11/15/99 Mon/Tue
990.... Art talks about the revelation Ed Dames had about flight 990, saying there was an altercation in the cockpit. Art says the CBS version of the crash is that it may have been just that, sources say the voice recorder captured one of the pilot making some sort of religious statement. Also, sources say the recorder recorded what sounded like the cockpit door opening and a voice asking what is going on. The recorder shows that both engines cut out right before an electrical outage. Art says this is all from an unconfirmed source.
Lawsuit.... A lawsuit was filed in the case of the worlds worse industrial accident, the deadly gas leak in 1984 that killed 7000 people.
India.... Over 10,000 people dead from a cyclone in India.
FBI.... A congressman who is a Russia expert says the FBI is afraid to ask Russia a direct question about suitcase size nuclear bombs buried in the U.S. including New York.
Meteor.... The meteor storm will be Friday, Art calls it the big one consisting of tiny sand like particles reentering the Earth's atmosphere.
Homes.... In Big Bend, Wisconsin, geologists are trying to figure out why homes are shaking.
Afflictions.... Someone sent Art an article about 10 horrifying afflictions, and Art reads a portion of it.
Cat lovers.... Art reads how to clean a cat, sent in by a listener. And then a blonde joke.
Open lines finishes out the first hour.
2nd hour.... Art reads a few humorous 'thoughts' to get you through any situation.
Guest.... Shaham Shammas joins Art this hour. He works as a computer programmer at the IRS, and he had a NDE which he wrote a book about. Art asks Shaham if the IRS is Y2K compliant. Shaham tells us about his experience, which was in 1982, and how it has taken years to unravel everything he has learned from it. He was attending a funeral, and suddenly he was at his own funeral. Art asks Shaham why he was chosen to have this knowledge, the knowledge he has acquired due to this NDE, and other people are not. Art asks Shaham how he knows what happened to him was real, since he didn't go to a doctor, and not just a dream he had while passed out. Shaham tells us during his NDE he was in some dimension where there is no space and time.
3rd hour.... Open lines this hour. Art reads an email from a listener about the solar flares and another listener asks Art what he thinks is the best kept secret of the 20th century. Art reads a report about ice reduction on the planet. Art reads an article about a Y2K crisis bunker being built by the White House. Later in the hour, Art asks an atheist if he would sell his soul for any price, and the caller hesitated, so Art says 'you're outta here'. A caller discusses sleep paralysis.
4th hour.... Atheism and 'having a soul or not' seems to be the continuing topic at the beginning of this hour. Art asks callers what they think is the best kept secret of the 20th century and one caller says its "did Bill inhale". Later in the hour, a caller tells Art about a time when she almost sold her soul to the devil. More atheist call in.
5th hour.... Art reads an old story about an Air Canada flight in 1983 that ran out of fuel, and the pilot began a legendary glide and landed the plane on a drag strip to the surprise of race fans. Open lines continue. Atheism and selling your soul continues to be a popular topic this hour. After the bottom of the hour break, a caller changes the subject and asks about Mel's hole. Another caller asks Art if he would board an alien aircraft if invited but could never return to his life as he knows it.
