A hot planet takes 'man hours' of cost and the repairs that go along with it in order to do business. Human Induced Global Warming is expensive. It adds to the cost of doing business and it imperils human life. How many more times and in increasing magnitude does this have to happen before everyone 'gets it?' That means the nationa stops denying the dangers of the use of fossil fuels and they do it now.
Crews inspect damage to the roof of Concourse C at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport on Saturday.
(NECN: St. Louis, MO) - The Lambert-St. Louis International Airport remains shut down after a tornado rolled right through the airport. Gigantic plate glass windows were blown out, and it was pretty scary inside as we could see from some home-shot videos.
Crews are surveying the damage, and they hope to have the airport back at 70% capacity Sunday, and 100% by midweek. Luckily, no serious injuries have been reported so far, and there were no deaths. There were about four injuries reported from flying glass....
Crews inspect damage to the roof of Concourse C at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport on Saturday.
By BJ Lutz
A plane (click title to entry - thank you) that was moments away from beginning its journey to Chicago was hit by flying debris and lifted off the ground as a tornado passed through Lambert-St. Louis International Airport on Friday night, passengers said.
Chicagoan Jackie Hamm and four of her friends were heading back home after vacationing in Miami. Already delayed by weather, Hamm said she was happy to finally board American flight 699 for O'Hare.
"We passed the pilot on his way out, and he said, 'Well, I hope you guys brought a couple of books because it's going to be a while.' And we were like, 'Oh, that's so frustrating that they put us on the plane and now we have to wait on this plane,' but we're so grateful that we did because probably 15 minutes after we got on the plane our terminal was pretty much destroyed by the tornado."
Hamm, a freshman English teacher at Urban Prep Academy, said she's looking forward to getting back to the classroom on Monday and sharing her story with her students....
Tornado rolls right through Lambert-St. Louis Int'l Airport (click here for video - thank you)
Apr 23, 2011 12:32pmCrews are surveying the damage, and they hope to have the airport back at 70% capacity Sunday, and 100% by midweek. Luckily, no serious injuries have been reported so far, and there were no deaths. There were about four injuries reported from flying glass....
