Hurricane Irene knocked out public transport from from the Carolinas through New England, and that includes all three of New York’s major airports. A big whack of all commercial flights in the U.S. are routed through New York, as many 12,000 flights have been cancelled. Business was hit as well. Samsung was forced to delay the planned release of it’s newest phone, because it couldn’t can get shipments to New York. And on an individual level weddings had to be cancelled, the convention goers got stuck in Vegas for another weekend and then there’s those who rode out Irene at JFK. We are joined by Femi Oke, who is at JFK with stranded travelers. Also with us Barbara Peterson, aviation writer for Conde Nast Traveler.
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