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Bob Neumann
DEAR FRIENDS, i went to Gainesville Florida this weekend, had an ‘interesting time’ your thoughts are needed….
Driving North just after the Florida Turnpike merged with I-75 i had an open eyed vision at 70 mph. There were two roadblocks covering both sides of I-75. And it was a massive display of force. Hundreds of dark brown busses in rows. The forces involved numbered in the thousands as each vehicle was ‘scanned’ by their license plate in some way. Most cars were waved through. In some cases the driver was told to pull over in the closed lanes. There one of three things happened.
The car was told to turn around and join a long line of cars that were being rerouted toward the turnpike south which takes you to Orlando.
The Second option was one or more of the occupants were removed and the car was sent either on it’s way …or joined the convoy towards Orlando.
The THIRD option was what got my attention…those people removed from their cars joined this third group where everyone in the ‘car’ was removed. Men went to one group of busses….children and teens into another….women with small children and babies a third….the elderly and those in wheel chairs a fourth.
When a car was emptied a ‘driver’ jumped in and headed north. The busses with children and the informed (the term came to my spirit) went north….the busses with males went toward Tampa/West….women to Orlando/South….
It was a precision military operation. On the ground were Tanks and APC’s….helicopter gun ships in the air.
T-52 ‘s and bulldozers were pushing off the burning cars of those who either attempted to resist or flee…. and there was a very large pile of bodies lying to the side. No body bags….but teams scanning, fingerprinting, and looting the dead of valuables… Two other little things, in this nature occurred during this trip. They can wait.
Bob in Miami