EWR Doom & Gloom Thread for the [11/12-Jan-2011] Snowstorm
Jan 9, 2011, 5:15 am
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I am repeating the TPA-HKG trip on Jan 31-Feb 5 and I will then be at about 84,000 EQM for the year.
Jan 9, 2011, 5:59 am
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On a related note, some other carrier hubs are going to be impacted with crippling snow/ice: DFW and ATL will have very heavy (by their local standards) wintry accumulations, which will impact AA and DL obviously. Even if EWR wasn't going to be impacted, I'd imagine significant disruptions on other carriers (especially DL's ATL hub) will be felt on CO with re-accommodated passenger traffic and re-routed folks. So the pain with Old Man Winter will be shared by the big carriers this week.
Jan 9, 2011, 6:18 am
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I'm doing LX ZRH-ORD on the 11th. Hopefully ORD won't be as bad as EWR!
Jan 9, 2011, 6:57 am
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If the weather waiver goes into effect, can I change my EWR-DFW to EWR-IAH-DFW?
Jan 9, 2011, 8:43 am
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In any event, I can't stress just how significant of an event this is for the deep south...there's going to be widespread snow and ice accumulations in cities in LA/AL/MS/GA that have no snow/ice removal crews and probably some decent long-term power outages in parts of MS/AL and perhaps GA from accumulating ice which brings down lines & limbs onto lines. I'd imagine flights into the smaller airports are going to be disrupted for a while. (i.e.: JAN, MEI, MGM, etc.)
Jan 9, 2011, 8:54 am
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hey Weatherboy,
how far north does this storm travel? I am supposed to fly from dc to portland maine on wednesday via EWR. But im guessing i can switch to a direct on another airline and get up there on wednesday. Im concerned about coming back.
how far north does this storm travel? I am supposed to fly from dc to portland maine on wednesday via EWR. But im guessing i can switch to a direct on another airline and get up there on wednesday. Im concerned about coming back.
Jan 9, 2011, 8:58 am
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Local weather in NJ/NY is reporting the main punch of the storm to come through Wed. National weather reports are saying New England could get hammered, which will hit later in the week. I'm sure weatherboy can give more specifics, but I would be prepared for a frustrating week.
Jan 9, 2011, 9:00 am
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Local weather in NJ/NY is reporting the main punch of the storm to come through Wed. National weather reports are saying New England could get hammered, which will hit later in the week. I'm sure weatherboy can give more specifics, but I would be prepared for a frustrating week.
Jan 9, 2011, 9:49 am
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Jan 9, 2011, 9:52 am
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There's a new snow total map up at facebook.com/theWeatherboy so you can use that as a guage to see how far north will the heavy snow spread. Looks like CT will be the jackpot with the heaviest snow from this system. The storm track will be refined as the event nears, so the latest maps/info will be posted there.
Jan 9, 2011, 9:52 am
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Unlikely. The amount of snowfall is inversely proportional to the media hype. Before the last storm, I kept begging local news to come up with a stupid name like Christmas-blast 2010, or Winter Wonderland or some other absurd name. They didn't and look what happened. They haven't named this one yet, which means we are in deep trouble.
Jan 9, 2011, 11:46 am
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As of now no warnings for Jan 11-12th on CO.com.
And forecast doesn't look that bad for the 1th of Jan. Will be coming to EWR on Jan 11th late night, hopefully will make it.
And forecast doesn't look that bad for the 1th of Jan. Will be coming to EWR on Jan 11th late night, hopefully will make it.
Jan 9, 2011, 11:58 am
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Checked the Forecast, doesn't look too bad so I'll pray to the Weather Gods or my local Weatherman for my Curacao Trip, would suck to miss an exotic tropic trip cuz of snow haz in NY Area.
Jan 9, 2011, 1:08 pm
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Jan 9, 2011, 1:19 pm
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What storm? Partly sunny and mid 30's scheduled for Monday and Tuesday 