On Tue, 1 May 2007 09:30:02 -0400, "Peter R."
wrote:

On 4/30/2007 9:08:21 PM, Nathan Young wrote:

What were weather conditions when you called?

Directly overhead my airport was CAVU. To the east was a line of t-storms and
farther out to the west (Ohio, Indiana, Iowa) also t-storms.

With the closure of the Buffalo FSS last month I believe our calls initially
route to Cleveland with overflow going to Leesburg, Virginia. Apparently
overflows from there go west, as demonstrated by the fact I ultimately talked
to a Phoenix, Az, briefer.

What a bummer. Hopefully this is a one time occurence, and you will
not have to wait for a briefer each time the weather is crap.

You could always get a cell phone with a Chicago area code, which
should direct you to the Kankakee FSS. Like I said, they always seem
to pick up immediately. :-)