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February 27, 2004
Into the Valley Rode the 700
See, here's the snowstorm that stranded us. We knew we were in trouble when the landing lights came on when we were about to land in Charlotte last night and we could barely see the end of the wing because it was snowing so hard.
The US Airways staff were great....the ticketing agent in Orlando even bumped us up to an earlier flight in an attempt to make sure we would make it home last night. Didn't work, but then the folks in Charlotte gave us several choices of ways to get home on the first flight out this morning. The Charlotte Red Cross came in and set up canvas cots & blankets for everyone. I didn't sleep much....imagine the sounds of 700 people trying to get comfortable on squeaky canvas cots....but it was great just to have a warm place to stretch out. And the airport businesses stayed open late & opened early this morning to feed us all. Purt near everyone there couldn't have been nicer and went way out of their way to make us as comfortable as possible.
Nothing like Southern hospitality when you're stranded. Now if our luggage had just made it home when we did.
Oh well. It'll show up eventually.
Posted by Rita at February 27, 2004 05:48 PM
Comments
Welcome back. Missed ya.
If you were stranded in Newark, you'd have to sleep with one eye open. Hell, if you were stranded in Newark, I'd come and get ya and bring ya home for beer and pizza.
Posted by: Jim - Parkway Rest Stop at February 27, 2004 10:49 PM
If we had been stranded in Newark, neither of us would've slept at all. And we would definitely take you up on your kind offer.
Posted by: Rita at February 28, 2004 06:41 AM