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Well, she's gone.
Chas:
HOLY COW!!
LAX is shut down. Can you imagine how many people this will inconvenience?
My daughter is in the air - they left El Salvador a half-hour ago, and are en-route I would hope.
But a power outage in Palmdale, where "LA Center" radar ATC is located, had all Southern Cal airports shut down.
Lets see: if I go rent a really big Generator, it's a two-hour drive to Palmdale from here, I might get her home tonight after all.
:(
Brookenstein:
OMG Chas! We just got home from swim lessons so I hadn't heard that LAX is closed. Wow... you are in for some long night.
Brewman:
Brooke, did your power hungry ways cause the power grid in Southern California to collapse? ;)
Chas:
--- Quote ---Brooke, did your power hungry ways cause the power grid in Southern California to collapse? ;)
--- End quote ---
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ::)
Well, they had the Radar up and running again in 90 minutes, but the news agencies just kept running the story over and over so it seemed like a sure thing she was going to have problems.
As it was, her flight was about 15 minutes ahead of schedule - and there was only about a 15 minute delay by the time midnight rolled around, so she actually touched down right on time.
Customs was very slow because they were still juggling to get things back to normal, so the plane sat on the taxiway a long time as other planes emptied out ahead of them.
The funny thing is that most of the kids in our group came home almost empty-handed, having dontated their cots, clothes and even backpacks to the missionaries and kids, so once they finally got the plane to the gate, and then got the kids to the inspectors, it went fast.
And for once, the traffic on the 405 was light to moderate. I think if we had waited one more hour we might have seen the early-morning traffic starting to pick up!
We brought her favorite pillow and a soft blanket, thinking she would sleep on the way home, but we heard a play-by-play in VERY animated terms as we drove the hour and a half home. She's ready to go again next year.
:o
tmknies1:
Glad she is home safe Chas. I am sure you all slept better last night :)
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