Eric Bodden » Blizzard

Largest snowstorm ever!

Eric — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 21:43:33 +0000

By Thursday, there had already 316cm of snow come down over Montreal, which is not much below the all time record of 383 centimetres set in 1971. Today we expect another 25 to 50 cm. The view out of the window is just unbelievable (as my pants are unbelievably wet ). The look on the radar, too…

More snow

Eric — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 03:12:09 +0000

Yeah, the next snow storm is on its way! Should make for some lovely cross country skiing over the weekend!

That was quite something

Eric — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:58:59 +0000

My December 16th/17th:

wondering for half of the day why British Airways does not cancel my flight
having a crazy cab ride to the airport, through 30cm of snow
arriving at a time where my flight had a supposed “15 minutes” delay
seeing almost all other flights cancelled
seeing dozens of luggage containers stuck in the snow
seeing luggage trucks stuck in snow
seeing my flight delayed for 1:15h
boarding the plane
waiting for another 4h (!!!) for two de-icing sessions (first engines for 3h, then wings for 1h right before lift-off)
- listening to “reassuring” words of the pilot: “This gotta be the craziest snow storm since the beginning of aviation! Erm… but the Canadians know how to deal with this. I trust them!”
having a crazy lift-off
being glad to have survived the lift-off
dinner, funny movie, 2 1/2 of sleep
de-boarding plane in London
receiving a ticket for a connecting flight that is supposed to leave 20 minutes ago!
- remembering the words “the luggage is already on that plane”
boarding plane literally in the last second
arriving in Duesseldorf and finding my luggage missing
being glad to finally be picked up by my girlfriend

My December 18th:

being glad to get my luggage delivered

So all in all, thanks British Airways for getting me out of there still on the same day, thanks for playing safe, even if it took time, thanks for getting me the fastest connecting flight in my personal history and thanks for delivering my luggage already on the next day!

Protected: Das war ein langer Tag…

Eric — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:47:16 +0000

More snow…

Eric — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:20:10 +0000

Ok, sometimes I can understand that the Canadians do not care so much about global warming… Just look at that radar image! Right in the middle used to be Montreal. Right now there’s just the largest snow cloud ever. The last Blizzard two weeks ago was serious, but if you compare to the image from then you will see that this time it’s even worse. Usually I really love the snow, but this time I had my flight to Germany scheduled for today. Well that’s going to be interesting…