghead Deluxe....)
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To: Conservative Warrior 2007

It does sound stupid, but it also sounds very Amtrak. I can recall being stranded in the mountains for over 24 hours on a train, because of the huge amount of snow. Hardly any food, little water, and I was late getting home for Christmas.


33 posted on 07/21/2007 3:05:18 PM PDT by MizSterious (A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)
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To: Trteamer
Maybe they could let them off the train to pee in the bushes.

I spent 42 hours doing test rides between a mine and power plant. There were 5 of use riding in a caboose. The restroom was out of order because freezing pipes had split. No water for the toilet. The train would stop occasionally along the route. At that time we would "rinse the ballast" in the darkness. There was nothing but railroad track and lots of open space around us.

34 posted on 07/21/2007 3:05:44 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: Global2010
The Anchor on CNN said well sounds like they are not in danger or lacking food/toilet so you can't say anything negative about Amtrak.

No heart wrenching crisis that can be spun to be Bush's fault so no coverage.

35 posted on 07/21/2007 3:06:42 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: Global2010
How much of Texas is flooding?

They’ve been getting it pretty bad, but so have some areas of NM. Why are they calling CNN? Can’t they get through to 911?

36 posted on 07/21/2007 3:09:22 PM PDT by NRA2BFree (THE TREE OF LIBERTY NEEDS TO BE WATERED FROM TIME TO TIME WITH THE BLOOD OF TYRANTS!!!)
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To: TornadoAlley3
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/4986752.html

Do not know if this is same area.

The Trinity River goes through OK and TX, so it's hard to say. I'm not familiar with those counties either.

37 posted on 07/21/2007 3:12:08 PM PDT by NRA2BFree (THE TREE OF LIBERTY NEEDS TO BE WATERED FROM TIME TO TIME WITH THE BLOOD OF TYRANTS!!!)
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To: DainBramage

LOL!


38 posted on 07/21/2007 3:12:55 PM PDT by NRA2BFree (THE TREE OF LIBERTY NEEDS TO BE WATERED FROM TIME TO TIME WITH THE BLOOD OF TYRANTS!!!)
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To: Global2010
“How much of Texas is flooding?”

Hwy. 90 is closed by Hondo. All campers in the hill country located on the Frio River have been asked to leave. They had about 10 inches during the night and this morning. Hwy 55 remains closed. Several roads in and around San Antonio have been closed off and on since yesterday afternoon.

39 posted on 07/21/2007 3:13:34 PM PDT by Faith-Hope
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To: Conservative Warrior 2007

You’ll fit right in here


40 posted on 07/21/2007 3:14:12 PM PDT by Krodg
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