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Old Nov 19, 2002 | 10:56 am
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OT: ATL traffic reporter Kalland dead @ 51

I know this is OT for the Delta board, but many of us either live or work in Atlanta, where Keith Kalland could be heard daily.

Kalland, unlike many other traffic-copter reporters, had a tremendous vocabulary and no fear whatsoever of using it. I will personally miss his references to "Cobbikazes" (reckless drivers from Cobb County), the "ubiquitous ladder in the roadway" (which always seemed to materialize in the busiest part of I-285 right at the beginning of rush hour), "grounds for alarm" (when a truck hauling a load of coffee overturned on I-85) and his signature phrase about the Connector (I-75/85 downtown), "stick a fork in it, it's done."

http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/met...llandobit.html
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