This just seems so ironic that people seem to be panicky now, when this info about the zip codes was posted over a week ago on this site, only to get no responses whatsoever. Its just wierd. What you all say is correct. There are reasons this is happening, but remember its not just one reason or the other. It is the culmination of many things happening over the past few months. What do I feel is the biggest contributer? The fact that Fedex drivers have been harrassed and threatened, and a couple have even gotten packages stolen out of their truck while they were inside making a delivery or getting something to eat. This is not hard to believe, nor understand. This makes more sense than anything else out there. Protection of the Fedex drivers and employees is concern number one, and the problem we have here is that Fedex actually has to address the safety of its drivers, whereas in the past, this was never an issue. Call Fedex and ask them about their policy in these zip codes in KY, they'll tell you themselves if it is so hard to believe.

On a side note and in response to one of the first posts in this thread, - dealing with the proposed Fedex Sort Center closing. I haven't heard anything about Fedex doing this, but I have read a very similar story about UPS doing this. They acquired a large Hub when they bought out a company a while back, and I think its located in the midwest somewhere - Dayton, OH maybe? Anyway, they tried keeping the Center open to see how it worked out, and they just don't need it as they're going ahead with plans to build a brand new, state of the art center, nearby - where all the packages would go anyway. So, they're closing it down, and the jobs are being cut. This could be totally different than what you were talking about, I jsut thought it was similar sounding and maybe you just mixed up the companies.