December 02, 2007
A Wing And A Prayer
I'm off to Cleveland in the morning and won't be back until late Thursday. So no bloggy for me until Friday or so. I'm sure the rest of the guys will step up and fill the gap.
In the meantime, I've been watching this beastly storm system making its way across the Midwest and on into the Northeast. From what I can gather, the weather won't be quite bad enough in Cleveland tomorrow to cancel flying. However, it will be bad enough to guarantee a simply beastly trip.
Regular readers will remember my past references to my fear of flying. And indeed, it is due to my posting that we Llamas hold the No. 4 position out of 4.6 mil on a google-search of "I hate flying". However, it's been a while since I've had cause to rant about this. If I read the signs aright, tomorrow is going to provide ample justification for a fresh outburst of terror-induced bloviation.
Who knows? Perhaps we'll move up to medal rank.
Posted by Robert at December 2, 2007 07:27 PM | TrackBackHmmm...can't recall if the Cleveland Airport runways dead end into the lake..fear not if they do, I'm sure the salt trucks will be out and about early to keep the panes skidding about down to a minimum.
Your post reminds me of Turner's Snowstorm:
http://brightoneducationfund.org/grants/Impressionist_files/snowstorm.jpg
Turner had the sailors bound him to the mast so that he could capture the true feeling of the storm. I don't suppose the captain would allow you to be bound to the wing tomorrow, would he? Oh well...
I'd put landing in Cleveland a touch ahead of landing at Reagan National, where you keep getting lower and lower while all you see out the window is the Potomac river.
"Um, excuse me Mr. Pilot Guy, but shouldn't we be landing on land and not water."
Posted by: rbj at December 3, 2007 01:34 PMBe sure to ask for an aisle seat.
Posted by: Mark S at December 3, 2007 04:30 PM
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