Tens of Thousands Stranded in England Fog

[jpak]

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/w-eur/2006/dec/21/122101535.html

LONDON (AP) - Tens of thousands of passengers were stranded Thursday after a thick blanket of freezing fog forced hundreds of flights to be canceled at Heathrow, Europe's busiest airport.

Heated tents, sleeping mats and food stalls were set up for anxious travelers as flights were canceled into the holiday weekend.

"It's bedlam," said Nicholas Velez, 23, of Washington. "The whole terminal is so packed you can barely walk."

With all of Heathrow's hotels filled to capacity, Velez was one of some 500 people who slept in the chilly terminals overnight while waiting to rebook a flight home.

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[Porcupine]

1. Fog in London? Snow in Denver? I'm shocked.....

that the airlines have absolutely no plan for dealing with normal weather for December in these locations. WTF is wrong with our air transit sector?