| An evening rush hour bullet dodged. [message #797704] |
Wed, 12 March 2008 02:59 |
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Less than 30 minutes after returning home from work this afternoon, I
heard sirens and helicopters. The local 5PM news reported a 4-vehicle
collision (car, SUV, pickup and semi) on southbound US 71 near MO 150
in Grandview, closing US 71 for over 2 hours. Unfortunately, the
station didn't have its report on the Web site, probably because
collisions are too common in the KC area for wasting Web pages.
Traffic on US 71 was backed up almost to I-435, and MO 150 was backed
up in both directions for miles. A coworker who stopped by later
reported having to reroute along several city streets to avoid it.
I saw the helicopters nearby until almost sunset. To think I managed
to avoid it by a normal early departure (work 7:15-3:45) was sobering.
I knew it was bad when 18-wheelers were using nearby residential
streets (visible from home) to make progress. Bet the neighbors were
PO'd over that. GPSTroll would be thrilled.
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| Re: An evening rush hour bullet dodged. [message #797729 ] |
Wed, 12 March 2008 04:18 |
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| Re: An evening rush hour bullet dodged. [message #797731 ] |
Wed, 12 March 2008 04:20 |
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On Mar 11, 10:18=A0pm, Scott in SoCal <scottenazt... [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:59:57 -0700 (PDT), MLOM <gr... [at] netzero.net>
> wrote:
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> >I saw the helicopters nearby until almost sunset. =A0To think I managed
> >to avoid it by a normal early departure (work 7:15-3:45) was sobering.
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> >I knew it was bad when 18-wheelers were using nearby residential
> >streets (visible from home) to make progress. =A0Bet the neighbors were
> >PO'd over that. =A0GPSTroll would be thrilled.
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> Why didn't you run over there with your video camera and shoot some
> footage?
> --
> "Dave's not here, man!"
> =A0 - Tommy Chong
The 5th hole of the golf course was in use at the time, eliminating a
convenient shortcut. :-P
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| Re: An evening rush hour bullet dodged. [message #797759 ] |
Wed, 12 March 2008 14:30 |
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| Re: An evening rush hour bullet dodged. [message #797848 ] |
Thu, 13 March 2008 01:17 |
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On Mar 12, 8:30=A0am, Scott in SoCal <scottenazt... [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:20:05 -0700 (PDT), MLOM <gr... [at] netzero.net>
> wrote:
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> >On Mar 11, 10:18=A0pm, Scott in SoCal <scottenazt... [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> Why didn't you run over there with your video camera and shoot some
> >> footage?
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> >The 5th hole of the golf course was in use at the time, eliminating a
> >convenient shortcut. :-P
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> Don't you know how to play dodgeball? :)
> --
> "Dave's not here, man!"
> =A0 - Tommy Chong
I only practice dodging wadded-up tinfoil. ;)
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