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Friday, February 04, 2011

Super Snow Bowl

Global warming is playing havoc with the Super Bowl:
Seven people were hurt by snow falling off of Cowboys Stadium, the site of Super Bowl XLV, on Friday. League spokesman Brian McCarthy confirmed that all seven were taken to local hospitals, with two being transported by ambulance. None of the injuries were considered life-threatening, McCarthy said.
Maybe the lucky ones are the one who had their flights cancelled today:
A fresh snow storm in north Texas on Friday threatened to leave fans traveling to the Super Bowl stranded far from Sunday night's big game.

The snow caused about 380 inbound flights to be canceled at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport by Friday afternoon, and it shut down commercial flights at smaller Dallas Love Field for several hours.

It was one last blitz from nature against organizers of the big game, who have struggled all week with ice and freezing temperatures in north Texas. The snow tapered off by early Friday afternoon, and airlines counted on a weather forecast that called for clearing skies and temperatures rising into Saturday..

At DFW Airport, one of the nation's busiest, spokesman David Magana said they expected to handle the full load of arrivals -- including charter and private jets -- Friday night and Saturday. DFW's four main runways stayed open throughout the day, he said.

American Airlines, the dominant carrier at DFW Airport, expected Friday to be the busiest day for travelers attending the Super Bowl between the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers.

"We are putting extra effort to operate our flights in from Chicago today to keep the Super Bowl-oriented traffic moving," said Tim Smith, an American Airlines spokesman.
I'll bet there's some grumbling in a bunch of airports around the country right now.

1 comment:

Larry Sheldon said...

I'm surprised there are that many people who care.