Dionne wrote:Well folks, whatever the event is being called....one thing is for certain, it really played havoc with air travel through DFW. When we finally had a window to get out......it was still stormy enough to cancel the beverage service. Climbing through 21K we encountered some of the heaviest rain I can remember in 50+ years of air travel. It's no wonder Dallas flooded.
Hey, I was at DFW Airport on the 10th too! We probably saw each other as we milled up and down Terminal A in boredom!
For some reason I'd neglected to check the weather radar before our flight because the NWS had been calling for a "30%" chance of rain that day. As soon as we got through security I saw the wall cloud rolling over the airport through the big glass windows and I sat and watched the storm until the gate agents told everybody to get away from these giant triple-paned windows because of the tornado warning. DFW's Terminal A is a huge soundproof building that even the sound of a jet aircraft taking off or landing can't penetrate...we still were able to hear the thunder inside, that's how loud the storm was! At one point I saw an airplane at the gate bouncing up and down like it was on hydraulics in the middle of the storm. I was wondering what maintenance they could possibly be doing in all of this until the rain cleared a bit and I saw the plane behind it bouncing up and down too!
The worst part was that our flight to Sacramento still hadn't left its' starting point in Oklahoma City. Eventually they did find another airplane to use that got us to Sacramento, only about four hours late. More storms were rolling in around 11:30, but they weren't severe and we were allowed to get off the ground. That was also the first time I've ever flown through a thunderstorm. I wish I'd gotten pictures of that....
Then the next day I was watching The Weather Channel in Sacramento and saw something about a "Dallas Disaster!tm" but I figured it was just the usual hyperbole.
