I flew out of Minneapols to Seattle before and there were a few afternoon thunderstorms. It was just a slight bit more of a rough ride. The plane moved around alot. "turbulence" Until it was over Montana and the sky was bright blue all the way into Seattle/Tacoma. Don't worry about it. They usually fly around them.

sag10 said:

Nooooo!!!!!

KingSausage said:

It's true!! It's true I tells ya!

I was gonna come clean before your journey, but i've been busted. Just stirring the shit a wee bit.


[This message was edited Mon May 10 11:54:10 2004 by TheFrog]

TheFrog said:

Too late!!!

Stupid Frog.

No more advice???

Chew on something to stop your ears going pop.

And use the toilets as much as possible early on. They can get pretty grim later - especially when turbulence kicks in.

3bogs said:

Those toilets always scare me. If something freaky were to go wrong, the last place I wanna be is sitting on the can, "pinching a squanto," know what I mean?

i flew over canada once during a storm. we didn't actually go thorugh.....or if we did it didn't last long.

flying over it was unbelievable.....i could see the dark clouds with bright flashes going through it everynow and then .....

the moon was full in the sky above it. it was very serene somehow.
me in a big plane in a dark but still sky...flying over a strorm.

it'll be worth it hon

I wouldn't worry about it mate.

I think that is good advice. I'm sure all will go well now.

I flew from Houston to Minneapolis one time during a storm. The lightning illuminated the dark view every now and then where I could see a man... no, maybe some kind of creature... on the wing of the plane, trying to tear off one of the engines as it looked right in my direction and....

Well, at least the first sentence was true. Ran into a little turbulence from the storm, but smooth flying after that.

take heart! once you get above the storm clouds it'll be clear and sunny, smooth sailing all the way. san francisco rarely gets thunderstorms (i don't remember many while i was living there) so your landing will be smooth. and during the flight, once you're above the storm, you'll look down on the gray green clouds churning angrily below and smile serenely, enjoying your freedom from such strife.

or, you could drink yourself into a stupor during pre-boarding and never even notice any turbulence, should there be any

NCC2012 said:

i THOUGHT i recognized you! they filmed your flight and turned it into a movie, didja know that ?

Thanks fellow .Orgers....

XxAxX said:

And then they took me away and showed me something REALLY scary!

<--creature
<--me

NCC2012 said:

XxAxX said:

Large Marge???

It has happened to me. You just hope the pilot knows what he/she is doing.

NCC2012 said:

Me too!

Well Sausage, I feel ya. I'm flying out of Chicago on Friday. My very first flight ever and I'm scared shitless.

TheOrgerFormerlyKnownAs said:

Flying is cool. I hate sitting in cars or going on boats, but planes i have no problem with. Anyway, last time i flew was from NY City to Belgium, and from the get go they promised us some heavy weather. Flew through the night, no turbulence or nothing, flying over Ireland, they served breakfast, only 1.5hours of flight to go, thought nothing was going to happen, but then, right over Belgium was this pretty bad storm, and there was no way around it since we had to land. I can tell you it was pretty xciting seeing and hearing the lightning strike around you, electricity in the airplane fade, dark clouds and heavy rain outside. The people vomiting around u is a bit of a bummer, but if you concentrate on the spectacle outside you'll be fine.

Oh, and i regularly hear that flying over the hymalayas (sp?) is the worst. Not because of the storms but because of the big drops planes make there. It's probably an urban legend but i heard some stories of people dying because they hit the plane's ceiling with their head.

SpcMs said:

I don't get motion sickness at all....turbulence, fortunately, only bothers me pyschologically....

Your flight sounds like it was hellish for a bit!

KingSausage said:

Not that I can recall. But I spent an hour on the runway in Detroit last Sunday evening due to nearby storms. The pilot said he'd take off only if he thought it was safe to do so, and so we had to wait until he had enough information to make a decision. (We did eventually take off and arrive safely in Indianapolis.)

I suspect that taking off and landing during a storm is more problematic than cruising.

SpcMs said:

I'd rather spend seven hours (including layover) flying to Seattle than four days driving there.

And Northwest Airlines just gave me Silver Elite status!

KingSausage said:

You still here KS?

I thought you'd be dead by now.

thats the most exciting part!

I can remember I was flying and the weather was soo shit, the turbulence terrible, the plane kept dipping in the sky, all the air hostesses were lying on the floor in the aisle cos they couldnt get back to their seats quick enough and were hanging onto the trolleys, everyone screaming, and I had a little buzz of fear and excitement inside me....
[This message was edited Wed May 12 1:27:16 2004 by REDFEATHERS]

ArdeoTheMerciless said:

spare us that tired argument...
if you compare the number of drivers with the number of plane passengers, it is not safer to fly.
besides, if a plane has an accident you're most likely gonna die which - as we know - is not nescessarily the case in a car accident.