[justme]

Originally Posted by Jetliner

You need to tell us what you mean by storm here. A heavy rain fall is a storm, but may not have lightning. So in that case, yes, I've spent lots of times in rain storms. I worked in central Florida. Those are daily summer events. I've even worked in the remnants of hurricanes, or the edges, on more than one occasion. As long as there is no lightning in the area, we work.

I'm with you! I've spent countless hours loading bags in the rain, snow, sleet, hail, thunderstorms, heat, cold, and anything other weather phenomenon you can think of! I do have to disagree on some level that it was "careless handling." It very well could have been, but not necessarily so. As you said, just moving the bags from the cart to the airplane can get them really soaked. I'm sure with your experience that you know that puddles of water can form inside the carts, even if the curtains are closed. With the bag in discussion being a cloth sided military duffle, we all know it would have acted just like a sponge, soaking up every ounce of water it came in contact with.