So, I flew to Minneapolis yesterday. It was supposed to be a quick 2.5 hour flight and we were scheduled to take off around 3:15 yesterday afternoon. guess what hit Phoenix at 3:15? yep, thunderstorms. We sat on the runway for 45 minutes in a line of 35 jets waiting to take off and then when we were 5th in line, got hit by a blinding hail storm! yes, hail! (you may have heard about it, it was on CNN this morning) just so you know, planes do shake when hit with golf ball-sized hail.
So, the storm passes, and we are told we have to go back to the gate to get a hail inspection - should take 30-45 minutes. Great. We are allowed off the plane, so I got food, got back on the plane and then they said everyone had to deplane and the inspection would take an hour and a half!! Turns out we did have some hail damage, so I am not too upset about that delay.
So two hours later, we got back on the plane and took off. We didn't leave Phoenix until 8pm, and got to MN at 2am. Just in time to get a couple hours' sleep before it was time to get to the college fair at 8am.
The best part, was that the plane was only half full due to earlier delays and some missed connections, so I got an entire row to myself! (talk about a silver lining) I was able to lay down to get some sleep on the flight.
But so you all know, I am fine, and survived the great Phoenix hail storm of '10!
Also, I just turned in my applied project paper today!!! It still has to get graded, and may need some revisions, but it is done! Whew. Grad school all but done :)
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Oh wow...on so many levels. Glad you're fine and glad you're all but done with grad school. Yay!
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