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Longtime TA Nashville employees recount historic 2010 flood, support and recovery
Listen: Getting close to the 10th anniversary of the historic flooding of Nashville in 2010, employees at the downtown TA who were there when it happened recount the rising waters, their relationships with longtime driver customers, and the recovery process in this podcast. Also: Why are some TA Petro stops moving away from traditional diners? HOS has something to do with it âŚ
July 30, 2019
Business
Truck driver killed in Houston flooding after historic rainfall
A truck driver was one of at least five people who died during the historic rainfall that flooded much of the Houston metropolitan area Sunday, April 17 and Monday, April 18.
April 20, 2016
Business
Texas DOT reopens I-10 in both directions at TX/LA state line
I-10 at the Texas-Louisiana state lane is now open in both directions.
March 19, 2016
Business
Flooding causing highway problems throughout South
A rain system stalled over Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas is wreaking havoc and causing flooding on many major highways and interstates.
March 10, 2016
Voices
One driver and one emergency load â to flooded Boulder, Colo.
Don Christner recounts a recent critical haul to a water treatment facility in Boulder, Colo.
September 20, 2013
Channel 19
PHOTOs: Bridgestoneâs retread process, tire maintenance and more
A pictorial tour through Bridgestoneâs La Vergne, Tenn., North American Manufacturing Education Center and retread plant.
September 5, 2012
Channel 19
One truckerâs video of April flooding on I-29 in North Dakota
File this one under âOld newsâ if you like (or under âDonât try this at homeâ or âNot the greatest decisionâ), but to get the week started here I thought Iâd share a vid from the April flooding of I-29 near the North Dakota/Minnesota border, as shared by the folks at the N.D. Grand Forks [âŚ]
June 27, 2011
Channel 19
Happiness; UK producers seek âWorldâs Toughest Truckerâ
Happiness Thereâs no other way to describe this picture, eh? Itâs Virginia Kirk, general manager of the TA C-store and fuel islands in Nashville, Tenn., during the locationâs grand reopening last week. Itâs âawesomeâ to be back up and running, she told me Friday after being closed for nine months. Kirkâs addition of the âWelcome to [âŚ]
March 8, 2011
Channel 19
Skydiving to the ark: A Channel 19 2010 âYear in Reviewâ
Itâs been a banner year for dramatic, contentious, weird and/or humorous trucking news here on the Channel 19 blog. I canât possibly predict how 2010 will be remembered years down the line, but read through the lens of this blog, well, it was nothing short of tumultuous, containing the highest of highs and the lowest [âŚ]
December 31, 2010
Channel 19
Talking recession, recovery and history in Oklahoma City with Marvin Rush
Amid recent headlines trumpeting growing manufacturing activity, freight volumes and truck and trailer sales, itâs tempting to look at Rush Enterprisesâ expansive new facility in Oklahoma City off I-40 at the Council Road exit as yet another sign of the growing consensus that the Great Recession is either over or nearing its close and the trucking [âŚ]
June 15, 2010
Channel 19
Grascals tour bus driver âStubobâ Myrickâs Nashville flood tale
Stuart âStubobâ Myrick (pictured) of the Gallatin, Tenn., area paid his driving dues behind the wheel of several dump trucks, in the late 1970s, then logging miles over the road with a grocery-distribution outfit pulling vans and, most recently, a flatbed loaded with empty containers in the private fleet of a container refurbishing company. In short, heâs well earned his [âŚ]
May 27, 2010
Channel 19
Hauler narrowly averts disaster at I-24 Middle Tennessee sinkhole
As if the Tennessee Department of Transportation didnât have enough problems already, considering the damage recent flooding did to infrastructure in the middle part of the state, Tuesday earlier this week a reportedly 25-foot-deep, 40-foot-wide, 18-foot-long sinkhole opened up on I-24 eastbound between Nashville and Chattanooga (pictured, Courtesy TDOT) that nearly swallowed up a big truck, folks on the scene [âŚ]
May 21, 2010
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