*From Dick Atlee:*
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > *Mark Crispin Miller wrote on 10/24/20 1:11 PM: > *It's still intact for > those sharing it on FB by Message.* It works fine if you use the non-mobile > FB URL: > https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10220480345611870&id=1029109470 > <https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10220480345611870&id=1029109470> > Except that there seems to only be a black Zoom screen with periodic > changes of text (location names?). There is a link to the event's FB page > at https://www.facebook.com/events/939415249885791/ > <https://www.facebook.com/events/939415249885791/> Here's a Google > translation of their event description. It doesn't seem to involve > trucks... [The livestream was a video taken by helicopter, following* *a 100km-long convoy of trucks headed to the protest—MCM]* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > * ------------------------------------ Today at 9:30 AM EDT - 4 PM EDT > Brossard, Laval, Sherbrooke, Victoriaville and Quebec Public Hosted by > Stephane Quesnel and Sonia Arguin The Mega Convoy Auto event: honking in > unison: October 24, 2020 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Imagine hundreds of decorated > vehicles driving in a convoy that is several km long! Well ! This is what > the Alliance Resistance du Quebec is preparing to do to raise awareness and > demonstrate to the people, as well as to the authorities that govern us, > that we oppose the baseless liberticidal measures that are ruining our > existence. You are therefore invited, all of you, to take part in this > event from one of the three starting points. We will ride together for > three hours in a symphony of horns, we merge to a point where everyone can > resume their way home. During the journey, we will have a smart > telecommunications channel on board our vehicles so as not to have to stop. > A program hosted by the Colin Show, with Alexis Cossette-Trudel and Yandel > Artist of the Helicopter. Stephane Blais, Dan Pilon and Éric Daoust and the > other people involved will come forward with you all! You can also enter > the ultimate common destination in your GPS: route de Lallemand, Lévis, Qc. > At the end, there may be a rally stop if there is space. There will be a > door prize at each of the 4 starting points for the best decorated vehicle! > Starting points: 1: Parking at Dix30 behind the Winners. 2: Center Laval > parking 3: Parking at Galeries de la Capitale (Simons side) 4: Costco > parking in Sherbrooke 5: New departure from Victoriaville ... And others > will merge, communicating with the convoy to find out the position. The > merger between the axes of highway 20 and the 955 (55) from Pont Laviolette > (Trois-Rivières) will be between 12:15 and 12:45. The first convoy will > leave at 10:30 am from Winners Dix30 to take highway 30 towards Sorel-Tracy > in single file, then take the exit for highway 20 towards Quebec, until > highway 55. At this interchange, the three convoys will merge to continue > together until exit 330 (route de Lallemand). The second convoy will leave > at 10:15 am from Center Laval, in Laval, to proceed on Highway 440 East in > single file, then take Highway 25 North and then take the 640 East to > Highway 40, direction Quebec. The breaking point will be at exit 330 (route > de Lallemand). The third convoy will leave at 10:15 am from the Galeries de > la Capitale to proceed on Highway 40 West in single file towards Montreal > until the junction of Highway 55 South, direction Highway 20 East, towards > Quebec. The breaking point will be at exit 330 (route de Lallemand). The > fourth convoy will leave around 10:45 am from Costco, in Sherbrooke, > towards Highway 20 (via the 55), then head for Quebec. A planned distance > of 50 to 100 meters between vehicles traveling between 70 and 90 km / h > will make the convoys safe. No stoppage is planned or any hindrance. > Nothing is left behind: neither garbage nor objects. We are civilized and > we will prove it once again. For more information, you can contact the > organizers: Benoit Boisvert Stéphane Quesnel 450-907-0969* > --- Support News from Underground: https://bit.ly/NFUSupport Visit News from Underground: https://markcrispinmiller.com You received this email because you are subscribed to News from Underground. To unsubscribe from this email list, please go to: http://www.simplelists.com/confirm.php?u=pIdjNUgiG2h8yxbhC54SSy4SEskAoEMs For archives, please go to: https://archives.simplelists.com/nfu
