Curious18, I would think that anyone should be able to send at the very least a link to a particular thread page via email, snail mail, etc. After all this is a public forum, so I don't think that's a problem. If I am wrong about this, could someone please correct me?
Please keep in mind, however, that LE often enough is
already here, checking for leads and ideas. So a poster might send a link to them that she/he believes is crucial information--something that shouldn't be overlooked. But I wouldn't do it on a frequent basis. Besides, in this instance, I believe we were given information that LE already had. JMHO
The two posts in the pulled thread were here very briefly--they certainly were not on the thread for more than an hour I would think. I wish I had copied them and saved them to my computer, but didn't even consider that the thread was about to be pulled (now slapping myself upside the head).
Got to be fast around here!
P.S. In my area, we were warned that we would have up to 2 ft of snow, and we got ... nothing, zero, zilch. What a crazy storm.