The winds were howling at JFK Wednesday afternoon! When we arrived for our shot at the ILS to runway 4R the ceiling was at 300 feet, and the North wind was gusting to 27 knots. That was lighter than forecast too! When we departed Orlando the forecast winds for JFK were 360 @ 30 gusting 45! The approach lights were also out of service. I suspect Hurricane Sandy had something to do with that. We saw the runway at 200 feet. Did I mention the sideways snow?
Of course my connection home canceled. Not that it mattered. I was selected for a random drug test, and would have missed that flight anyway. My next "best chance" to get home was at 7 pm.
We landed at 2:40 pm. The visibility at the time was 2 1/2 miles. By 4 pm the visibility was down to 3/4 mile, and there was two inches of snow on the ground. By 6 pm there was four inches of snow on the ground---and the 7 pm RJ to CLT was delayed until 8:30 pm. At 7:45 pm it canceled.
After that it was the AirTrain (elevated railway) to the E-Train (subway) to walking through six inches of snow to get to the crash pad. A routine trip. . . Then I slipped on the sidewalk in front of the Dunkin Donuts shop on Queens Boulevard. That left a mark!
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