So long as there was no damage to the golf course's, who care's? Too bad about the 10 traffic lights that went out - THAT must have been a real pain in the butt. "Monsoon & Mayhem in AZ"? Way to go 3TV - great headline! At least nobody drowned in flash floods etc., so that's good to hear. Let's hope the folks at PHX have managed to recover all those palm tree branches/ETC and OPS are now back to normal. Liam. YVR. Fan of "tie downs", backup power & GOOD WXX Forecasters. ----- Original Message ----- From: "RT Simpson" <BraniffIntl@aol.com> To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 1:14 PM Subject: Sky Harbor Recovering > A violent summer monsoon storm hit Phoenix Sky Harbor Sunday evening around > 9pm and already has caused millions of dollars in damage. At least five > commercial aircraft were damaged..including several parked aircraft that were > pushed 40 feet by the wind. In addition to losing power at Terminals 2 & 3, > numerous private and corporate aircraft were damaged by wind gusts that > exceeded 75mph during the ninety minute storm. Many cargo containers were > uplifted by the high winds and damaged vehicles in long term parking lots. > The north runway, longest at Sky Harbor, is scheduled to reopen late Monday > afternoon after airport crews remove over an inch of dirt and gravel > deposited from the storm. In the meantime take offs and landings, which > because of runway separation cannot be done simultaneously, are limited to > the two south runways. Airport officials say it may take an additional two > days to reroute passengers affected by last night's storm and loss of the > north runway. Rainfall amounted to two inches, which represents 1.9 inches > of the current year to date amount! > > RT Simpson > Phoenix >