Friday Flight Cancellations Top 3,500, Disrupting Holiday Travel (cnn.com) 39
Winter weather continues to disrupt holiday travel across the United States on Friday, leaving travelers facing delays and cancellations during one of the busiest times of the year. From a report: More than 3,500 Friday flights have already been canceled as of 10 a.m. ET, after nearly 2,700 cancellations on Thursday, according to flight tracking site FlightAware. Cancellations are highest at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, New York's LaGuardia and in Chicago and Detroit, according to FlightAware data. The FAA noted early Friday it may have to halt or restrict traffic at airports in the Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Washington areas. Airports in Chicago and Denver saw the bulk of cancellations and delays on Thursday. Chicago O'Hare International Airport was logging average delays Thursday of almost three hours due to snow and ice.
An arctic blast and a rapidly intensifying winter storm have come at an unfortunate time for travelers trying to join family and friends for the holidays. Airlines have issued winter weather waivers allowing passengers to rebook at no cost within a limited time period. Find links to the airline waivers and more air travel strategies here. The growing cancellations make it harder for passengers racing against the clock and weather to rebook and arrive in time for Christmas. Flights this year were already more crowded than they've been previously -- even before the storm disrupted travel schedules. "We hear about how travel volume is still down, five or ten percent, but what many folks might not have realized is that the number of flights in the sky is actually down more like 15 or 20 percent," Scott Keyes of Scott's Cheap Flights told CNN. "The planes that are actually flying are more full today than they were pre-pandemic. That's why there's not as many empty seats to switch onto if you do find your flight gets canceled or delayed," Keyes said. Further reading: Intensifying winter storm's icy cold and wind knocks out power to over a million customers.
An arctic blast and a rapidly intensifying winter storm have come at an unfortunate time for travelers trying to join family and friends for the holidays. Airlines have issued winter weather waivers allowing passengers to rebook at no cost within a limited time period. Find links to the airline waivers and more air travel strategies here. The growing cancellations make it harder for passengers racing against the clock and weather to rebook and arrive in time for Christmas. Flights this year were already more crowded than they've been previously -- even before the storm disrupted travel schedules. "We hear about how travel volume is still down, five or ten percent, but what many folks might not have realized is that the number of flights in the sky is actually down more like 15 or 20 percent," Scott Keyes of Scott's Cheap Flights told CNN. "The planes that are actually flying are more full today than they were pre-pandemic. That's why there's not as many empty seats to switch onto if you do find your flight gets canceled or delayed," Keyes said. Further reading: Intensifying winter storm's icy cold and wind knocks out power to over a million customers.
Climate Change baby (Score:2, Informative)
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I'm not discounting anything you've said, but... in this case, this is literally a once-in-a-generation storm. In this case, it's not AGW or anything like that, it's the subsequent results of the Tonga Hunga eruption last January, which injected massive amounts of water moisture into the stratosphere, fucking up the gulf stream and causing the predictably hard winter in the northern hemisphere.
Nobody is repeatedly saying there are exceptional storms - and when they are, it's quickly able to be discounted po
Re: Climate Change baby (Score:5, Insightful)
Re: Climate Change baby (Score:3)
The land of two seasons: winter and construction.
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We've actually seen a decrease in the number and intensity of severe weather events over the past 20 years,
No, we have not. We have an increase. It helps to look at the planet as a whole and not at your small world you live in.
in no small part due to the decreased sun output. ...
The variation of sun output is not even 1% up and down. It is completely dwarved by any effect on earth, e.g. the volcano you mentioned, not to talk about CO2
Re: Climate Change baby (Score:2)
Good one.
A winter storm during winter! The sky is literally falling /sarcasm.
Now explain how 2022 hurricane season being about average with below average number of major hurricanes also definitely proves global climate catastrophe.
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Now explain how 2022 hurricane season being about average
https://www.scientificamerican... [scientificamerican.com]
It never ceases to amaze me how you people will constantly intentionally miss someone's point, move the goalpost, and then still score an own goal
Do you put actual effort into your failure or does it come naturally to you?
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Re: Climate Change baby (Score:2)
The year is average in terms of total count of hurricanes and below average in the count of severe ones.
Nothing to do with hurricanes making landfall or not.
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Of course it has to do with landfall or not.
As you simpletons neither count hurricanes in open waters nor the "hurricanes" on the other side of the planet.
Re: Climate Change baby (Score:3)
Yes, It's Bad (Score:3)
I understand that people may want to be with family over Christmas.
But when has flying in this time of year ever not been an utter shit-show?
I'd rather stay put.
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I understand that people may want to be with family over Christmas.
But when has flying in this time of year ever not been an utter shit-show?
I'd rather stay put.
True... but flying ON Christmas day has always been a joy because so few people fly on that day.. You just cant fly on any other day in December or January.
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For drivers - 70 closed EAST of Denver (Score:2)
That's the issue my family is facing, they weren't flying but trying to drive today.
I-70 both directions between Limon and Burlington.
https://www.coloradoan.com/sto... [coloradoan.com]
https://www.google.com/maps/@3... [google.com]
I have an idea (Score:5, Informative)
Why not have Christmas at some other time of the year?
Note that Christ wasn't actually born on the 25th December, since the shepards wouldn't have been out in the fields...
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Wait what! Christians celebrating a pagan ritual? Jesus Christ! I mean God damn. I mean ... Oh My! (wait that ones associated with homosexuality now) ... I mean Oh my Go...
Fuck it.
Re: I have an idea (Score:3)
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Well, in most parts of the world Chrismas is at the 24th anyway :P
As far as I know only "anglo saxons" celebrate it on 25ths - for what ever reason.
Winter solstice is at the 23rd ... or 22nd ... that is when our ancestors celebrated Jul (actually usually it start 21st).
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I very recently read an article that proposed Jesus was born around October (Feast of Booths/Tabernacles), based on the verb "dwelt" (literally, "Tabernacled" to put the noun into a verb in English) in John 1:14. Personally I think that's a pretty weak argument, but it was interesting to consider, as much of the Gospel of John is centered around various Jewish feasts. The truth is, we simply do not know when the incarnation took place, when the Messiah was born, nor is it important to the faith.
So, yeah,
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There's another theory that Jesus was born in the Spring. The shepherds would have been watching the flocks by night for the birthing of new lambs for Passover. And of course, having the "Lamb of God" (to quote John The Baptist), born at that time would be cool.
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Because most Christians are too stupid to understand:
1. The genealogy of Yeshua/Jesus in Genesis 5, Genesis 11, 1 Chron 1-3, Matt 1:2-17, and Luke 3:23-38 contains numerous contradictions,
2. Christianity hijacked the pagan Winter Solstice.
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Even I know that Genesis is "old testament" - so it has nothing to do with Jesus at all.
2. Christianity hijacked the pagan Winter Solstice.
Everyone knows that. Or not?
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> so it has nothing to do with Jesus at all.
1. The Greek term christos [blueletterbible.org] literally means anointed. This is the exact same Hebrew term masiah / messiah [blueletterbible.org] which is used for King David in 2 Sam. 23:1. i.e. King David was a messiah, along with every high priest.
2. What part of the pseudo genealogy listed in both Matthew and Luke do you not understand? Why would the Old Testament try to establish the blood line of Jesus/Yeshua if the Old Testament has nothing to do with Jesus/Yeshua???
It is obvious you have nev
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Why not have Christmas at some other time of the year?
Note that Christ wasn't actually born on the 25th December, since the shepards wouldn't have been out in the fields...
Christmas was originally the Roman festival of Saturnalia, dedicated to the Roman god Saturn. It was originally a celebration that lasted days, feasting, gift giving, et al. and the origin of many of our modern Christmas traditions like gift giving. It usually lasted from 17-23 December (Julian Calendar). During this time a lot of taboos were permitted such as gambling and a sacrifice was made at the temple of Saturn. It was also said that during saternalia that masters would serve the slaves (a nod to the
FAA National Airspace System (airport status) (Score:3)
Or check out the FAA's own airport status system (also can be displayed as a map) at https://nasstatus.faa.gov/ [faa.gov]
So, is Santa delayed as well? (Score:2)
Since alot of flights are getting shut down, is it safe to assume that Santa can't fly around distributing gifts?
After all he is flying around in an uncovered, unpressurised sleigh. I imagine even he will have some difficulties, with all the high winds and wind chill factor. /s
That's really big news! (Score:2)
None in the northern hemisphere was expecting bad weather in this period of the year.
For hundreds of years everyone there has been experiencing mild temperatures, no storms and no strong winds.
How all this happened?
Science is trying to provide an answer, but large travel companies and consumer associations are teaming up to sue the Earth rotation axis tilt for all these damages.