Did you hear about what happened at the Atlanta Airport?
@LeaPea2417 (36374)
Toccoa, Georgia
December 18, 2017 12:17pm CST
Yesterday, the big story was what happened at Hartsfield International Airport in Atlanta Georgia. It is one of the biggest airports and it had a major power outage due to some kind of fire. All flights were cancelled and thousands of passengers were stranded.
I did read where by midnight , most power was restored and now it is fully restored. That is one of my biggest fears is to get stranded at an airport.
We use that airport. We flew from that airport in July. Thank goodness nothing happened then and thank goodness we were not their yesterday!
Atlanta's airport power outage and passengers stuck inside
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@LeaPea2417 (36374)
• Toccoa, Georgia
18 Dec 17
Yes, it did affect many airports.
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@jstory07 (134188)
• Roseburg, Oregon
18 Dec 17
@LeaPea2417 I would hate to have been there.
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@LeaPea2417 (36374)
• Toccoa, Georgia
18 Dec 17
It would be awful to have been one of the travelers.
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@LeaPea2417 (36374)
• Toccoa, Georgia
18 Dec 17
Thank goodness it was only a problem for one day!
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@Courtlynn (66922)
• United States
18 Dec 17
They said something about this today on tv but brother changed the channel before I could hear too much.. being stranded there would be scary.
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@Courtlynn (66922)
• United States
19 Dec 17
@LeaPea2417 glad it didnt happen when you were there.
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@Deepizzaguy (94185)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
19 Dec 17
I know how you feel since stranded inside a busy airport in Atlanta can be very stressful during a blackout since in Lake Charles there was no internet service from 1 pm through 4 pm local time.
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@kobesbuddy (74309)
• East Tawas, Michigan
18 Dec 17
This was a tragic beginning, with a very happy ending! I love this kind of story, thank you for sharing this with us:)
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@LeaPea2417 (36374)
• Toccoa, Georgia
18 Dec 17
Your welcome. Luckily the problem was only for one day.
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@LeaPea2417 (36374)
• Toccoa, Georgia
19 Dec 17
@kobesbuddy Yes, thank goodness.
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@kobesbuddy (74309)
• East Tawas, Michigan
18 Dec 17
@LeaPea2417 At least everything got ironed out and those people could be on their way:)
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@LeaPea2417 (36374)
• Toccoa, Georgia
18 Dec 17
That's true. Those things can happen.
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@PatZAnthony (14752)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
19 Dec 17
It was a great time not to be in Atlanta, that's for sure!
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
19 Dec 17
I hate airports and planes period @LeaPea2417 I've been on a plane 3x's in my life and that's plenty enough.
@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
18 Dec 17
That could be a nightmare for travelers. It's good nothing bad happened.
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@LeaPea2417 (36374)
• Toccoa, Georgia
18 Dec 17
I am glad too. Glad all is back to normal.
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@DesirousDreamer (34783)
• Peoria, Arizona
18 Dec 17
I just read about this, that is insane and terrifying! Glad that everything is going back to normal, still so crazy though.
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@JudyEv (325089)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Dec 17
It must be a nightmare to get stranded at an airport.
