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Originally Posted by PHXFlyer
It's not uncommon in the summer for Washington DC, Philly and the New York area airports to become a total cluster@#$! with the thunderstorms. It's not safe to fly in them and when lightning strikes near any airport it shuts down the ramp so the baggage handlers and aircraft maintenece people can take cover.
Those rolling delays just compound as inbound traffic gets backed up and often crew timeout is the result. The northeast is bad in the winter AND the summer.
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Just to add to my post...it seems jkk5us is from there (he flies to PHL and EWR from DEN for family gatherings and school reunions) so the facts emboldened above shouldn't be a surprise to him!