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400 Chicago Flights cancelled
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/w...ertainment-utl
Nothing like freezing rain to throw a wrench in the gears. I'm familiar with the normal chaos of O'Hare -- I simply can't imagine what it's like with 400 cancelled flights. You couldn't pay me enough to wade into that mess tonight. We've had 22 degree freezing fog, mist and drizzle all day. NOTHING is flying here. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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400 Chicago Flights cancelled
"Jay Honeck" wrote in message ... http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/w...ertainment-utl Nothing like freezing rain to throw a wrench in the gears. I'm familiar with the normal chaos of O'Hare -- I simply can't imagine what it's like with 400 cancelled flights. You couldn't pay me enough to wade into that mess tonight. We've had 22 degree freezing fog, mist and drizzle all day. NOTHING is flying here. -- Same weather in Tulsa, just 5 to 10 warmer. Heavy tree losses. |
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400 Chicago Flights cancelled
Jay Honeck wrote in
: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/w...ec10,0,7708189 .story?coll=chi-entertainment-utl Nothing like freezing rain to throw a wrench in the gears. I'm familiar with the normal chaos of O'Hare -- I simply can't imagine what it's like with 400 cancelled flights. You couldn't pay me enough to wade into that mess tonight. I bet that's only about 10% of the flights out of there on a Holiday Sunday... And I also bet they cancel over 100 flights every time the wind blows there. O'Hare is about the worst airport in the country as far as on-time and cancellation performance... Oh, the end of the story said that MDW was fine... Imagine that - must have been a very localized weather problem. |
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400 Chicago Flights cancelled
On Dec 10, 7:05 am, Judah wrote:
Jay Honeck wrote : http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/w...webdec10,0,770... .story?coll=chi-entertainment-utl Nothing like freezing rain to throw a wrench in the gears. I'm familiar with the normal chaos of O'Hare -- I simply can't imagine what it's like with 400 cancelled flights. You couldn't pay me enough to wade into that mess tonight. I bet that's only about 10% of the flights out of there on a Holiday Sunday... And I also bet they cancel over 100 flights every time the wind blows there. O'Hare is about the worst airport in the country as far as on-time and cancellation performance... Oh, the end of the story said that MDW was fine... Imagine that - must have been a very localized weather problem. This is a reversal from past winters when MDW would get messed up and ORD was better..funny what a wrongful death lawsuit will do to ground ops...JG |
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400 Chicago Flights cancelled
"Maxwell" wrote in message ... "Jay Honeck" wrote in message ... http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/w...ertainment-utl Nothing like freezing rain to throw a wrench in the gears. I'm familiar with the normal chaos of O'Hare -- I simply can't imagine what it's like with 400 cancelled flights. You couldn't pay me enough to wade into that mess tonight. We've had 22 degree freezing fog, mist and drizzle all day. NOTHING is flying here. -- Same weather in Tulsa, just 5 to 10 warmer. Heavy tree losses. First time back on line since Sunday night. I live four miles from the center of downtown Tulsa, and was without power for 74 hours. I haven't seen Tulsa paralyzed like this since a March blizzard in the mid-60s, some 40 years ago. Power company has imported some 7000 workers with related vehicles from other power companies all over the south. I haven't seen what has been hitting the news, since all I have had has been local radio, but I hope to have some pics available in a week or so. Will be busy with local neighbors trying to help reopen all the screens for the next week or so. |
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400 Chicago Flights cancelled
First time back on line since Sunday night. I live four miles from the
center of downtown Tulsa, and was without power for 74 hours. Whew -- sounds like a mess! Nothing that bad here in Iowa, but Mary and I have spent a few hours over the last couple of days working a chainsaw to cut up the downed tree limbs. We lost power at the hotel for about 30 minutes (which is the longest we've EVER lost power), and there are still thousands of (mostly rural) folks without electricity. Luckily bright sunshine this afternoon is finally melting the stuff off the wires. The only thing that saved us from more power outages was the fact that there was almost no wind during the storm. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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400 Chicago Flights cancelled
"Jay Honeck" wrote in message ... First time back on line since Sunday night. I live four miles from the center of downtown Tulsa, and was without power for 74 hours. Whew -- sounds like a mess! Nothing that bad here in Iowa, but Mary and I have spent a few hours over the last couple of days working a chainsaw to cut up the downed tree limbs. We lost power at the hotel for about 30 minutes (which is the longest we've EVER lost power), and there are still thousands of (mostly rural) folks without electricity. No TV...no DVD...No ESPN!!! OH, THE HUMANITY!!!! |
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400 Chicago Flights cancelled
On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:39:17 -0700, "Matt W. Barrow"
wrote: No TV...no DVD...No ESPN!!! OH, THE HUMANITY!!!! I could think of something to do. G |
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400 Chicago Flights cancelled
In article ,
B A R R Y wrote: On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:39:17 -0700, "Matt W. Barrow" wrote: No TV...no DVD...No ESPN!!! OH, THE HUMANITY!!!! I could think of something to do. G Dig out the hangar door. -- Bob Noel (goodness, please trim replies!!!) |
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400 Chicago Flights cancelled
"Bob Noel" wrote in message ... In article , B A R R Y wrote: On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:39:17 -0700, "Matt W. Barrow" wrote: No TV...no DVD...No ESPN!!! OH, THE HUMANITY!!!! I could think of something to do. G Dig out the hangar door. I always said if the Islamofascists ever REALLY wanted to **** us off, they'd knock out the cable TV feeds. |
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