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PCIntern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-11-11 09:59 AM
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Unusual sighting: not that this means anything but,
I just got home from seeing an emergency in center city Philly, and had to drive on the Schuylkill Expressway to get home, because the river drives are closed for recreational activity on weekend daylight hours. I was driving westbound. Coming at me in an eastbound lane was a black emergency vehicle the likes of which I have never seen: it was flashing those red and blue lights in the grille area and a flasher on or near the dash. It looked to be a modified large pickup truck with a very unusual apparatus/camper-like contraption over the bed. It was moving very fast and the siren was unusual. I've seen weird vehicles in the President's motorcade over the years and this looks like a cousin to one of those modified jobs.

thought I'd just pass it along.
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Dennis Donovan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-11-11 10:05 AM
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1. Any idea what the emergency was in Philly?
I checked Philly.com - nothing there. :shrug:
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PCIntern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-11-11 10:06 AM
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2. IF anythiing were in fact public,
it might be on there Tuesday.
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Ruby the Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-11-11 10:41 AM
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6. True that. LOL!
Maybe it had something to do with the memorial out west yesterday and today and was coming off the turnpike heading for I-95? Although if that were the case, one would assume the Blue Route rather than the Schuylkill.
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Speck Tater Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-11-11 10:09 AM
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3. Torchwood in hot pursuit of a rampaging alien creature. nt
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PCIntern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-11-11 10:14 AM
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4. Don't talk about my SIL like that!!! n/t
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Viva_La_Revolution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-11-11 10:40 AM
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5. We have new EMT vehicles here..
suv with scaled down medical equipment and crew sent to certain calls.

http://www.fdnntv.com/Oregon-Dept-SUV-emergency-response-vehicles

maybe that's what you saw?
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bvar22 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-11-11 11:09 AM
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12. I've never seen a "black" EMT, Fire/Rescue vehicle.
That would be scary.
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mfcorey1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-11-11 10:42 AM
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7. Just Christie going to lunch.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-11-11 10:43 AM
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8. Freaking DUzy
:rofl:
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Lucian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-11-11 10:46 AM
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9. This is a good map to have bookmarked.
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php

In case something goes down somewhere, you'll be able to see it.

Whenever I hear of those weird emergency vehicles, it makes me think of some biological hazard happening.

:scared:
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Wind Dancer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-11-11 10:51 AM
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10. Amazing!
Thanks for sharing - definitely bookmarked.
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Brickbat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-11-11 11:07 AM
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11. Probably a newer emergency command vehicle.
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rusty fender Donating Member (442 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-11-11 11:49 AM
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13. Jeepers Creepers!
:scared: :hide:
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ZombieHorde Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-11-11 01:03 PM
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14. Those are used for zombie outbrakes.
If an area is free of zombies, one of those black vehicles will rush in and release some zombies into the populace.
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