For those who may not be aware, we have a trip to Egypt planned this week. Unfortunately, the weather is not cooperating as it started snowing again Friday afternoon. By the time we got to the airport Friday night, we were getting a pretty good accumulation. The airline (Qatar Airways) kept telling us that everything was fine and that the flight would go as planned. We boarded the plane at 11:00 Friday night but never pulled away from the gate. Finally at 5:00 Saturday morning, they canceled the flight. We made it home around 7:30 (without our luggage, still on the plane), got a few hours sleep, and now we're waiting to hear what the latest plan is. We're planning to head back to the airport in a couple of hours and are hopeful that we will be out of here by this evening. So if you don't hear anything out of us for a few days, you can assume that we made it to Egypt (or at least somewhere other than Shanghai).
I don't know if it's being reported on the news back in the US but the snow here has practically crippled this country. From what I understand, this is a "once in fifty years" event. That means that many of the people here in Shanghai have never seen this much snow and they are not prepared to handle it. For example, the airport we're trying to fly out of has only one de-icing truck. And when we left the airport this morning, they were clearing the roads with shovels and brooms - literally a line of men going down the road pushing the snow to the shoulder.
Gotta go get ready to head back to the airport. Hopefully by this time tomorrow, we'll be seeing sand dunes instead of snow drifts. Wish us luck.
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