Greetings from a snow driven Genoa, where like most European cities weather conditions are below freezing and travel chaos is the natural consequence, with airports closing and long traffic build ups becoming the norm.
The only reliable advice I can give you for the coming Christmas is simply don't travel! I'm sure that this is precisely what many readers do not want to hear, due to family and festive commitments, but here are some reasons why not:
Freezing conditions caused widespread travel disruption and challenges throughout Europe. Few places in Eurozone were spared as air, rail and road traffic suffered delays, closure or disruption.
In particular Eurostar Channel Tunnel trains (between UK and France) came to a stand still somewhere in the 25 miles of tunnel track, as thousands of passengers waited with diminishing Oxygen levels inside carriages for up to 15-18 hours without food or water provisions! Eventually passengers were evacuated. Electrical problems were sited as the cause, due to the extreme contrasts in temperature with minus zero outside the tunnel and 25 degrees plus inside. These extremes caused excessive condensation that led to the electrical fault. All services have been canceled on Sunday 21st December 09.
Poland is a prime example of the travel chaos with bitter cold (minus 15 degrees Celcius) and snowy conditions causing major train delays and challanges on the road.
From Warsaw to Washington, the east coast of America is experiencing a similar situation with snow storms and blizzards up to 97 miles per hour. A number of authorities in the region announced warnings to avoid unnecessary travel. Even Washington Airport closed.
The cold snap looks like continuing through Christmas,so wrap up and avoid an travel if you can!
To close in a realistic fashion, I wish you a White Christmas, as it may well be your reality in the Northern Hemisphere and a secure New Year if you are on a little Island in the Southern Hemisphere, at risk from Global Warming.
Grant Holmes
Editor
Perpetual Traveller
Saturday, 19 December 2009
BA Cabin Crew Christmas Strike called off
BA passengers will be relieved to learn that the potential threat of the feared Christmas strike has now thankfully and wisely been lifted by the courts. This is a decision that will be welcomed by literally hundreds of thousands of families in the UK and all around the world for that matter.
Many believe there was never any proper grounds for such a strike and travellers now trust that the Union Unite will cease this opportunity to reconsider such damaging actions in the future. The last thing the British national carrier and the travelling public at large in the UK need to hear especially at this time of recession and right at the peak festive season is the cold threat of strikes.
Judging by passenger feedback it has also become apparent that they no longer have the stomach for old-style trade union militancy, which in many respects would be counter productive to the central cause.
BA is on a quest to attain profitability, as they consider that financial success is fundamental to build the kind of Company that shareholders and customers alike desire, which in turn would generate sustainable opportunities for BA staff.
Many believe there was never any proper grounds for such a strike and travellers now trust that the Union Unite will cease this opportunity to reconsider such damaging actions in the future. The last thing the British national carrier and the travelling public at large in the UK need to hear especially at this time of recession and right at the peak festive season is the cold threat of strikes.
Judging by passenger feedback it has also become apparent that they no longer have the stomach for old-style trade union militancy, which in many respects would be counter productive to the central cause.
BA is on a quest to attain profitability, as they consider that financial success is fundamental to build the kind of Company that shareholders and customers alike desire, which in turn would generate sustainable opportunities for BA staff.
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Progress
On 14:04
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