RDU still operating on regular schedule with only a few cancellations
STAYS THAT WAY.
>> IT SEEMS TO BE MAKING OUT
PRETTY WELL IN THE SNOWSTORM.
ERIN THOMAS AND NASH COUNTY.
THANK YOU.>>> WHEN IT SNOWS
LIKE THIS THAT AFFECTS NOT ONLY
THE ROADS BUT THE AIRPORTS AS
WELL.
SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES
CAUSED SLICK CONDITIONS ON THE
RUNWAYS AND THAT CAN ALTER
FLIGHT SCHEDULES FOR THE
AIRLINES.
WRAL'S EWING GRACE IS LIVE
WITH THE AIRLINES.
>> SPEAKING OF THOSE PASSENGERS
MANY OF THEM ARE COMING BACK
RIGHT NOW TO RDU AND THEY WILL
GET A BIG WELCOME TO THE SNOW.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK
GOING ON HERE BEHIND-THE-SCENES
. LET ME GIVE YOU A
PERSPECTIVE.
WE HAD A COWORKER THAT CALLED
US AND TOLD US SHE WAS ON A
FLIGHT SCHEDULED TO LEAVE AT
6:00, SHE WAS ON THE PLANE BUT
IT DID NOT TAKE OFF UNTIL 9:00
AND BECAUSE CREWS WERE DEICING
IT.
THE OTHER PART IS PEOPLE ARE
JUST HOPING THEY WOULD BE ABLE
TO CATCH THEIR FLIGHT.
>> WE SAW A LOT OF THIS, PEOPLE
HOPING AND WAITING THEIR LOVED
ONES FLIGHT WOULD MAKE IT IN.
RDU REPORTED 10 CANCELLATIONS
DUE TO WEATHER .
>> I'M FROM NEW YORK SO I'M
USED TO DRIVING IN THIS WEATHER
.
>> SHE WANTED TO SURPRISE HER
HUSBAND WHO FLEW IN FROM NEW
YORK AFTER RETIRING FROM THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT THERE WE WERE
THERE FOR THE REUNION.
HE MADE IT HOME TO THE SNOW.
>> I LEAVE NEW YORK, NO SNOW,
COME BACK TO NORTH CAROLINA AND
THERE SNOW.
GO FIGURE.
>> MOST AIRLINES OFFERED
WAIVERS FOR THOSE THAT DID NOT
MAKE THEIR FLIGHT, I KNOW MANY
WILL WELCOME THAT AND TAKE
ADVANTAGE.
I WILL TELL YOU THERE HAVE NOT
BEEN A LOT OF DELAYS HERE
THOUGH.
EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE SEEN 10
CANCELLATIONS, NOT A LOT OF