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🤢Biggest Fear w/ Flying!

sidsmom — Fri, 02 Mar 2018 18:28:49 GMT

Turbulence!!!

Apparently Dulles is getting the windy part of this NE storm.

Winds 40-50+mph.

Here’s a report from the Aviation Weather Center.

These reports are written in code/etc which only

pilots would understand. Today....they spelled it out directly.

Twitter is saying for this report to be that descriptive, that’s baaaaaad.

(read the blue highlight part)

Ooooooof!

🤢

Re: Biggest Fear w/ Flying!

Lilysmom — Fri, 02 Mar 2018 18:18:48 GMT

@sidsmom, now that’s bad. I was at a meeting last night. One of the committee members is flying home today. I’m on east coast Canada. Winds here are bad today. Glad I am not in a plane! LM

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momtochloe — Fri, 02 Mar 2018 18:23:10 GMT

@sidsmom Twitter is on fire with first hand experiences and gratitude for the pilots that get them safely on the ground!

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redwingsgal — Fri, 02 Mar 2018 18:37:57 GMT

Reason #512 why I do NOT fly!!!

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Sweetbay magnolia — Fri, 02 Mar 2018 19:44:52 GMT

OMG.

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FrostyBabe1 — Fri, 02 Mar 2018 21:06:45 GMT

There was a similar report for the southern half of lower Michigan yesterday as the storm passed through. Turbulence is probably the only part of flying that rattles me in the least. I'm flying this weekend, but fortunately not towards the storm, and none of the equipment is coming from that area, so there shouldn't be any problems.

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Jacie — Fri, 02 Mar 2018 22:38:33 GMT

My fear is that I WILL HAVE TO use one of those awful little bags.....

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GCR18 — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 02:57:07 GMT

I don't handle turbulence well. I won't eat or drink prior to a flight. I pack enough food for everyone on the plane. LOL. Once we're well underway, I'll have a snack.

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Vivian — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 14:48:23 GMT

I saw the video of that aborted landing at Washington and my stomach turned. I hate turbulence. My daughter is worse. I admit to taking Xanax when turbulence is predicted. I learned my lesson the hard way years ago. We were flying from Paris to NYC and we came into a thunderstorm. The jet had to land quickly and we landed at an airport north of NYC. The landing was horrific. I was air sick. I won’t let that happen again.

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qualitygal — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 12:35:52 GMT

When I have flown before, I was always lucky. That would be horrendous to hit those winds. They sure did spell it out!! Tell it like it is.

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Bri36 — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 14:08:03 GMT

We hit terrible turbulence flying home from Hilton Head. I was terrified. The overhead baggage compartments kept flying open. I was so afraid something was going to fall out and knock someone out.

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Nataliesgramma — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 14:11:54 GMT

We have been lucky to never have the experience of bad turbulence......I would be terrified!!

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KingstonsMom — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 18:08:38 GMT

My biggest fear with flying is crashing!

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Lilysmom — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 21:34:24 GMT

I read this morning that 2800 flights were cancelled in the US because of the storm yesterday. A bad one! Feel sorry for the travellers! LM

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viva923 — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 22:24:32 GMT

I rarely go on vacation. I am not from the east coast to visit friends I do have to fly to Midwest or west coast.

The last time i did go anywhere was to the mid west , I have not gone anywhere for some 25 years so the flight was somewhat unnerving, I hung on for dear life. Sky was calm and flight was calm.

the last time I flew when where was a problem was some 45 years ago , plane fell some 2000 feet in a matter of seconds , really never forgot about that experience.

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ROMARY — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 22:29:07 GMT

I guess that I would be losing a lot of money:

I wouldn't fly in stormy weather. Nothing is that important, no matter what. imo.

Well, I guess if we had to evacuate from some sort of disaster, I guess that I'd HAVE to fly. But, I'd be a nervous wreck, that's for sure. ' From one disaster into almost another '.......

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skuggles — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 01:13:47 GMT