So my flight from Charlotte to Chicago was OK... from there, things have gone more or less downhill... thank God nothing has actually started yet.
In case you hadn't heard, there are major brush fires near LA, and they're threatening
many populated areas. Even worse, they threatened the central Air Traffic Control
center for Southern California, and it had to be evacuated. In case I've lost you...
no ATC, no flights, in or out. LA, San Diego, and all the small airports around them
were closed. Las Vegas was open, but the interstate between Las Vegas and LA was closed
due to the fire.
I was bummed.
Bummed, bored, tired, and aching... they thankfully started to let flights through
once they got to their backup facility and got it running... and I got to LA 6 hours
late, at around midnight. Consequently, I overslept this morning, with only my jet
lag to save me, waking me up at my normal time to get up for work... on the east coast.
Plenty to time to make it here.
Anyway, I'd best be going to the main hall for BillG's keynote... I'll be posting
my session notes as the days go on.
- G
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