DFW airport will be closed for the rest of the night

[w8liftinglady]

[KamaAina]

1. Ouch. That hoses American for most of the week.

Even if you're not flying through DFW.

Not to mention there are likely thousands of people sleeping in the hallways.

[w8liftinglady]

2. over 100 planes damaged (link to follow)

[malaise]

4. Do I get the impression that no one was prepared for this? n/t

[w8liftinglady]

5. that would be the reality of tornado alley

which is why my butt clenches every year about this time...

[rsmith6621]

3. Only American Airlines and Eagle Inbound and Outbound

...Open to all other carriers. AAL doesn't want the burden of more of their aircraft on the ground.

[teddy51]

6. Damage must have occured from the hail that came down there. I think they were reporting golf ball

or bigger size hail falling at one point. Damn, that could do one hell of allot of damage to a plane.

[calimary]

9. Yeah, my kid's band is headed that way, hoping to reach Ft. Worth Thursday.

At least most of the storms are moving east, ahead of them. My friend in Fort Worth said the forecasts were speaking of baseball-size hail. She was more fearful of that than tornadoes - which she said had passed them by at quite a safe distance. But she just had to have her whole roof replaced from the last bad hail storm.

Hopefully the storms will have moved out of range by the time ACIDIC gets there.

[w8liftinglady]

11. you are correct- Mostly AA planes with passengers on board

[greytdemocrat]

7. That is unbelievable!!! nt

[Gman]

8. I once was flying home to Texas from Toronto

And there had been a fire in the control tower at O'Hare. Our plane sat on the ground for 6 hours as traffic was hosed not only in the US, but in much of North America. This won't be quite as bad, but pretty close.

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. Wow

[rsmith6621]

12. Airport Reopened

At 5:55pm CST.