"The National Weather Service said 132 million people nationwide are under alerts from snow, sleet or freezing rain. Those affected live as far north as New York, as far down the Atlantic Coast as South Carolina, and along the southern states from Georgia to New Mexico and into the Southern Rockies of Colorado. Widespread disruptions are expected to create travel headaches."
""We'll see if the airlines start proactively cancelling flights in these areas, as this hasn't happened yet," San Francisco International Airport spokesperson Doug Yakel wrote in an email. "If cancellations do happen, our focus will be on resources for stranded passengers and parking for those extra aircraft that would normally have been flying." According to FlightAware, a flight-tracking web site, no cancellations had been announced at any of the three major Bay Area airports early Thursday."
""Weather elsewhere in the country can cause ripple effects," Mineta San Jose Airport spokesperson Julie Jarrett wrote in an email. "Travelers should be aware that any delays are more likely tied to conditions at their origin or destination, rather than at SJC itself." The weather service said that many areas will receive a foot of snow, and that extreme and record-breaking cold may spread in certain areas. Power outages are a major concern."
A potentially historic storm is forecast to begin Friday and spread snow and ice along a roughly 1,500-mile path across more than half the United States. The National Weather Service placed 132 million people under alerts for snow, sleet, or freezing rain from New York and the Atlantic Coast down to South Carolina and west through southern states into the Southern Rockies of Colorado. Many areas could receive up to a foot of snow, with extreme and record-breaking cold and significant risk of power outages and widespread travel disruptions. Bay Area airports reported no early cancellations, while officials warned of ripple effects and prepared passenger resources in case cancellations occur.
Read at The Mercury News
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]