Originally Posted by
mgchan
Thanks for the advice -- I will calm down some. My first trip to the east coast (Boston) after living in California my whole life, I was stranded there for 2 nights because of a storm. BUT I certainly hope things are handled better than at ORD (I suspect they are). After being delayed or cancelled there about 5 of 7 times I now refuse to transfer through that airport and try to avoid flying out of it as much as possible.
Edit: just noticed your post, yes I am currently living in San Diego. We almost always only get delays because of bad weather in other cities. Of course if we ever got even a tiny bit of snow it might shut down the airport for a week.
You'll be alright! I understand why your a worried. I would be the same if after living all my life in a warm climate, winter greets me with a 2 day delay.
Honestly its all luck flying in the winter. Like I said, most flights take off and land on time when its snowing. The snow isn't as much of a problem (unless of course its heavy snow) as visibility is.
Originally Posted by
mgchan
Of course if we ever got even a tiny bit of snow it might shut down the airport for a week.
Haha it probably would. My wife and I go to Florida every winter, and this winter out of all of them has been very cold over there. They shut down US1 due to ice. It wasn't so funny then, but now we look back and laugh about it.