Seattle Thunderstorms sept 7
Sep 7, 2019, 10:03 pm
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Seattle Thunderstorms sept 7
wow, epic. No landings for last hour. Cathay and EVA flights diverted to YVR, a bunch of AS flights to BLI and now a ton of others that were circling PDX are now landing there. Rough start to the week!
Sep 7, 2019, 10:28 pm
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Looks like they are about to start landing again from the South in SeaTac. Huge groups of planes that were circling over Spokane and Prosser WA that are heading in to land now.
Best of luck to those who landed in the wrong state, or country, this evening!
Best of luck to those who landed in the wrong state, or country, this evening!
Sep 7, 2019, 10:30 pm
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Sep 7, 2019, 10:39 pm
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It is getting serious in Seattle. Two hundred lightning strikes in less than an hour. How serious? The U.W./Cal football game is under a weather suspension for the past two hours, and the stadium evacuated. Sitting on metal bleachers is not recommended. Stay safe.
Sep 8, 2019, 11:58 am
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I was coming in from IAH last night. We had been in a holding pattern and were told we might be diverted but finally landed intact at SEA. A bit of a wait on the tarmac for a gate but otherwise uneventful.
Bummed i wasn’t home photographing the lightning. The missus tells me it was spectacular. Even more bummed the Huskies managed to lose to Cal. Grrr.
Bummed i wasn’t home photographing the lightning. The missus tells me it was spectacular. Even more bummed the Huskies managed to lose to Cal. Grrr.
Sep 8, 2019, 1:43 pm
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I live on Angle Lake, just 1 mile from SeaTac airport. I have never seen anything close to a storm like that in Seattle. Lived here almost my entire life. I was very thankful I was not in the air last night!!!
Sep 8, 2019, 5:41 pm
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Sep 8, 2019, 5:48 pm
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Sep 9, 2019, 2:25 pm
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It was unlike anything I've ever seen, in Seattle or anywhere else I've been for that matter. I've never been in such an intense concentration of lightning strikes.
Being on approach to Seattle might've been the worst place to be... unfortunately I was in the 2nd worse place: Husky Stadium. The game was delayed for over 2.5 hours and didn't end until after 1AM... with a loss
Being on approach to Seattle might've been the worst place to be... unfortunately I was in the 2nd worse place: Husky Stadium. The game was delayed for over 2.5 hours and didn't end until after 1AM... with a loss