Medium-rare for me, please. Thanks! ---- Original message ---- >Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 09:32:46 -0400 >From: Roger & Amanda La France <lafrance@xxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: Re: [Sky-1] Remarkable Haz Mat Incident >To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >WOW! What a coincidence, I heard that a cow got loose from a local >slaughter house and wandered on the airport grounds. It then got chopped >up by a taxing prop plane. Then due to the hot MEM sun on the tarmac, >there was prime rib everywhere! > >On the serious side. Here in EWR UAL was unloading 55 Gal drums of >concentrated garlic. One of the drums ruptured and all over the >canloader and the ground it spilled. > >For years after, the smell lingered at gate B65 or when the UAL >canloader would go by you. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Lanier [mailto:alanie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] >Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 7:19 PM >To: hazmat101@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Cc: Skyone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [Sky-1] Remarkable Haz Mat Incident > > >We had a remarkable "haz mat" incident at Memphis International Airport >on >Sunday. At 10:30Am as I was about to go out the door to church, the >communications center called me. The airport fire unit had been called >to >respond to a "haz mat incident" at local hometown mega-huge express >airline's international section in their hub. A number of employees had >to >evacuate the area having burning eyes, watery noses, and difficulty in >breathing. This could be representative of a number of substances. > >After Rescue One, the haz mat unit responded, the "haz mat" substance >was >determined to be a leak with two five gallon containers of concentrated >horseradish from an Asian country. No one was hurt and cleanup was >expedited >by use of SCBA's [Self Contained Breathing Apparatus]. > >When the communications unit called me the second time and told me what >the >substance was and asked what we should do, I replied, "Well, I guess you >ought to get them to order 1500 pounds of prime rib, medium- well." A >check >of the shipping papers and container revealed no violations of laws and >regulations - just a case of bad luck. > >Alton Lanier >Environmental Manager >Memphis International Airport >Arlington, Tennessee > > > >Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > >ADVERTISEMENT > ><http://rd.yahoo.com/M=194081.3551198.4824677.1261774/D=egrou pweb/S=1705 >073027:HM/A=1663535/R=0/SIG=11ps6rfef/*http://www.ediets.com/ start.cfm?c >ode=30504&media=atkins> click here > ><http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l? M=194081.3551198.4824677.1261774/D=egrou >pmail/S=:HM/A=1663535/rand=147043649> > >SkyOne--The Airline News Channel > To Post message: Skyone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To Subscribe: Skyone-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To Unsubscribe: Skyone-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > List owner: Skyone-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Skyone URL: > http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/Skyone > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service ><http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .