With all this anomalous weather we are having one does think of the possibility of more freezing conditions. Having cold days in the past has saved us from any big disasters like has occurred in the south in past years.

So it was with great interest I read this little description of the difference between sleet and freezing.

We are socked in again this morning in light snow, most likely freezing at altitude.

Some planes did get in yesterday in marginal visibility. In these conditions it is not easy for the airlines to make the correct decisions. Passengers who have been trying to come and go must get frustrated and anxious.

You cant please all of the people all of the time; but it does seem unfair when you tell a passenger [who has booked on a Friday flight leaving Nain] at 2:30 that all flights are cancelled then call back an hour or so later and tell them that a flight is going to try and get in around 3:50 and boarding will be on first come first served basis.

As it turned out the plane was fully booked by the time the person involved could get around to leave for the airstrip, and then it turned out that the plane could not land anyway.

So the person involved in this example came out a little less frustrated than the 14 who were booked and at the airstrip to leave and the 14 who were on the plane and had to go back to YYR.

This is not a critique of the ground staff here or the airlines, just an effort to point out to readers from away some of the uncertainties of living and flying in the north.