55 and sunny in columbus. On 3/2/07, Rich Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
75 and gorgeously beautiful here in Houston today. Ah feel yer pain... --R Loren Faeth wrote: > They said on the radio the drill for getting people out of the interstate > right of way was a blower truck, a regular plow and a string of National > Guard humvees following. When they found anyone, they'd leave a couple of > humvees to do the dig and pick while the convoy went on. The straggler > humvees would catch up when they had the people and rejoin the > convoy. When all the seats were full, they would head to the nearest > emergency shelter, disgorge people, then go back out again for the next pickups > > At 03:38 PM 3/2/2007, you wrote: > >> Dang. I thought we had it rough when we had to call a plow to get our >> ambulance to the site and then to the hospital. Never had to go to the >> lengths you relate. Happy for that. Best of luck to all. >> BillR >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "LT Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 3:59 PM >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hey, LT Don, are you OK up there? >> >> >> >>> I left work at 11:30 (yesterday) for lunch and decided to walk back to the >>> office -- just a couple of blocks. With the car in the garage (the VW) I >>> didn't want to push my luck by driving it again. >>> >>> We got about a foot of snow but I have drifts of about six feet in places >>> in >>> my yard. Our office, and almost everything else in sight, is closed today. >>> >>> Have been listening to the scanner and watching History Channel. They've >>> had >>> to make two ambulance runs today and both times it was a snowblower truck, >>> then a v-plow truck, and then the ambulance. They are making about 10 mph >>> top speed. ... Heard a few moments ago (scanner) that they are having guys >>> walk in front of the blower truck and guide with hand signals so the >>> driver >>> doesn't accidentally drive into a ditch. >>> > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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