I assume it was some sort of updraft off the mountains, but I sometimes picture the pilots acting like something out of a Farside cartoon.
Yeah, wind blowing over mountains causes turbulent air downwind.
My fave story is when a jet hit turbulence and the captain put on the seatbelt sign. A woman got up to use the bathroom. She was told to take her seat and she refused. She got verbally abusive with the flight crew and continued to the bathroom. Then the plane hit some monster turbulence, and she was thrown up against the ceiling and back to the floor. She broke her leg badly.
She sued the airline. (Dunno what happened.)
The snow is already changing to rain.
I have little plane fear since I figure I will die if things go wrong, and I can't save myself.
See, this is exactly why I fear planes more than cars. If I'm at the wheel, I have at least some control over the outcome. Also, while I'm hardly an automotive expert, I at least know enough to judge if my car is running well or not, and I know when it got its last tune-up and so on. With planes, I don't have any of that. And that Alaska Air crash destroyed a lot of my trust in the system. It's a loss of control, and I hate that.
The snow is already changing to rain.
We still have snow by the UN
The rain'll get there. It's stuck in a jam at Lexington and 3rd.
As I was waiting in line at Wal-mart last night, the clerk wished the person in front of me "Happy Holidays," and she responded with "Merry Christmas. I know you're not allowed to say that here." She followed up with something about how it might make sense in, say, California, but my godness, who would be offended here?
I think this is hysterical since I get a much more "Christmas" vibe here than I ever did in NY.
wintery mix
I hate you
you suck
wintery mix
you're the worst of the worst
You tease with some pretty
then turn into a mess
You make walking a nightmare
you are not unlike cess
I hate you I hate you
weather, make up your mind
Just freeze and be done
stop being unkind.
claps
Brava! Brava!
In about ten minutes, the day could end up going very very badly.
Sadly, nothing to do with weather.
Maybe I'll go have a smokey-treat
I thought you quit, Empress.
See, this is exactly why I fear planes more than cars.
Not that I'm very afraid to fly but this is my issue too. And my biggest car crash fear is that I'll be in slow or stopped traffic and rammed from behind by something big enough to absolutely crush my car, like a tractor trailer or dumptruck, and there will have been nothing I can do to prevent it. So I'll almost always try to change lanes if I'm on the highway in heavy traffic and I see one of those behind me.
