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To: Oral Roberts who wrote (147968)	7/11/2007 3:18:36 PM
From: PatiBob	Respond to of 225578

Just be thankful you weren't using FedEx. chron.com July 11, 2007, 10:49AM Up to 800 packages lost after FedEx truck fire By KEVIN MORAN Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle FedEx workers are sifting through the remains of hundreds of packages damaged in a truck fire on the Gulf Freeway near Reveille early this morning, a company spokesman said. The cause of the fire in a trailer containing about 800 packages weighing up to 150 pounds each remained under investigation this morning, said David Westrick, a spokesman for the ground transportation division of FedEx. "This is a highly unusual event," Westrick said of the fire. Whether any customers lost irreplaceable items was unknown but FedEx's package tracking system allows the company to notify every shipper of the incident, Westrick said. That process was beginning this morning, he said. "Another driver saw smoke (from the trailer) and flagged our driver down," Westrick said. "He tried to put it out with his onboard fire extinguisher but it was too much for that and the fire department was called in." The trailer burned at about 2:30 a.m, traveling from a Dallas FedEx ground hub to Houston, Westrick said. How many of the 800 packages were partially or fully destroyed was unknown today, Westrick said. FedEx plans to expedite loss claims related to the fire, Westrick said. Including the trucks that deliver to homes and businesses across the country, FedEx's ground division has about 17,000 vehicles on the road daily, Westrick said. No records of similar events were available, he said.

To: Oral Roberts who wrote (147968)	7/12/2007 12:02:25 AM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 225578

My UPS guy is on a 3 week vacation. I told him if I ever took 3 weeks off I doubt I would ever come back. We're on a 2+ week vacation. My wife told me she can't recall the last time I took so much time off at a stretch. Saw a dead rattler today. Someone had already cut the rattle off.