Getting back to
"getting there" ... we're still going nowhere, at least for the moment.
Five of us from CNN are here in Dallas. We can't get on any commercial flight to Denver, Ft. Collins, or anywhere near where the big snowstorm has struck. We were all set to charter a plane yesterday after our commercial flight was cancelled, but the weather made it too unsafe to fly. Airports in the snowy region are all closed.
Adding to our problems, when planes do start to take off, they have a whole lot of back-up, so getting seats seems impossible. Our travel agents told us we could make a reservation for Christmas Day. Honestly.
How about driving? The interstates going to eastern Colorado are closed.
As I said in my last post, a big part of covering the news is just getting there. And this is one of those weird weather stories where, like a lot of other people, we are stranded.
10:44 a.m. update: We're getting steady phone calls and messages from CNN staff in charge of planning and logistics, folks who are wracking their brains trying to figure out how to get us into Denver.
It's reminding me of one of my Dr. Seuss favorites: "Green Eggs and Ham." Pardon the paraphrasing:
Would you, could you, on a plane?
Would you, could you, on a train?
I could not, would not, on a plane!
I'm stuck right now. It is just insane!
OK, maybe I'm no replacement for the great author of children's books.
But I am eating eggs at the Dallas Marriott.
