My flight was cancelled today from Boise to Portland so I booked another for Thursday. I think the weather will be better, or at least I hope it will. This has been going on for days now though. Practically all the flights into Portland are being cancelled. Why can't they get some snow plows, deicer or sand over there?
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Snow plows are very expensive, $80,000+ per, so airports that normally do not get snow do not have them. Same with de-icers. Regards, Dan
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I live in Boise and was supposed to fly to Portland on Monday For the whole day, only one plane got out of Boise and to Portland, and the passengers sat on the plane for 5 hours before it took off The weather is insane in Portland, they got 11 inches of snow and an inch of ice on top of that, it is illegal to be driving any vehicle in Portland Metro area without chains, and they are actually taking people to jail There are so many planes grounded at PDX, that there really is no room to land the other planes, and in order to fly planes out of PDX, the freezing rain and snow has to stop, and they have to de-ice the planes. Portland NEVER ever gets snow, so they aren't prepared for this, they don't have enough snow plows and de-icing machines. Even though the weather has improved a little bit, there is so many back-ups and confusion, that it is impossible for them to re-organize right now I was supposed to go with my best friend, last night at 11 she finally found a ticket to Portland, the last one on SouthWest, and her plane took off out of BOI to PDX less than 20 minutes ago, we couldn't find another ticket for me, and chances are, there won't be any flights Wednesday due to the weather. But really, the plows and de-icers really aren't the biggest problem, it's the non-stop weather, and the amount of people, confusion, and grounded airplanes Good luck!
