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12-08-2013, 09:23 AM

satpak77

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WX: DFW area ops - back to normal ?

Just wondering if all the ops in the DFW area are back to normal, post ice-storm a few days ago.

12-08-2013, 09:26 AM

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Just wondering if all the ops in the DFW area are back to normal, post ice-storm a few days ago.

More than likely not. They're trying to clear roads. They have 3 runways open at DFW. It's supposed to get above freezing for the first time since Thursday morning, but only for a few hours. Anything that melts is supposed to re-freeze tonight.

12-08-2013, 09:28 AM

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thank you EMB

12-08-2013, 09:35 AM

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thank you EMB

I'm not down there right now, but that's what I hear.

12-08-2013, 09:50 AM

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UPDATE: I called a friend who lives in Ft Worth and he said all the roads are still iced up. He said parts of I-35 are closed so that road crews can clear the ice. Mind you, this is ?? 3-4 days after the storm hit.

I found more info at

https://twitter.com/TxDOTFTWPIO

https://twitter.com/fortworthpd

12-08-2013, 10:00 AM

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UPDATE: I called a friend who lives in Ft Worth and he said all the roads are still iced up. He said parts of I-35 are closed so that road crews can clear the ice. Mind you, this is ?? 3-4 days after the storm hit. I found more info at https://twitter.com/TxDOTFTWPIO https://twitter.com/fortworthpd

Yep. Haven't been above freezing to let the stuff melt and we don't have the equipment to deal with it on a normal basis.

12-08-2013, 10:05 AM

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I work/fly off the Arlington airport. While a 50' wide strip of runway has been de-iced and cleared, Saturday there was over 1" of ice covering the entire ramp and 95% of all taxiways.

Somehow a straight wing Citation successfully made it to the runway to depart.

Today I expect to see lots of melting that will probably produce a partially usable ramp and I would suspect the main parallel taxiway will be clear.

The big questions is whether all the runoff will make it into the drains, or will pool and re-freeze tonight.

Roads in the area are passible, but slow going.

Hope this helps

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12-08-2013, 10:25 AM

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Good info thanks guys. Have a possible trip this week to FTW and fortunately we (pilots) can push it back somewhat towards later in the week

12-08-2013, 10:34 AM

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They had 2000+ still camped in the terminals last night and the airport web site says there have been 400 cancellations today.

12-08-2013, 10:38 AM

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wow, ok. gonna let things improve then will make the trip. Seems like that storm was one of the worst ones in recent memory, I don't recall anything like this in awhile