Editor's Note

You might have heard of the recent storms here in the east that stranded travelers. Well, yours truly was one of those lucky folks. And let me tell you, two extra nights at a Holiday Inn in Ft. Lauderdale, right off the highway and just a stone's throw from the airport, with no car...well, a dream come true.

Originally, I was supposed to be returning on Friday but just made it back now, by way of Baltimore, where I then hopped on a train to NYC. It was that or wait until Monday or Tuesday. And, seriously, it was either through Baltimore or I was ready to spend my life savings on a helicopter just to avoid facing another trip back and forth from the Ft. Lauderdale Airport and the Holiday Inn. It was like Groundhog Day except things got progressively worse instead of better and Andie MacDowell wasn't working the front desk.

Anyway, I intended to post something this weekend before I knew I'd be engaged in an existential journey to the heartland of travel hell. I'm going to sleep now. But I look forward to returning with something worthwhile tomorrow. Thanks for your understanding and patience.

-MediaBloodhound   

Comments

[scuttle]

No joking matter as far as your loss, but regarding your trip, ya could've been on this flight:

http://rawstory.com/news/dpa/British_Airways_passenger_seated_ne_03192007.html

British Airways passenger seated next to corpse - report

dpa German Press Agency
Published: Monday March 19, 2007

London- A horror-struck air passenger has told a British
tabloid that he spent five hours sitting next to a woman who had died
on a British Airways (BA) flight from New Delhi to London.
Paul Trinder, 54, told the Daily Mirror Monday that he woke in the
first class cabin to discover that cabin crew were strapping the body
of a woman, who died after the plane took off, into the seat across
the aisle.

He watched in horror as the corpse repeatedly slid beneath the
seatbelt on to the cabin floor of the Boeing 747, Trinder told the
paper.

"I woke to see cabin crew manoeuvring what looked like a sack of
potatoes into the seat. Slowly, through the darkness, I realised it
was a body. At first, I thought I was dreaming. Then I was convinced
it was a big wind-up.

"The corpse was strapped into the seat but because of turbulence
it kept slipping down on to the floor. It was horrific. The body had
to be wedged in place with lots of pillows."

"Then the relatives were allowed to sit in First Class and spent
the next five hours wailing and weeping," he added.

BA said the body was moved from Economy on the Boeing 747 because
there was more space in First Class.

"We apologize, but our crew were working in difficult
circumstances and chose the option they thought would cause least
disruption," BA said.

[MediaBloodhound]

Hey, at least his flight wasn't delayed.