So, the intercom has just announced that the flight is officially cancelled. It was suppose to get here at noon. It is 1431 now. At about 1130, the intercom (the all knowing) stated that the flight had experienced a "mechanical failure," and had diverted to Spokane. If they had actually had a failure of that sort, I'm not sure I would have wanted a ride if it HAD gotten here! A little later, a rumor started spreading around the terminal that the pilot had been scared of the icy conditions of the runway and had decided not to land. If he is scared of Lewiston, I don't know WHY on God's beautiful green earth that he went to Spokane!!! There are supposed to have about 4 feet of snow there, there is only about an inch in Lewiston! I'm from the great dismal swamp, and even I know that that is NOT a lot of snow!
I got a call from a Delta rep, booking on another flight tomorrow at 625, which will take me to Salt Lake to Atlanta to Raleigh/Durum. A rather pessimistic lady said that it is supposed to storm tonight and that even if there was a flight tomorrow, it wouldn't land. I'm cool with whatever; as long as I get to J-ville, NC by Christmas. My family is in Raleigh already though in a hotel. Bummer...... I hope they go home and get some rest and don't worry about me. I'll be fine. I've got about 10 movies and still have a bit of money.
They just announced that they are giving our checked bags back to us. I'm going to go get mine. I'll update soon.
Scott
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Well, apparently that's not the only rumor that got started. There is no way that Spokane has 4' of snow. Maybe 3', but that is still a generous estimate; looks more like 2 1/2' to me. But you're right, why Spokane was any better of a choice than Lewiston is any bodies guess. The only thing I can think of is that Spokane probably has a better service dept. than does Lewiston so the plane would probably get back into service more quickly out of Spokane.
I tried to fly out of Spokane yesterday, but the flight essentially got cancelled (it was supposed to depart at 1:40pm and still hadn't showed up by 7:30pm when I decided to just drive home).
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