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Earthquake on the East Coast of the US Reported
Posted:
23 Aug 2011, 19:53by buns
BBC News Item:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14634730Reports that the Control Towers at JFK and Newark have been evacuated, so flights will be delayed
buns
Re: Earthquake on the East Coast of the US Reported
Posted:
23 Aug 2011, 20:12by jwhite9185
Interesting - Seems like VS075 has 'Missed' MCO too. Down near MIA according to flightradar24.
Could get busy for VS tonight.
Re: Earthquake on the East Coast of the US Reported
Posted:
23 Aug 2011, 20:15by tontybear
jwhite9185 wrote:Interesting - Seems like VS075 has 'Missed' MCO too. Down near MIA according to flightradar24.
Could get busy for VS tonight.
more likely due to weather. Theres a hurricane brewing
Re: Earthquake on the East Coast of the US Reported
Posted:
23 Aug 2011, 20:20by jwhite9185
Appears to be heading back now
Re: Earthquake on the East Coast of the US Reported
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23 Aug 2011, 20:29by mcmbenjamin
Yea, not bad at all.
Papers on desks got moved slightly. Nothing major at all. MAYBE a coffee spill...MAYBE....
Re: Earthquake on the East Coast of the US Reported
Posted:
23 Aug 2011, 20:33by buns
mcmbenjamin wrote:Yea, not bad at all.
Papers on desks got moved slightly. Nothing major at all. MAYBE a coffee spill...MAYBE....
Good to know you are safe Ben y)
At least, it has diverted the BBC here from constantly covering Libya
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buns
Re: Earthquake on the East Coast of the US Reported
Posted:
23 Aug 2011, 23:01by Guest
Not a good week for the east coast, certainly with the projected path of Hurricane Irene!
Re: Earthquake on the East Coast of the US Reported
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23 Aug 2011, 23:39by Darren Wheeler
As one report put it.
East coasters panic - West coasters roll their eyes.
Re: Earthquake on the East Coast of the US Reported
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24 Aug 2011, 00:15by honey lamb
Quote from a friend in DC who works for the Treasury Department and lives not too far from Dupont Circle:
Looks like four casualties from the airline glass collection. Quite a mess at work, but they'll have to deal with that.
As you may have gathered from the first sentence he is an airline buff like ourselves and has travelled to places that you and I can only dream of. My postcard collection from him is amazing. As a kid we learned the poem "the Golden Road to Samarkand" never dreaming that one day I would be getting a postcard from there.
However I am glad to see his priorities are right and that only four of his glassware connection is damaged. I only hope they are not ones purloined from defunct airlines. That truly would be a tragedy! :0
Re: Earthquake on the East Coast of the US Reported
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24 Aug 2011, 00:55by slinky09
Well it's the talk of the town here, my VS3 landed before the tremor, but people say it messed things up well and good!
Re: Earthquake on the East Coast of the US Reported
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24 Aug 2011, 01:02by mcmbenjamin
There were a series of ground stops issued by the FAA.
Having a chat with friends all over DC and the East Coast (plus Facebook), it was not bad. Folks got off work early. Loads of folks are "working from home" Wednesday.... Oddly, bars opened early today and will likely do the same tomorrow...