#EAS for ADOT Highway Closure: ADOT: I-40 CLOSED due to winter weather conditions. Check www.az511.com for information and updates on weather-related closures. Source: AZCoconinoCountyDepartmentofEmergencyManagement** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFETY, SEEK OUT OFFICIAL SOURCES ***
@easwatch #Flagstaff #AZwx #I40 I-40 closed due to winter weather conditions (!)
@easwatch Snow is coming down hard in Flagstaff. I wonder if the Amtrak Southwest Chief is running... that sucker is cold in summer, nearly froze to death on there... I imagine they must have heaters in winter. #snow #flagstaff #AZwx https://www.flagstaffarizona.org/virtual-railfan-flagstaff/
@easwatch Southwest Chief current 13mi E. of Gallup, AZ. 87mph heading west into the snow. Current expected to hit Flagstaff, AZ at 50 minutes past midnight (assuming they don't also see a delay from the snow) -- 3 hours 18 minutes late. #Amtrak #SouthwestChief #snow #Flagstaff #AZwx #railfan https://railrat.net/routes/SouthwestChief/
Southwest Chief Status - RailRat

Real-time status for Amtrak Southwest Chief route trains (unofficial).

@ai6yr @easwatch
at least on a train you can get up and walk around...
@MsMerope @easwatch Yep... certainly better than being stuck on the I-40 for 4 hours (ask me how I know). Long enough to jump out of the car, find some bushes, and get back in... several times... without moving an inch.
@ai6yr @easwatch I'd love to know how many people on that flight actually lived in the East Bay and would have been THRILLED to end their journey in Oakland
@MsMerope @ai6yr @easwatch Could literally have taken BART from OAK to SFO in the four hours they were sitting on the tarmac.

@mazz @ai6yr @easwatch
abso-f'ing-lutely!!!

the "decisions" people make...
or some computer generated gobble-dee-gook

Somebody with no comprehension of geography? It's in the same state - it can't be *that* far away!

@MsMerope @ai6yr @easwatch
I would have been on the phone for some of those 18hrs to find the most craven lawyer I could find to sue the shit out of the airline.
And some of that time on the time talking to the corporate office of the airline.
@easwatch There are some very unhappy people between Seligman and Flagstaff right now, IMHO. Will have to go look for cameras. #I40 #AZwx #snow #closure
@easwatch Travelers are at a standstill (and stranded in snow, it seems -- not moving ) at I-40 154.19 #AZwx #snow #Flagstaff
@ai6yr Looks like it's gotten worse.
@ai6yr that'd be the elevation, lol. Especially at night. You start getting over 6,500-7,000ft and even in summer the nights are comparatively cold even in a desert. Maybe especially so, because the scrub and all won't hold heat in like more arboreal heights would, and cloud cover is rare and should be eyed with a healthy wariness.
@inoru_no_hoshi LOL no kidding. I got to uncontrollable shivering before the grandmother with a blanket saved my butt.
@ai6yr blessed be the perpetually cold people who travel with blankets at all times! 😆