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2023-07-19 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Multiple passengers onboard Delta flight from Las Vegas to Atlanta PASS OUT and soil themselves while waiting to take off in 111F heat with no air conditioning, as Southwest bakes under 'heat dome'
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Posted by Skidmark 2023-07-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11126 views ]  Top

#1 Meanwhile, here in mid-eastern Ga./SC we are enjoying 98f+ (feels like 103f) with a modest 70+% humidity and rain about every 4 to 5 days. Which is all typical for our summer. The Corn, Soy bean, Field Pea, Water Mellon, Wheat, harvests are looking great this year.
Posted by NN2N1 2023-07-19 06:35||   2023-07-19 06:35|| Front Page Top

#2 Briefly made 90 here on the Space Coast yesterday before the overcast cooled things off. We've had a string of days in the 90s, but only high 80s forecast for the next several.
Posted by M. Murcek 2023-07-19 06:42||   2023-07-19 06:42|| Front Page Top

#3 I can only imagine being trapped in the window seat of an egg crate sauna and notice that Jabba in the middle seat has just lost control of his bladder.
Posted by Super Hose 2023-07-19 07:20||   2023-07-19 07:20|| Front Page Top

#4 The airlines are playing games with people's lives. The government metric is when planes depart on time. That is gamed because pushing off from the passenger terminal is the when the aircraft is credited with leaving. So, passengers sit and sit and sit.
Posted by Procopius2k 2023-07-19 07:20||   2023-07-19 07:20|| Front Page Top

#5 It's nonsense. There are some old SAC guys who could show them how to get a plane loaded and off the ground in under 10 minutes.
Posted by M. Murcek 2023-07-19 07:25||   2023-07-19 07:25|| Front Page Top

#6 We hear these reports every year. Could air travel possibly be more onerous and disgusting ?
Posted by Besoeker 2023-07-19 07:26||   2023-07-19 07:26|| Front Page Top

#7 Pete’s response - tarmac is racist.
Posted by Super Hose 2023-07-19 07:50||   2023-07-19 07:50|| Front Page Top

#8 Gutfeld had it right yesterday when he said the people in charge didn't have the guts to go against the "rules" for the safety of the passengers. Rules be rules after all.
Posted by Deacon Blues 2023-07-19 09:00||   2023-07-19 09:00|| Front Page Top

#9 Had a job, worked at Nellis AFB (Vegas), 'lived' in LA. Quickly learned to fly into Vegas in the morning to avoid the Mountain Pass thermal turbulence and rowdy passengers, then fly out after dark to avoid the tarmac stalls.
Posted by Skidmark 2023-07-19 10:04||   2023-07-19 10:04|| Front Page Top

#10 Now when people ask why I don't want to fly I'll have one more reason I can give them. I already had plenty.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2023-07-19 11:58||   2023-07-19 11:58|| Front Page Top

#11 I have a good old fashioned internal combustion car and, since I'm retired, I don't mind if it takes a couple extra days to get there.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2023-07-19 12:01||   2023-07-19 12:01|| Front Page Top

#12 I'll be damned, I'd be in handcuffs the first 5 minutes.
Posted by Chris 2023-07-19 12:19||   2023-07-19 12:19|| Front Page Top

#13 We have had an unusually wet and mild spring/summer here in NE TX. Still waiting for our first 100 degree day (heat indexes have been over 120 though...) Fields look as green as Ireland rather than the usual summer tan.
Proco has it exactly right. Only the aircraft captain could legally have acted to reduce the problem but it would have been harmful to his career.
Posted by Glenmore 2023-07-19 14:27||   2023-07-19 14:27|| Front Page Top

#14 Same thing happens on Airforce One -- on every flight for the last 2+ years
Posted by airandee 2023-07-19 16:11||   2023-07-19 16:11|| Front Page Top

#15 Yep, no surprise, sadly. We've commented on air travel before. It's all gone mad...every aspect of it.
Posted by DooDahMan 2023-07-19 21:08||   2023-07-19 21:08|| Front Page Top

#16 So hot here the Road Runners have become Road Amblers.
Posted by Skidmark 2023-07-19 22:16||   2023-07-19 22:16|| Front Page Top

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