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Friday, January 27, 2006Airplane Stories #2: Flying through a stormI don't quite remember where we were heading or coming from. Memory thinks it may have been coming home from one of our visits to Florida. Anyhoo, we're flying along in the evening minding our own business when things took on a different kind of dark. The fasten seat belts sign was turned on, and we were told via the plane's intercom that there was going to be some potentially strong turbulence for a while.We had flown into a storm. The clouds were dark, except when the occasional and far between lightning flashed below us. I don't remember seeing any lightning above or around us, and the light that was given off wasn't bright like when you see lighting strike from the ground, so I assume it was far enough beneath us to not have mattered. I remember I was sitting in my seat pretty much unfazed, continuing to read my book. My Mom was jumpy though, probably getting near scared, but I wasn't too sure. I am sure she wasn't happy though. All of the sudden the plane wasn't beneath us anymore. Well, it was... but a few feet lower than it had been. Plenty of people had gasped. Then just as suddenly, our seats were under us again. I was pretty sure I had left my stomach and a few other organs several feet up, at least it felt like it! Other people felt the same, or were scared. When they had said we'd be experiencing turbulence, we weren't expecting that! The cause was something about a low or high pressure pocket of air meeting the opposite and us crossing the threshold. Later we joked about how if that had been an amusement ride people would love it! But it having been a plane that fell several feet unexpectedly while flying, it just wasn't as fun or entertaining. |
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