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The rain over the last few days caused flooding and damage beyond imagination. My phone started going off around 3pm (2am central) with reports that The President had declared the entire island a disaster zone; canceling school and work. Our company suspended work for all non-essential staff, canceled training and kept the doors open for any volunteer employees who were able to safely come to work.
Fortunately, the part of town where our office and my apartment are located isn't experiencing any flooding so I was able to safely go to the office. When I arrived in the office, I was floored by the dedication of the four employees who had already arrived. Ryan had taken a boat to reach dry land to catch a cab to work. A boat.
The weather is improving now and things should be getting back to normal tomorrow, but I'm so grateful that everyone in our office is safe and accounted for.
Flooding
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
The rain over the last few days caused flooding and damage beyond imagination. My phone started going off around 3pm (2am central) with reports that The President had declared the entire island a disaster zone; canceling school and work. Our company suspended work for all non-essential staff, canceled training and kept the doors open for any volunteer employees who were able to safely come to work.
Fortunately, the part of town where our office and my apartment are located isn't experiencing any flooding so I was able to safely go to the office. When I arrived in the office, I was floored by the dedication of the four employees who had already arrived. Ryan had taken a boat to reach dry land to catch a cab to work. A boat.
The weather is improving now and things should be getting back to normal tomorrow, but I'm so grateful that everyone in our office is safe and accounted for.
During my regular web crawl, I came across this story about American canceling life-long, unlimited first class tickets that customers had paid between $250,000-$600,000 for! I'd be pretty pissed if it were me!
American Airlines turns their back on customers?
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
During my regular web crawl, I came across this story about American canceling life-long, unlimited first class tickets that customers had paid between $250,000-$600,000 for! I'd be pretty pissed if it were me!
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Did you hear about the airline passengers held for ransom by the airline? Looks like the small-ish, chartered airline couldn't afford fuel and landing fees and taxes so they escorted passengers to ATMs; Passengers had to fork out up to £500 ($787USD) to avoid their bags being offloaded in Vienna. Oh, and another 600 passengers who were stranded in India.
You stay classy, Comtel Air.
Source: Onenewspage.com & BBC News
Comtel Air Travelers Held Ransom?
Thursday, November 17, 2011
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Did you hear about the airline passengers held for ransom by the airline? Looks like the small-ish, chartered airline couldn't afford fuel and landing fees and taxes so they escorted passengers to ATMs; Passengers had to fork out up to £500 ($787USD) to avoid their bags being offloaded in Vienna. Oh, and another 600 passengers who were stranded in India.
You stay classy, Comtel Air.
Source: Onenewspage.com & BBC News
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