RE: (erielack) Diamond and USPS delays

["Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_lucent.com>]

I got my Diamond a few days ago, but another newsletter I get never arrived.

The Diamonds are mailed from Columbia, NJ, just next to the Hainesburg
Viaduct... :)

	- Paul


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hhaines_@_aol.com [mailto:Hhaines@aol.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 12:44 PM
> To: jimbatt1_@_juno.com; erielack@lists.railfan.net
> Subject: Re: (erielack) Diamond and USPS delays
> 
> 
> Dear Jim,
> 
> I cannot tell where the Diamonds were mailed, but if it was 
> New Jersey, many of those parcels are checked and 
> "irradiated" for anthrax on the way out of the state. I bet 
> someone on the list works for the U. S. Postal Service and 
> can explain this better, but following is what I was told 
> regarding mail to and from my Dad in New Jersey. 
> 
> Depending on the mail center, this process will heat the mail 
> up to 140F.  There was an NBC news article about the Santa 
> Claus mail being "yellowed" from NJ and NY arriving in 
> Florida because of this process, but nothing can be done.  
> 
> I live in Montana, and the envelope and the Diamond were just 
> fine.  There is a Rutherford NJ return address, but that does 
> not mean that is where it was mailed.  According to my 
> inquiry at the USPS, and a friend at USPS there in NJ, my 
> mail from NJ only gets a single delay for the screening process.
> 
> There is (or was) a possibility for an additional delay for 
> mail sent from NJ being delivered to the NY-NJ area because 
> it could go back through a NJ sort (and screen) center. The 
> mail may have gotten screened and checked again for anthrax 
> before delivery. The delay for delivery seems to be 3 to 5 
> days across the East Coast as of last week, and USPS seem to 
> be catching up. 
> 
> Some of these screening centers are totally electronic, and 
> do not heat the mail.  The process at some centers  raises 
> the temperature of the mail for extended periods. The 
> criteria are general, and sometimes, any package that is not 
> standard and flat will be screened, whether it has a return 
> address, printed mail label, or not. During the Christmas 
> rush, there is no guarantee of the location where the mail 
> will be processed. 
> 
> Although the Diamond, mail from Dad, the Extra Board, and a 
> book got to me safely from New Jersy, another used book from 
> a store there has been in the USPS system for over 5 weeks, 
> and may be lost.  If worried, check with your local USPS.
> 
> Howard Haines, 
> ELHS 1447
> 

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