Folks, it's just a power outage.
You'd think the world was coming to an end because an airport shut down for a few hours!
It's an inconvenience. Not a calamity.
I've been to the Hartsfield airport many times. Yes, it's huge and it's the country's busiest. I know about the trains that run underground between the terminals and all the moving walkways.
I always walk them. I don't think I ever took the underground trains. It might be a mile or a mile and a half between the farthest points. Easy to do. If it was dark, I'd manage. If I had to climb stairs, I'd manage.
To me, this would be an adventure. Something to remember and tell stories about later. Everybody at the airport today should savor the experience. It's part of life. The best memories of life is when things unexpected happens.
I'll never forget that ice storm where I lost power for nearly two weeks in near zero cold. We dressed in layers. We lit the fireplace. We played a lot of cards. Read a lot of books. Played a lot of Monopoly and Yahtzee and Chess. Went outside during the day to get warm because it was colder inside the house than out!
Cold showers!
Now we look back on that time with fond memories.
You would manage but there are a lot of people with health issues that will not be able to.
No food, no water, no working bathrooms.
Hardly a nothing burger.
And CRANKY people who cannot go where they are heading with no options.
“It’s an inconvenience. Not a calamity.”
True for the most part. But depending on a person’s situation — especially related to health — a calamity is possible.
You are speaking for healthy people, but the last couple of times I helped my late father through airports in a wheelchair, it was quite a great challenge even with things working properly. It would have been a nightmare for all concerned to be stuck with him in this Atlanta airport situation.