Tuesday, January 9, 2024 – Charlotte
Jan 13th, 2024 by rallyadmin
It’s been a hell of a day for traveling. A very strong frontal system blew through, complete with torrential rain, high winds with 70 mph gusts, thunderstorms and the odd tornado to spice things up. The good news is that my flight to London Heathrow is still scheduled and right now the departure is delayed only about 30 minutes.
The bad news is that the airport is awash in stranded passengers who have been routed all over the east coast. Charlotte was closed for a few hours and that was all it took for transportation bedlam to ensue. The odd thing was that the check in side of the airport was nearly empty. The other side is a different matter.
My flight is to London Heathrow on American scheduled to arrive at 9:15AM on the 10th. I doubt that that will happen on schedule. When I get on the ground, I’ve got a train booking for 10:32 to meet up with Clemo in Newton Abbot down in Devon. I doubt I have any chance at all of making that train but there are a number of trains that I can get so thing will probably work out.
Taxing out to the runway. We’re airborne about an hour behind schedule.
Obi-wan