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Tag: tornadoes
Channel 19
Downtown Nashville TA spared by last night’s tornado that crossed I-24 very close by
The downtown truck stop has been sparred after the tornado ripped through Nashville on the morning of March 3. Details and more information here on Overdrive.
March 3, 2020
Business
Do not fold, spindle, mutilate or molest
In which a tree falls through the Parkers’ house and Wendy is told not to touch anything until the insurance guy shows up: “No. Please no. It’s a trigger, I can’t help it … The minute I’m told “not to touch” something, it becomes my life’s mission to touch that thing. ”
January 13, 2017
Business
43 lives claimed during severe week for weather
More is on the way — potential blizzard conditions, flooding, ice, tornadoes — in areas particularly across the Midwest and Southeast through the new year. Keep tuned to weather services on your lanes this week.
December 28, 2015
Business
After tornado outbreak on the plains, severe weather moves east
Tornado watches remained in effect through 6 p.m. Central Tuesday for some areas of Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana. Severe storms expected to follow through Mississippi and Alabama through Wednesday.
November 17, 2015
Channel 19
Lookback on — and a severe weather report from — a Mustang at the tattoo parlor
Mike “Mustang” Crawford runs through the high winds on I-40 in West Okla. and East Texas, and a look back on his Marine Corps tattoo.
October 13, 2014
Truck Stops
Love’s stop in Choctaw, Okla., reopens after 2010 tornado
At I-40’s Exit 166, the new site offers an 11,000-square-foot facility, significantly larger than the previous location.
May 27, 2014
Equipment
Severe-duty disaster relief
The First Response Team of America utilizes top heavy trucks and equipment to in a philanthropic effort to provide disaster relief wherever it is needed.
September 16, 2012
Channel 19
Farm to market in style — Bill Blankenship’s 1978 W900A
Bill Blankenship, who with his son, Jerry, runs the McMinnville-based Blankenship Farms & Nursery business, found this member of the 1978 class of Kenworth’s long-running W900 model eight years ago, buying it to haul the products of his business. Today, after a long restore-and-rebuild process, he hauls trees to customers week-in, week-out — “32 trips […]
June 17, 2012
Channel 19
A note from Schneider on their Dallas facility
I received the note below just now from the folks at Schneider National. Luckily, none of the company’s personnel at their Dallas-area facility were injured or killed when yesterday’s tornadoes tore through, as has been reported elsewhere — and buildings on the property sustained no damage; personnel are back to work to day picking […]
April 4, 2012
Channel 19
Breaker-breaker: Thursday Channel 19 news round-up
Tonight on American Trucker on the Speed Channel: You The third episode of the second season of the American Trucker documentary show on the Speed Channel is called, simply, “Independent.” It will explore, well, guess who? The episode runs at 10p.m. eastern time, with replays throughout the week. See the full schedule. Or if you’ve […]
July 28, 2011
Channel 19
Getting around ‘Truckermageddon’; American Trucker season 2 ‘gets hardcore’
I-405 shutdown this weekend — the 405 will be shut down northbound in a 10-mile stretch between I-10 and U.S. 101.
July 14, 2011
Channel 19
More tornado aid coming from the trucking industry
It keeps coming. If you missed the feature on the trucking industry’s response to this spring’s horrendous series of devastating tornadoes in Truckers News‘ current issue by Caroline Taylor, click through this picture from the magazine (taken in the city of the magazine’s headquarters, Tuscaloosa, Ala.) for the full feature. Since it was written, various […]
July 6, 2011
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