Originally Posted by RJ700

Bottom line, they made it on the ground safe. The other day we had pressure from dispatch to go without alternate and 17 minutes of contingency fuel only (no hold) on a 1,600 mile flight. TAFs were okay, but popup storms off the mountains had us concerned. We elected to hold our ground and to boot one dozen passengers off for a total of 19K in fuel. It's a tough call being a captain when dispatch says you're good, release the brake! Sure as hell, we departed and half way there the airport shuts down and we incur delays due to storms. TAFS said clear and a million when we left. When we arrived it was pouring with LLWS and microburst alerts. Lets just say it was the longest blocked flight I've ever had in an RJ. If there's any question, take fuel.