Northeast Snowstorm 1/26-1/27

[Matt Molnar]

2-12 inches expected from Washington to Boston...again.


Delta Offers Customers Ability to Change Travel Plans in Advance of Winter Weather in the Northeast

Customers encouraged to make changes, check flights at delta.com (http://delta.com/)

ATLANTA, Jan. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) is offering customers whose flight plans may be affected by winter weather expected across the Northeast tomorrow and Thursday the ability to make one-time changes to their travel schedules without fees. Delta's weather advisory encourages customers to consider postponing or re-routing their travel to avoid possible inconvenience from expected flight delays.


Customers booked on Delta-ticketed flights to, from or through the following cities Jan. 26-27 may immediately rebook for travel with the same origin and destination before or after their original travel dates as long as new flights are ticketed and rescheduled with travel beginning by Jan. 29, 2011.


Albany, N.Y.
Allentown, Pa.
Baltimore
Boston
Harrisburg, Pa.
Hartford, Conn.
Newark, N.J.
New York (JFK and LaGuardia)
Newburgh, N.Y.
Manchester, N.H.
Philadelphia
Providence, R.I.
Portland, Maine
Washington, D.C. (Dulles and Reagan National)
White Plains, N.Y.
Wilkes Barre/Scranton, Pa.


Flight delays are possible at these airports as a result of winter weather, and Delta will proactively reduce flight schedules to minimize delays.
Delta encourages customers to make changes and manage their travel at delta.com (http://delta.com/). All customers traveling in impacted markets should check their flight status at delta.com (http://delta.com/) before arriving at the airport.
Changes to origin or destination may result in a fare increase, and any fare difference between the original ticket and the new ticket will be collected at the time of rebooking. Customers whose flights are cancelled may request refunds.
Delta will continue to monitor the weather and provide the latest updates at delta.com (http://delta.com/) and twitter.com/DeltaNewsroom (http://twitter.com/DeltaNewsroom).

SOURCE Delta Air Lines
For further information: Corporate Communications, +1-404-715-2554, [email protected], news archive at news.delta.com (http://news.delta.com/)

[Matt Molnar]

JetBlue:

JetBlue to Waive Change Fees and Fare Differences to Assist Customers Affected by Mid-Atlantic and Northeast Weather Customers traveling on Wed., Jan. 26 or Thurs., Jan. 27 to/from or through select destinations may rebook flights through Sat., Jan. 29 - NEW YORK, Jan. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --
Due to inclement weather forecast to impact the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, JetBlue Airways (Nasdaq: JBLU) will waive change fees and fare differences to give customers booked for travel to, from, or through select cities on Wed., Jan. 26 or Thurs., Jan. 27, the opportunity to voluntarily rebook for new flights that depart anytime through Sat., Jan. 29, 2011.
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090217/NY71475LOGO-b )
Eligible cities include:



Baltimore, Md.
Boston, Mass.
Hartford, Conn.
New York (JFK and LaGuardia)
Newark, N.J.
Newburgh, N.Y.
Portland, Maine
Washington, D.C. (Reagan National and Dulles)
White Plains, N.Y.

Original travel must have been booked on or before January 25, 2011. Customers may rebook their travel without change fee or fare difference by calling 800-JETBLUE (800-538-2583) any time prior to the departure time of their originally scheduled flight. Customers whose flight has been cancelled may also opt for a refund to the original form of payment via 800-JETBLUE.
All customers booked for travel to/from airports in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast are encouraged to check the status of their flight online at www.jetblue.com (http://www.jetblue.com/) prior to leaving for the airport. Customers with web-enabled cell phones and PDAs may check the status of their flight via mobile.jetblue.com.


American:

Due to weather, American Airlines offers customers the convenience to change their plans. Customers ticketed to travel on American Airlines flights to, from, or through the areas listed below may change flights as shown without penalty.

If you are traveling to/from/through:
Allentown / Bethlehem, PA (ABE)
Baltimore, MD (BWI)
Boston, MA (BOS)
Harrisburg, PA (MDT)
Hartford, CT (BDL)
New York Kennedy, NY (JFK)
New York LaGuardia, NY (LGA)
Newark, NJ (EWR)
Philadelphia, PA (PHL)
Scranton / Wilkes Barre, PA (AVP)
Washington Dulles, VA (IAD)
Washington Reagan Nat'l, D.C. (DCA)
Westchester County / White Plains, NY (HPN)

On the following dates:
January 26 - 27, 2011

And your ticket was issued no later than:
January 25, 2011

You may begin travel as late as:
January 28, 2011

Original inventory required?
Yes

One ticketed change is allowed with no penalty.
To change travel dates, contact our Reservations personnel at 1-800-433-7300 within the United States or Canada. If you are calling from outside the United States or Canada, please check our Worldwide Reservations Numbers (http://www.aa.com/i18n/utility/internationalReservationsPhoneContact.jsp) page.


US Airways:

Northern Snow Storm

Last Updated: 1/25/2011 5:13 PM ET
Cities Affected

Hartford/Springfield, CT ; Portland, ME ; Boston, MA ; Manchester, NH ; Newark, NJ ; Islip, NY ; New York, NY (Laguardia) ; New York, NY (JFK) ; Newburgh, NY ; White Plains, NY ; Allentown, PA ; Harrisburg, PA ; Philadelphia, PA ; Providence, RI

Date Range

1/26/2011 4:01 AM ET through 1/27/2011 11:59 PM ET
Revised Ticket Policy


We’ve relaxed our change-fee policies. If your trip is affected, you can change your trip online (in most cases) -- we’ll waive your change fees!

Here’s how:

• Book the same origin and destination
• Move your entire trip up to 7 days before or after the scheduled departure date

You may have to pay to change your trip if:

• You change your origin and/or destination
• You travel more than 7 days outside your originally scheduled trip
• There is a difference in fare

Please call if:

• You’re traveling internationally
• Part or all of your trip is on another airline
• You don’t see a ‘Change my trip’ link when you pull up your reservation

Change your trip online at usairways.com/manageyourtrip

If you need help, please call 800-428-4322.


Southwest:



New York Weather

Based on forecasted winter weather conditions, there is a possibility that our flights at Long Island/MacArthur (ISP) and New York LaGuardia (LGA) on Wednesday, January 26 and Thursday, January 27 could be disrupted (delayed, diverted, or cancelled).
With this in mind, Customers holding reservations for travel to/from ISP or LGA on Wednesday, January 26 or Thursday, January 27 are eligible to reschedule their flight in accordance with our accommodation procedures.
If you would like to rebook online, please click reschedule your flight (http://www.southwest.com/travel_center/changeItinerary.html?src=SODAAOMCALLRebook100115). For Customers who did not purchase their ticket via southwest.com, please call us at 1-800-435-9792 to rebook their flight in the original class of service or travel standby (within 14 days of the original date of travel between the original city-pairs) without paying any additional charge.
For specific flight information, please check Flight Status Information (http://www.southwest.com/cgi-bin/selectFlight?int=GSUBNAV-AIR-FLIFO&disc=0:1:1277748529.393000:20081@B38959F835A509B64 821FD2E6F0A29683709F012&ss=0).


Northeast Weather
Based on forecasted winter weather conditions, there is a possibility that our flights at Hartford/Springfield (BDL), Boston (BOS), Manchester (MHT), and Providence (PVD) on Thursday, January 27 could be disrupted (delayed, diverted, or cancelled).
With this in mind, Customers holding reservations for travel to/from BDL, BOS, MHT, or PVD on Thursday, January 27 are eligible to reschedule their flight in accordance with our accommodation procedures.
If you would like to rebook online, please click reschedule your flight (http://www.southwest.com/travel_center/changeItinerary.html?src=SODAAOMCALLRebook100115). For Customers who did not purchase their ticket via southwest.com, please call us at 1-800-435-9792 to rebook their flight in the original class of service or travel standby (within 14 days of the original date of travel between the original city-pairs) without paying any additional charge.
For specific flight information, please check Flight Status Information (http://www.southwest.com/cgi-bin/selectFlight?int=GSUBNAV-AIR-FLIFO&disc=0:1:1277748529.393000:20081@B38959F835A509B64 821FD2E6F0A29683709F012&ss=0).


Mid-Atlantic Weather
Based on forecasted winter weather conditions, there is a possibility that our flights at Baltimore/Washington (BWI), Washington Dulles (IAD), and Philadelphia (PHL) on Wednesday, January 26 and Thursday, January 27 could be disrupted (delayed, diverted, or cancelled).
With this in mind, Customers holding reservations for travel to/from BWI, IAD, or PHL on Wednesday, January 26 or Thursday, January 27 are eligible to reschedule their flight in accordance with our accommodation procedures.
If you would like to rebook online, please click reschedule your flight (http://www.southwest.com/travel_center/changeItinerary.html?src=SODAAOMCALLRebook100115). For Customers who did not purchase their ticket via southwest.com, please call us at 1-800-435-9792 to rebook their flight in the original class of service or travel standby (within 14 days of the original date of travel between the original city-pairs) without paying any additional charge.
For specific flight information, please check Flight Status Information (http://www.southwest.com/cgi-bin/selectFlight?int=GSUBNAV-AIR-FLIFO&disc=0:1:1277748529.393000:20081@B38959F835A509B64 821FD2E6F0A29683709F012&ss=0).

[Art at ISP]

I am in Charlotte tonight returning to LGA in the morning- my current flight is 11:30AM --will try for earlier.

[Art at ISP]

This just in - stuck in Charlotte until tomorrow...my good friends Jay and Ron are keeping an eye out for me.

Thanks guys!

[Gerard]

Started snowing this morning around 8AM when I got out of Penn Station. Ended about 4 or so hours later then turned to freezing drizzle/rain. Waiting for the heavy shot sometime early this evening!! What a mess!!

[Gerard]

Friend in Eastern Pa says they are having THUNDER SNOW now!!
Isnt that an AC/DC song? :biggrin:

[steve1840]

No, that was thunder struck

[Gerard]

No, that was thunder struck

:wink::smile::cool:

[Art at ISP]

Cleared up nicely here in Charlotte, not that that will help me get home in the morning :)

What are the projected totals for Central LI?

[moose135]

They are talking 8 - 12 inches, Art.

[RomNYC]

What we had all day here in Queens was just an appetizer compared to what's pouring down right now! I wish potential stranded passengers a lot of patience.

[gonzalu]

Let's hope for clear streets tomorrow morning. I am expected to go to work REGARDLESS of the conditions:rolleyes:

[adscram14]

Ouch. My relatives in NY are saying that some of the snow from Christmas is still there lol. Art, have you been to the overlook yet?

[MarkLawrence]

We got into BDL without a problem yesterday afternoon (Wednesday) - there has been quite a lot overnight (currently a little south of Hartford), but the roads have been cleared and it's stopped snowing now - only fly out tomorrow (Friday) afternoon, so I think we will be lucky!

[Gerard]

Woke up in the middle of the night and it was just about whiteout conditions. News12 said that at one point we were getting 5 INCHES OF SNOW AN HOUR!!!!! Now that is nuts!!
Got close to 14 inches here in Nassau. Sun coming out now so will start shoveling in awhile but with nowhere to go, no hurry. Hear JFK set to open at 8AM, LGA open and ISP around 10AM or so.

[Gerard]

Hear JFK set to open at 8AM, LGA open and ISP around 10AM or so.

Actually ISP open but not expecting flights till 11AM. And with the LIRR, they say delays but dont tell you that could quickly turn into a suspension. And if you can get on a train it will be slow, overcrowded and possibly might get stuck!!
And where the heck are we putting all this snow??????:tongue:

[AirtrafficController]

From the FAA Website:
KJFK is set to "open" at 10:00AM.
KEWR is set to "open" at 9:00AM but is closed for arrivals until 12:00PM.

[moose135]

We got about 16" up in Syosset. Took about an hour and a half with the snowblower to clear the front walk and driveway. Part of the problem was all the snow on the lawn next to the driveway - I'd clear the edge of the driveway, and part of the pile would break off and fall back into the area I had just cleared.

I was out at the end of the driveway when a snowplow came through (I'm on a main street). I was trying to get as far away from the street as I could to keep from getting buried, but he had to stop to get around a pickup parked in the street a few doors down. Got the street plowed without getting too much back in the driveway!

Is it summer yet?

[Spunker]

the weather folks miscalculated this one just a bit. We were only supposed to get about 4 inches here in Cambridge Mass and we got a foot. So tired of this winter.

[steve1840]

Same story here in eastern CT. Weatherman said 4-10" statewide and we got 18" in my town and a town only 15-20 miles north of us got 22".

[Zee71]

Here in HoBe I would say we got anywhere from 16 to 18 inches (maybe more). Spent the last 4 hours digging out.

[puckstopper55]

We got about 15" in Lake Grove, Long Island. I dont know where to put it anymore .. I had the piles keep falling down, and the snow blower can throw it over them. Some of the piles are easily over 5 feet tall ... and yeah, we still got a pretty decent amount of christmas snow under the other 45"+ we has since ... This winter is brutal.

[Gerard]

I was out at the end of the driveway when a snowplow came through (I'm on a main street). I was trying to get as far away from the street as I could to keep from getting buried, but he had to stop to get around a pickup parked in the street a few doors down. Got the street plowed without getting too much back in the driveway!

Wish I could say the same. Plows finally came through an hour ago twice in each direction and just loaded up the front of the driveway!! Oh well. My wife actually went into the city this morning (she had an important doctors appt she really didnt want to cancel) and after we dug out the truck and getting out of our block she made good time into and out of the city though
she did say the streets on the Upper East Side are pretty messy.
On an aviation side, I saw the Carolina Hurricanes team jet climbing out of FRG around 12:05PM. Looked like an Air Canada light blue Airbus and both Chopper 12 and a Cablevision 76 were also flying.

[Gerard]

Is it summer yet?

John the scary part is that it ISNT EVEN FEBRUARY YET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :mad::tongue::rolleyes::frown:

[Art at ISP]

Thanks for the info...I just got home. My car was relatively buried at LGA but it only took about 10 min to get it out..and the roads are clear.

My thanks to our good friend Jay Selman and to our own LGA777 for their help and for keeping an eye on me yesterday in CLT as I tried to get home....

[T-Bird76]

We got about 16" up in Syosset. Took about an hour and a half with the snowblower to clear the front walk and driveway. Part of the problem was all the snow on the lawn next to the driveway - I'd clear the edge of the driveway, and part of the pile would break off and fall back into the area I had just cleared.

I was out at the end of the driveway when a snowplow came through (I'm on a main street). I was trying to get as far away from the street as I could to keep from getting buried, but he had to stop to get around a pickup parked in the street a few doors down. Got the street plowed without getting too much back in the driveway!

Is it summer yet?

That's starting to become a problem everywhere, the mounds of snow from past storms just keep getting higher and higher. My snow thrower can't get enough height when I'm up close to the mounds, which are now as tall as I am. There's a clipper system schedule to move in tomorrow until Sat and another possible large storm for next Tue....this is truly nuts. Hell if 2012 is true I wish it would just get here already...nothing worse then a slow painful death.

[moose135]

From Newsday:

The almost 35 inches of snow that has fallen on Long Island in two storms this month not only breaks the January record, but makes this the Island's snowiest month on record, officials said Thursday.

As of Thursday morning, 34.8 inches of snow had hit the ground this month at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Before, the highest single monthly snowfall total was 32.5 inches, set in February 1966. February is typically the snowiest month on Long Island, according to the National Weather Service.

Another 19.8 inches fell in last month's blizzard, bringing the season total so far to 54.6 inches. The average Long Island winter brings 32 inches of snow. The record for snowiest winter was set in 1995 with 90.75 inches.

So far, this is the 11th snowiest winter, but we're only three-tenths of an inch shy of breaking into the top 10 by edging out 1948-49.http://www.moose135photography.com/Other/Photo-A-Day-2011/JM20110127Stratus001/1169655553_fkwX4-L.jpg