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Regional team readies to deal with crashing satellite

Satellite umbrellaJust in case the Pentagon's first live testing of Star Wars doesn't quite work. Channel 4 reports on the activation of the Massachusetts Urban Search and Rescue Team, which went on Full Scale French Toast alert early this morning:

... The task force includes 80 members made up of physicians, engineers, firefighters and more. The team is prepared to hit the road within four hours of a call.

The team is equipped with more than 70,000 pounds of equipment that will be packed up and sent with them anywhere they are sent on U.S. soil. It also has hazmat, medical, search and rescue capabilities. ...

Photo of a woman obviously preparing for the imminent re-entry of the supersecret spy satellite taken by Owen Massey at the 2007 Glastonbury Festival in England. Posted here under Creative Commons.


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Whatever happened to the "Stop Satellite Abuse" lady? I haven't seen her (or her photo) in a while.

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Well, thank god it's a sweeps month.

Expect 24-7 coverage, tomorrow.

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Now there is going to be a run on Tin Foil for hat making ...

Hmmm ... any way we might get a free Guster concert out of this?

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