Preparedness for when

nuatha

Frugalsod wrote: »

Not necessarily. If people are transferred to hotels then the supply issues will not be material. If they have their bags then they will be even better able to cope. While there would be an issue with passengers getting to the US eastern seaboard there would also be a drop off in the numbers of passengers from there as well. These might offset enough to make no overall difference in food demand.

If public transport is off and roads are effectively being closed (the current USA situation) then it would be trying (and failing) to find hotels for stranded passengers.
Though the hope would be that flights were cancelled far enough in advance that there wouldn't be huge numbers of passengers in the airport. (Given there has been ample warning of this weather system).
Airports are designed for departing passengers spending a few hours in the airport, arrivals tend to leave the airport as soon as possible.

Frugalsod

Add in what percentage of passengers are going to the effected area and it might be a manageable figure. I am sure that this would have happened before. It could be 25% of flights going transatlantic but only 40% or less of them might be impacted by the landing issues. This would only mean an increase of delayed passengers by 10% which would be within manageable supplies. This is also low season for transatlantic flights so it even easier for them to cope.

Then add in that airlines might hold off passengers from going to the airport as well, since they will have longer warning of available landing slots than passengers will need to get to the airport and wait for 2 hours.

I think the biggest problem will be airplanes in the wrong location for the resumption of normal services.

Hard_Up_Hester

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

Nice to meet a fellow BBT fan. :cool:

How do you feel about old Smelly Pooper finally getting laid?

Unlikely in real life, but I think the fans expected/wanted it to happen.

I feel the same way about sex between them or anyone else, ok in theory, just don't expect me to watch!

ALIBOBSY

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

Nice to meet a fellow BBT fan. :cool:

How do you feel about old Smelly Pooper finally getting laid?

Amy's face afterwards was priceless :rotfl:, love big bang just a bit annoying that the delay between the us showing and here is so much, then again for the tech savvy there are ways around that

Ali x

thriftwizard

Looks like we are in for some interesting times tomorrow. I'm realising there's a reason why our lawn appears to have turned into a floodplain; over the last two years we have lost two trees, a eucalyptus and a willow. Both hoover up gallons of water per day... Need to put my permaculture thinking cap on and work out what else could fill that gap in our little eco-system!

[Deleted User]

Hi all, back from our wanderings and have just caught up. Twice in life I have been stranded because of weather events, once at a ferry port waiting to come back to the UK and once in a German airport waiting to come back to the UK. The ferry port was shut down in an instant because of fog, we'd boarded the hovercraft so had our boarding passes taken from us and they then unloaded us back to land but didn't return the passes, the food and available drinks ran out within 30 minutes, the catering units shut and the staff went home. This was the 6 o clock in the evening flight, we had no choice but to wait and finally arrived back in the UK at 2.30 in the morning, had to fight our way back on to the hovercraft as they wouldn't admit they had our boarding passes and I had a friend with me who was 12 weeks pregnant who got NOTHING by way of help, food, etc. The second was due to a blizzard in 2010 which had disrupted travel all over Europe, we were due out at 7.30 and by 11.30 they still were saying wait on the departure boards. They then pulled 3 flights before ours which was a nightmare. The airport staff had gone home, no catering available, the local hotels filled up and we were just abandoned. Luckily an off duty pilot came in and made the airport admin staff find us hotels but again it was 1.30 in the morning before we were properly looked after and no food or drink available in all the time we waited because they sold out from the airside cafeterias. The message 'you'll be OK if you're stranded at an airport, ferry port etc. is NOT TRUE it will be every man/woman for him/herself and if you haven't got a snack supply and water etc things get pretty ugly very quickly!!!

Frugalsod

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

The message 'you'll be OK if you're stranded at an airport, ferry port etc. is NOT TRUE it will be every man/woman for him/herself and if you haven't got a snack supply and water etc things get pretty ugly very quickly!!!

I have never had a problem at an airport for any reason. So delays are something that I have never personally experienced. Though I do agree with you on the every man/woman for themselves attitude will be prevalent. Also it would be very dependent on what airport you were travelling through. A big airport will be better able to cope with delays to and from a region.

As preppers wouldn't you have a water bottle and snacks galore? I carry an empty steel water bottle and refill it once through security. Snacks are also carried so I have plenty to nibble no matter what the delays.

[Deleted User]

Yes we did, but the majority of people in full 'Oh God I can't believe I've got to wait' mode didn't so it would have been somewhat silly to produce edibles in the midst of all the crossness, I'm not that silly!!!

greenbee

Last year I was in Oslo in March and the airport closed due to snow for a day. Actually, the entire city pretty much shut down as there were no taxis or buses (grit had just been cleared from the roads and winter tyres taken off buses. The airport was chaos all day apparently, despite people being told not to go (hotel was chaos with people hanging around wondering what to do). Oh, and it was the start of the school holidays in Norway too...

When I left the following day, not only were they dealing with the backlog, but the checkin IT system went down. The queues at check in and security were phenomenal (they're never short there at 5pm on a Friday anyway), and the real issues was the sheer volume of people and inability to move around.

As for water - I don't carry a water bottle because when I'm travelling for work I have so much stuff anyway, but i do always pick up a couple of bottles as soon as I go through security (along with snacks, but remember, you may not always be able to take your snacks into your destination country, particularly if they have been opened...), as I never know how long I'll have to wait at either end. Or whether I'll get water on the plane before I dehydrate...

Frugalsod

The "Oh God I have to wait" attitude is going to be a problem for them. Personally I have absolutely no problem with a delay I look at it as a new experience. It all depends on your plans. Maintaining some flexibility is crucial. It also makes a huge difference if you are alone or in a big group.