Snow Storm rolling into Cedar Rapids; FedEx notifies Tucker that service may be halted due to weather on Wednesday in Eastern Iowa

Eastern Iowa Breaking News: "A MAJOR WINTER STORM"

As this Gazette photo shows, FedEx trucks are out for now, but the driver
who picked up at Tucker Manufacturing Co. Inc. on Tuesday indicated they can't
promise pick ups on Wednesday, which would be a first in nearly 11 years per one
FedEx employee.

Get the latest details here from The Gazette and KCRG:
Roads worsening as storm picks up
Storm photos
Live road cam, 3:30 p.m.
Cancellations
Flights cancelled at airport
Stay home if possible, officials say
Pinpoint Doppler Radar
Updated road conditions

Our FedEx driver notified our staff during Tuesday afternoon's pickup that FedEx may halt pickups on Wednesday, December 9, 2009 due to the Winter Snow Storm in Eastern Iowa. The FedEx employee said that would be the first time in the 11 years that he has worked for FedEx in Cedar Rapids.

Our manufacturing operations were processing orders today and we plan at this time to continue operations for Wednesday, December 9, 2009, but shipments may be delayed per FedEx comments.

Time will tell what the impact of this Winter Storm will be on Iowa. The National Guard is on alert in the State of Iowa.

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Social Networking News

Forty Million Americans Now Contribute To Social Networking Sites: Who Are They? per article today in Social Media Biz. Our company recently began utilizing Twitter.

We learned about Twitter through a Rotary International program that Robin Tucker attended. Steve Buttry, the new editor of The Gazette, the local newspaper in Cedar Rapids, Iowa USA spoke about it during a November meeting of the Rotary Club of Cedar Rapids.

stevebuttry Thanks for your questions and comments. I passed them on to Jeff Tecklenburg, our editorial page editor. about 5 hours ago (The sentence to the left is an example of a twitter message) as Steve put it at Rotary... "just 140 characters". (edit - oops, thanks Steve... fitting he's the editor of the paper)!

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Tucker Manufacturing Co., Inc. of Cedar Rapids, Iowa USA

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