Obama plane diverted from Palm Springs because of weather

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By Ralph Ellis, CNN


Trump, Obama depart inaugural ceremony 01:46
(CNN)Barack Obama's got nothing but time these days -- but he probably didn't plan to spend it in a holding pattern.

Obama was forced to delay the start of his post-presidential life Friday after unusually bad weather in Southern California prevented the newly minted federal retiree and his family from landing at Palm Springs International Airport.
Instead, the Obamas touched down at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside, about 50 miles west of Palm Springs. They landed about 5:45 p.m. local time (8:45 p.m. ET), more than an hour after their planned landing time in Palm Springs.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/20/politics/obama-landing-palm-springs/index.html
http://www.newsgrio.com/articles/politics/432971-obama-s-final-flight-fails-to-land-at-palm-springs.html

[Lucinda]

1. I wish them a great vacation. Hopefully dry enough for the man to get his golf on.

[Cha]

3. Here's a pic of their plane below, Lucinda..

The Obamas were in there..

[Lucinda]

4. Wow! No wonder it wasn't safe to land.

That is some serious gray sky!
Thankie for the pic heads up!

[Cha]

2. Update: Obamas arrive at Thunderbird Heights in Rancho Mirage

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Onlookers waited under the cover of umbrellas and raincoats near the airport to watch the former president arrive in Palm Springs.

Roughly two dozen people hid under the eaves of the Palm Springs Air Museum adjacent to the airport for nearly two hours, waiting to glimpse the former president and first lady. A staff member at the museum said they had received more phone calls about the Obamas’ arrival on Friday than any other previous visit while they were in the White House.



One of those onlookers, Susan Walker from Phoenix, said she was excited to see the Obamas, whom she called “fabulous people,” after a “tough day” for many Americans.