{"id":496,"date":"2005-03-29T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2005-03-29T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vmalt\/?p=496"},"modified":"2005-12-09T09:59:47","modified_gmt":"2005-12-09T14:59:47","slug":"msyricewr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/msyricewr","title":{"rendered":"MSY\/RIC\/EWR"},"content":{"rendered":"

Took a convoluted path home from New Orleans. Weather was terrible in NJ, with a whole ton of thunderstorms, so the flight was delayed. Midway through, the pilot announced that Newark Airport was closed and that we’d be landing in Richmond, VA, which was near us. We took on fuel, but after an hour or two of sitting, the decision was made to call it a night. The pilot cited microbursts<\/a> as the reason the airport was closed. I said, “I’d rather find that out here in Richmond than over Newark.”<\/p>\n

Continental got us hotel rooms and we headed out to get some rest. The flight headed out this morning at 7am, necessitating a 4:30am wakeup call. Today’s part went off sans hitch, but I’m exhausted, so none of my NO,LA pix until tonight or tomorrow, dear reader.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Took a convoluted path home from New Orleans. Weather was terrible in NJ, with a whole ton of thunderstorms, so the flight was delayed. Midway through, the pilot announced that Newark Airport was closed and that we’d be landing in Richmond, VA, which was near us. We took on fuel, but after an hour or … <\/p>\n

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