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Originally Posted by jcyuhn
I watched it all on TV from a bar in the Boston airport. Got live updates via mobile phone from my wife, who was hunkered down in the master bedroom closet. Plano was spared the worst of it, so no real damage in our area.
I flew in about 11PM after a seriously rough flight. Only time I've ever been happy to be on US Airways - American cancelled all outgoing and incoming flights after the storm. The E55 wagon was in covered parking at the airport, so no damage to it despite th golf ball sized hail that pummelled the airport.
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thankfully, your flight didn't hit a microburst. I was at the 1985 Delta airlines crash site at D/FW two hours after it happened; the scene was surreal, bright lights everywhere and rescue workers all over the place. The wind blew the flight off it's intended landing approach path and into the water tank which is STILL THERE. You can still see the big divot the L1011's wing made when it hit the water tank which sprayed jet fuel everywhere and then ignited. Why don't they move the water tank to a SAFER location (well outside of the landing zone)?