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2/19/2008 9:53:10 PM EDT
Rumor from a Coast to Coast AM trucker-caller: His normal loads, usually handled from FedEx freight facilities, have been suspended.  Suspended because FedEx is doing priority FEMA-disaster supply work to CONUS rel. to the school-bus satellite crash or shoot-down in next 48 hours.
2/19/2008 9:56:18 PM EDT
[#1]
One of FedEx Freight's big headquarters is here in Harrison, Arkansas, but I haven't seen any unusual activity from it. I pass by their property almost every day.
2/20/2008 1:19:16 AM EDT
[#2]
I love listening to Coast to Coast, but I won't be losing any sleep over worrying about this satellite.
2/20/2008 3:33:51 AM EDT
[#3]
Their normal overnight stuff is still on track......got a delivery yesterday........probably some nutball who lives in his own make believe world.......
2/20/2008 3:40:08 AM EDT
[#4]

Quoted:
Their normal overnight stuff is still on track......got a delivery yesterday........probably some nutball who lives in his own make believe world.......


SURELY not on coast to coast..

GR
2/20/2008 10:33:15 AM EDT
[#5]
The Fed Ex man just delivered 1500 rounds of 7.62 to my front door not three hours ago.  Business as usual looks to be.
2/20/2008 10:52:45 AM EDT
[#6]
O'boy. Now everyone can take off their tin hats and head to the bunkers.
2/20/2008 1:38:49 PM EDT
[#7]
This was the lunch time joke

At 8:59 tonight I look up to see the lunar eclipse and at that same instant the falling spy sat is hit by the navy.  On its third damaged orbit, the good stuff lands in my yard and I declare salvage rights on the pieces of spy sat that did not burn up
2/20/2008 1:45:47 PM EDT
[#8]


It's a rush shipment of tinfoil.
2/20/2008 1:48:20 PM EDT
[#9]
From the AP:


The government organized hazardous materials teams, under the code name "Burnt Frost," to be flown to the site of any dangerous or otherwise sensitive debris that might land in the United States or elsewhere.



news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080220/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/dead_satellite_32
2/20/2008 1:54:59 PM EDT
[#10]

Quoted:
From the AP:


The government organized hazardous materials teams, under the code name "Burnt Frost," to be flown to the site of any dangerous or otherwise sensitive debris that might land in the United States or elsewhere.



news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080220/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/dead_satellite_32



Hi, we're with sector 7G, we want our satallite back.

And I'm betting it ain't the fuel they are worried about..................more like this is a "special, make sure nothing remains" govt toy.
2/20/2008 1:56:26 PM EDT
[#11]
Hydrazine is incredibly nasty stuff.  1000lbs of it is nothing to sneeze at.  Even a little remaining on debris after reentry could be toxic.
2/20/2008 3:58:12 PM EDT
[#12]
I don't quite understand why the damn thing isn't going to burn up completely during re-entry.  Is it covered with heat shields like the shuttle?
2/20/2008 6:26:57 PM EDT
[#13]
Some of the high pressure vessels I've worked with in the past have been several inches thick.  Good for 30,000 psi.  I know of some of the older guys that blew these up in reactive chemistry work.  One went through a 12inch thick concrete wall. Something like this could withstand re-entry.
2/20/2008 6:30:30 PM EDT
[#14]
Hmm..the company I work for does millions of dollars a year in work for FEMA and the department I manage does a good chunk of that.  My ex-wife is a doctor and is part of the regional mass casualty response infrastructure (we're still on talking terms and communicate about problems, disasters etc).  Neither of us have heard a peep.

I have no doubt it's dangerous and I'm sure they're preparing but I don't think it has affected FedEx (or any other) trucking.
2/20/2008 9:45:13 PM EDT
[#15]
I have a Fed EX freight location across from where I work. No alarm folks; I just bought some more ammo.
2/21/2008 4:12:28 AM EDT
[#16]

Quoted:

Quoted:
From the AP:


The government organized hazardous materials teams, under the code name "Burnt Frost," to be flown to the site of any dangerous or otherwise sensitive debris that might land in the United States or elsewhere.



news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080220/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/dead_satellite_32



Hi, we're with sector 7G, we want our satallite back.

And I'm betting it ain't the fuel they are worried about..................more like this is a "special, make sure nothing remains" govt toy.


Her's your answer!

They don't want anything to be "found".  These fuel tanks come down all the time and they never got worried before.
2/21/2008 6:34:17 AM EDT
[#17]
Local law enforcement in my area got instructions from FEMA on how to handle debris in the event it landed in our area.
2/21/2008 7:03:32 AM EDT
[#18]

The government organized hazardous materials teams, under the code name "Burnt Frost," to be flown to the site of any dangerous or otherwise sensitive debris that might land in the United States or elsewhere.

Also, six federal response groups regularly positioned across the country by the Federal Emergency Management Agency were alerted but had not been activated Wednesday, FEMA spokesman James McIntyre said before the missile launch. "These are purely precautionary and preparedness actions only," he said.


www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8UUMHJO1&show_article=1
2/21/2008 1:26:24 PM EDT
[#19]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Quoted:
From the AP:


The government organized hazardous materials teams, under the code name "Burnt Frost," to be flown to the site of any dangerous or otherwise sensitive debris that might land in the United States or elsewhere.



news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080220/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/dead_satellite_32



Hi, we're with sector 7G, we want our satallite back.

And I'm betting it ain't the fuel they are worried about..................more like this is a "special, make sure nothing remains" govt toy.


Her's your answer!

They don't want anything to be "found".  These fuel tanks come down all the time and they never got worried before.


Wrong,this tank was still full since it was never used on launch.1K gallons is easily enough to level a couple blocks,not to mention how toxic it is even without blowing up.
2/21/2008 1:30:09 PM EDT
[#20]
Crazies aside...

This is a 'Keyhole' photoreconnisance sat...

Basically, one of the best photographic spy sats out there...

In addition to concerns over hydrazine... They do NOT want foreign powers to get a hole of any even remotely intact parts, and be possibly able to improve their technology from them...
2/21/2008 3:31:45 PM EDT
[#21]
Plus it was a realy convincing way to show the Sovie... uhh Russians that we are pretty far along on our missle shield.  Anyone in the NW able to see any of it last night?
2/21/2008 4:14:26 PM EDT
[#22]

The government organized hazardous materials teams, under the code name "Burnt Frost," to be flown to the site of any dangerous or otherwise sensitive debris that might land in the United States or elsewhere.


Who names these things?!
2/23/2008 2:47:00 AM EDT
[#23]
Besides the "public health" and "national security" issues.... it was just very cool to see that thing blow apart like the Death Star.



Michael

2/23/2008 4:01:03 AM EDT
[#24]
I used to work nights & listen to Art Bell; this trucker that called in, was he the one whoz wifes-cousins-sisters-babysitters was captured by aliens, brain removed & replaced with a blender & now she spews out margraritas if she eats ice & drinks a shot of tequilla?  Yea, there's a load of truth on that midnite 5 hour radio mind freak.

now back to the reloading bench,,,,