Just to add to my comment the NOAA aviation weather site is reporting, in Isabel, frequent CBs (cumulonimbus) to FL 550 (55,000 ft). Mike Gammon -----Original Message----- From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Gammon Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 8:15 PM To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [Sky-1] OT: Amtrak Isabel cancellations today Not likely unless you're an astronaut. The tops on these storms can soar to heights greater than any airliner can fly over. Mike Gammon -----Original Message----- From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kenton A. Hoover Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 7:51 PM To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [Sky-1] OT: Amtrak Isabel cancellations today Not likely. However, trees down on the tracks is a certainty. And if the=20 trains did get jammed up for any reason, evacuating the passengers is one=20 more headache public safety doesn't need. Anyone ever had a flight over a tropical storm and been able to see it from=20 the air? --On Wednesday, September 17, 2003 8:47 -0700 Travel Pages=20 <TravelPages@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I guess they=EDre expecting the track beds to wash out to sea=D6 > > [11:14 AM] 260501 NYC TRANSIT > > DUE TO HURRICANE ISABEL, WED, 9/17 AMTRAK HAS CANCELLED THE 92 & 97 > TRAINS FROM MIAMI TO NYC. THE #90 TRAIN FROM MIAMI TO NYC IS DIVERTED > TO JACKSONVILLE, & THE #48 TRAIN FROM CHICAGO-NYC IS DIVERTED TO > ALBANY. EMPIRE SERVICE WILL RUN TO NYC FROM ALBANY. > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software --=20 | Kenton A. Hoover / Private Citizen / shibumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx |