Oh, the ignomy of being grounded.
It's a foggy, foggy day here in Ottawa. Visibility is at about 50m, and the ceiling is at about, oh, say 50m. This means that, while planes can take off in zero visibility, they can't land, and Ottawa airport ran out of planes, so my flight to Toronto at 10:00 this morning, with connector to St. John's, has been cancelled.
(Yes, that means I'm still in Ottawa.)
On a side note, my father and I figured out in advance that we were going to be cancelled, and so got in line early at the help desk. We were given a 1-800 number, which we got through to on the first try, and we managed to wrangle ourselves a direct flight to St. John's leaving at 8:10 tonight. We could have gotten a flight out this afternoon, but who knows if the fog will have lifted by then? It's supposed to cool down tonight, which means hopefully the fog will dissipate.
So if all goes well I'll be landing in the New Found Land at around midnight.
Wish me luck.
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Posted by Ally at January 8, 2008 10:19 AMPUBLIC SAFETY ANNOUNCEMENT:
REMEMBER - if you're getting screeched in and have to kiss the cod, NO TONGUE!
Sliced tongues bleed like a stuck pig...
Posted by: Ted at January 8, 2008 07:24 PMThanks Ted
- not to worry - the only cod I was near was fried. And there was no screech in attendance.
Posted by: Alio at January 11, 2008 07:15 PMI was born in Ottawa and it is a beautiful city. I will bookmark your blog and will be visiting it often to read news about my home town. Thank you.
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