WEEK. >> WE’VE NEVER WANTED THAT SUMMER LIKE PATTERN BACK MORE.
>> SO HARD TO WATCH THAT STORM.
>> WE’VE GOT LOCAL 10’S TRENLTT
KELLY LIVE AT AIRPORT.
>> WE KNOW THE AIRPORT IS SET TO
CLOSE AT NOON.
WE ARE WATCHING IN THE LAST HOUR
THAT ANYTHING WILL TAKE OFF,
RIGHT?
>> YOU ARE RIGHT.
THAT CLOSURE FULL SCALE CLOSURE
BY THE WAY SET TO TAKE NEXT AT
NOON TODAY.
AND IF WE CAN I WANT TO SHOW
JUST BEHIND US HERE YOU CAN
ACTUALLY SEE A COUPLE OF FLIGHTS
RIGHT NOW.
ONE PLANE TAXIING OVER TO THE
RUNWAY AS WE SPEAK.
JUST IN FRONT OF IT THIS PLANE
THAT IS AT THE GATE.
THAT IS A DELTA FLIGHT SET TO
TAKE OFF IN THE NEXT 20 MINUTES
OR SO HEADING OVER TO ATLANTA.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE FINAL
FLIGHTS HERE TO LEAVE FLL TODAY.
IN FACT HAD A PLANE JUST BEHIND
IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS JUST COMING
IN HERE.
IT’S GOING TO PULL UP TO ONE OF
THE GATES HERE AS WE SPEAK.
AGAIN, SOME OF THE FINAL FLIGHTS
HERE IN AND OUT OF FLL AIRPORT
AS WE ARE NOW ABOUT AN HOUR
AND-A-HALF AWAY FROM THIS
AIRPORT SHUTTING DOWN DUE TO
DORIAN.
>> SOME OF THE FINAL FLIGHTS
DEPARTING FROM FORT LAUDERDALE
HOLLYWOOD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
WITH TIME RUNNING OUT BEFORE THE
AIRPORT CLOSES AHEAD OF
HURRICANE DORIAN.
THAT CLOSURE SET TO TAKE AFFECT
AT NOON TODAY.
>> WE ARE HERE ON VACATION, I’M
A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED THAT WE
HAVE TO CUT IT SHORT.
BUT I DON’T WANT TO GET STUCK
HERE.
I HAVE TO GET BACK TO WORK.
>> THE MOVE IMPACTING THOUSANDS
OF TRAVELLERS LOOKING TO LEAVE
TOWN AFTER A LONG LABOR DAY
WEEKEND.
>> WE ARE FRIGHTENED.
WE ARE SCARED.
SHE HAD A HARD TIME SLEEPING.
>> MICHAEL AND HIS WIFE WERE SET
TO FLY BACK TO BOSTON LATE THIS
AFTERNOON.
DELTA WAS ABLE TO PUT THEM ON AN
EARLIER FLIGHT WITH NO PROBLEM.
>> IT WAS EASY.
WE CONTACT DELTA AND THEY WERE
ABLE TO REARRANGE IT FOR US.
WE DIDN’T ARE TO PAY ANY FEES OR
ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
>> OTHERS ARE GLAD TO GET A
CHANCE TO HEAD HOME BEFORE THE
WINDS WHIP UP LATER TODAY.
>> IT’S OKAY.
I’M GLAD TO BE ABLE TO GO HOME
AND NOT GET STUCK.
>> A LOT OF GRATEFUL TRAVELLERS
THANKFUL THEY WERE ABLE TO GET
OUT ON THE LAST FEW FLIGHTS.
THIS PLANE PULLING UP TO THE
GATE AS WE SPEAK.
THE ONE BEHIND IT ABOUT TO TAKE
OFF.
SOME OF THE LAST OPERATIONS
BEFORE THIS AIRPORT SHUTS DOWN
LATER TODAY.
I CAN TELL YOU A LOT OF PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN ASKING US IF WE KNOW
WHEN EXACTLY THINGS WILL GET
BACK TO NORMAL HERE AT FLL.
I SHOULD TELL YOU I JUST GOT OFF
A PHONE WITH AN AIRPORT
SPOKESMAN.
THEY HAVE BEEN KEEPING IN CLOSE
CONTACT WITH OFFICIALS OVER AT
THE FAA AND IN FACT THEY ARE
MAKING SOME PLANS RIGHT NOW TO
REOPEN THE AIRPORT AT SOME TIME
OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
WHAT IS NOT KNOWN IS EXACTLY
WHEN THOSE PLANS WILL MOVE INTO
-- TAKE AFFECT.
THEY ARE PUTTING THE PLANS IN
MOTION TO TAKE PLACE BUT THEY
ARE HOLDING OFF UNTIL THE FAA
GIVES THEM THE GO AHEAD AND
RESUME NORMAL OPERATIONS OUT
HERE.
I’M TOLD AN ANNOUNCEMENT COULD
COME AS LATER TONIGHT.
WE WILL WATCH SOCIAL MEDIA FOR
ANY WORD.
AN HOUR BEFORE THE FINAL PLANE
TAKES OFF AT FLL.
WE WILL KEEP AN EYE ON SOME OF
THE AIR TRAFFIC AND SEE HOW
THINGS GO OUT HERE.
BUT AGAIN, THE GUSTS ARE
STARTING TO PICK UP AND THAT’S
ONE REASON THAT OFFICIALS HAVE
DECIDED TO CLOSE THE AIRPORT
HERE LATER TODAY.
WE WILL POST UPDATES THROUGHOUT
THE DAY ON MY TWITTER PAGES.
>> I’M FOLLOWING YOU ON TWITTER.
>> I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
AND I DON’T KNOW IF I CAN ANSWER
IT BUT MY NANNY IS SET TO COME
IN ON FRIDAY.
AND IF WE ARE BACK OPEN DO WE
THINK OUR SCHEDULES ARE GOING TO
BE BACK UP AND RUNNING IF YOU
HAVE A FLIGHT BOOKED?
>> YEAH, I DON’T WANT TO GIVE
YOUR GRANDMOTHER ANY FALSE HOPE.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU THE WAY
OFFICIALS ARE SPEAKING OUT HERE.
IT DOES SEEM TO BE THAT THEY ARE
HOPING THEY CAN REOPEN BY
FRIDAY.
WHEN I WAS SPEAKING TO THAT
AIRPORT OFFICIAL ON THE PHONE A
SHORT TIME AGO HE TOLD ME ONE OF
THE THINGS THEY ARE WATCHING
VERY CLOSELY IS THE SPEED OF
THIS STORM.
OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF WHAT HAPPENS
OUT HERE IS GOING TO DEPEND ON
HOW FAST DORIAN MAKES THAT TURN
TO THE NORTH.
THE SOONER IT COULD CLEAR THIS
AREA THE SOONER THEY WILL RESUME
NORMAL OPERATIONS OUT HERE.
BUT A LOT OF IT AT THIS POINT IS
A WAIT AND SEE.
THEY ARE GOING TO KEEP A CLOSE
EYE ON THE RADAR AND TRACK OF
DORIAN.
BUT AS SOON AS THAT STORM STARTS
TO PULL OFF AND MAKE HAD A TURN
TO THE NORTH, THAT IS WHEN WE
ARE THE MOST LIKELY TO SEE
OPERATIONS RESUME HERE.
AND BY ALL ACCOUNTS MOST
FORECASTS DO HAVE THE STORM TO
THE NORTH HERE BY THE TIME WE
GET TO FRIDAY.
SO IT’S LOOKING FAIRLY GOOD AT
THIS POINT.
BUT AGAIN, CAN’T SAY FOR SURE.
THE BEST ADVICE I CAN GIVE YOU
IS TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE AIRPORT
SOCIAL MEDIA FEEDS WHEN THEY PUT
OT AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
>> NOTHING SET IN STONE.
>> I FIGURE THAT HAD MIGHT BE
THE ANSWER BUT I HAD TO CHECK.