Very Recent TSA Experiences in STL?
 

Just curious if anyone was at STL yesterday or today and can provide feedback about how the TSA behaved itself during and right after the storm and how they are behaving today?

The Weather Channel is reporting that they are trying to shuffle flights to other terminals which weren't damaged or not damaged as much as Terminal C (?). Based on the overhead shots I saw, I'd guess it was an EF-2 or EF-3 which scored a direct hit. (FYI, my meteorologist friends call the biggest tornadoes (EF-5s) "Pavement Pullers."

I'm sure there will be a press release or blog post soon about how they immediately secured the terminal, so that in the event any ter'wrists were patiently waiting in STL For the past few years for a tornado to strike and be their method of entry into the airport, they were ready to handle it...

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". . . while the TSOs performing checked bag screenings brilliantly weighted themselved down to prevent being blown away, by filling their pockets with heavy objects from nearby unlocked bags. . ." :rolleyes:

I know I saw injured folks getting treatment and found it interesting to see a tso, gate monitor and airline employee being the ones sitting in wheelchairs with ice bags or being treated. I saw no passengers in those clips, but didn't see everything

Just saw some video of the destruction at STL :eek:

Glad to see that nobody was killed, but it looks like the airport has a lot of work to do.

On a good note, I hope this destroyed the Chertoff Cancer Boxes® installed at STL.

Funny you would say this about ter'wrists and tornadoes - I started a post earlier this week but deleted it...http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...errorists.html

Now if I could intuitively choose winning lottery numbers...I'd have a lot more time to become a FlyerTalk Evangelist

There are a couple of website videos from the security cameras showing TSA screeners running for their lives.

Yup..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJv8tJoF8-c

Can you imagine what would happen if a real terrorist showed up at a checkpoint? They'd all be peeing in their pants as they are trying to run away. :D

This one is priceless...

http://www.weather.com/outlook/video...-tornado-20424

Here boys! I have a pics of CTX-5500 machines and got some minor damaged at CTX-5500 machines.

http://twitpic.com/show/thumb/4o8x0n.jpg

I guess the TSA forgot to pat down mother nature :D

Nope. They didn't have a pat down procedures. :)

It's almost a shame that there wasn't a crowd outside the security area who they wouldn't let through because they weren't screened once that glass started flying .... I don't want to see anyone hurt, but it would have shined a very bright light on the stupidity of TSAs actions and decisions. Glad that no one was killed in the mess, and only a couple of people were seriously injured at all.

Trotting.

I'm not sure they can actually "run," from the video I saw and the general condition of the TSA screeners I used to encounter when I was still flying.