meg Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 Hi - I'm not terribly close to Providence (about 4.5 hour drive) but I have plenty of room and would be happy to pick you up and bring you here until you can get home safely. I will u2u my phone number if you like - just let me know. I am most sincere int his offer.' Meg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njquiltergirl Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 Hi Meg...so great meeting you in person. I wish I was stranded...that sounds like fun!!! How kind of you. If I had room, I'd jump in and offer the same. Good luck every one. Safe journey home. Lisa Burghart APQS Liberty Circle Lord NW NJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewlinzi Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 Thank you all for your very generous offers... we are being very well looked after by Bonnie Botts and MIGHT fly home as planned on Tuesday... my family wants me back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltermidwife Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 Meg Thank you. Such a kind and generous offer. Should this go on indefinitely we may need help. There are all sorts of stories of plight hitting the news. Only this morning I heard of a teacher away with 20 schoolchildren in the far east desperate for help. How scarry is that for her , the children and their parents. Linzi Fingers crossed you get to fly tomorrow although its not looking good. I'll be thinking of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWBowser Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 I hope that you are able to leave as planned. I imagine that you are ready to go home and relax. I hope you had a great time here. When the yurt comes to the states I hope you will be able to come too and we can try to meet up with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 Chris that poor school teacher. I wish I was near where she is cause I would go help! As a parent I just gasp when I read that. I was watching the news this morning and they interviewed a lady that was stuck at the airport for 4 days now, with no where to stay for her and her child. She does not have the funds to stay at a hotel and she said besides that everything was already filled. She hasn't even been able to take a shower. I hope this blows over quickly and you all get to go home. I'm sure that is a horrible feeling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blair8904 Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 I am about an hour north of Providence and have an available guest room and bath. I would be more than happy to host some who is stranded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janette Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 Hi Linzi, Chris & Tracy and UK stranded, I hope you get back OK tomorrow, I just heard that a friend who has got stranded in China wont be able to get a flight back to the UK until 12th May !!!!! Amazing ! Hope you all get back OK soon. I bet your families are missing you ! Take care Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gretchen Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 Oh gosh, I hadn't thought about folks heading home. Yikes. Talk about an unplanned extension to vacation. Hopefully you have lots of MQX goodies to keep you busy til you can get home safely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veg-girl Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 UK airports in the north are supposed to be opening on tuesday morning,so if you are flying to manchester or scotland there is half a chance of you travelling though the situation is constantly changing as the eruptiuon is increasing at the moment but spewing less ash and more lava which should mean less ash cloud.. Fingers crossed for you all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 Some pretty amazing photos of the volcano eruption, ash cloud and the flooding http://www.adn.com/2010/04/16/1229254/icelands-volcano.html#id=1240318&view=large_view Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linda G. Craig Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 I have been thinking of everyone stranded since the volcano erupted. My thoughts are with you all, stranded and missing your families. Wish I could help in some way. Take care everyone and I wish you a speedy journey home asap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anniquilter Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 Well, Linzi, Tracy. Chris, Angie and any others from the UK. You no longer need to worry. Mr Brown is on your case & suggests you all fly to Spain & he'll send the Ark Royal to come & pick you up! Hoorah for the Royal Navy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltermidwife Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 Anne We found that quite an interesting thought, possibly travelling back on one of the 3 ships that are proposed to pick people up from Southern European ports. We have a colleague who was stranded since last Thursday who got on a flight to Madrid last night in the hope that he could travel by land across Europe to the UK. I don't think he fully appreciated the extrent of the problem of numbers there all trying to do the same thing. He has been out of contact since leaving Houston last night but it is known that a credit card transaction showed that he bought a flight from Madrid to Toulouse in Southern France. I 'm not sure he will get back any earlier than us if we do eventaually board that plane on Friday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewlinzi Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 All very surreal...! Our flight now cancelled too so we'll stay put with Bonnie for as long as she wants help in her studio! We'll just have to wait and see... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra Darlington Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 Good luck to all of you who are still waiting to travel home. I pray you all have a safe journey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldringading Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 All I can say Linzi and Tracy is what a great place it must be to be grounded!!!!! Chris, I hope you are somewhere special too!!!! And by the way the only dust I can see is the dust building up in my house from lack of housework...wonder where my cleaner went..oh, is that supposed to be me??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 Linzi, Tracy and Chris so sorry you all are still stranded here. If I can do anything just give me a yell. Bonnie must be jumping with joy having all your help in the studio. Linzi, I'm sure you got that panel quilted by now. Chris, I hope you're snuggled in with a "quilt" family or a friend. Have you all heard from the other stranded quilters? Things don't look to good with the volcano this morning. Oh, I must remark that I'm impressed with the Royal Navy helping it's citizens. Tracy, give your sailors a hug from a retired US sailor.:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veg-girl Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 Well maybe you should just fly down to Paducah as it seems there is little chance of getting on a flight before the weekend as there is now such a backlog of passengers and british airspace is closed again. You must be so frustrated especially as no one can give you a firm travel date.. It was probably a bit of an adventure at first but now is becoming beyond a joke. Your families must be missing you now. I hope you get some resolution to the problem soon. Yvette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stagecl Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 Well, at least you are not stuck in an airport:o Sorry you are all stranded but have fun at Bonnie's. I hope all of you get home soon:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewlinzi Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 Now booked on a flight next thurs 29th! Kids wondering when I will be back and now losing lots time on joining yurt panels together. Hoping friends at home will make a start on velcro for me... Will be able to do at least one panel here at Bonnie's. We may have to do another one and title it Volcano Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathG Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 Linzi, Tracy, so glad that you are able to stay with Bonnie, while waiting for a flight. There have been a few flights out of the UK today, but very limited. Plus the Volcano is sending more ask our way. Take care, thinking about you all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meg Posted April 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 linzi - NEXT thursday? is there any possibility of moving the date up? that is a LONG time away. perhaps the winds will pick up and things will change? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veg-girl Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 Oh my gosh thursday week is a long time away. My yurt top is nearly ready to send but I think I had better quilt it and send it to you finished. I will use polydown and I will put a splodgy blue backing on it. What a good thing you are staying with Bonnie but what a lot for her to do also. Keep us posted. Yvette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BagLadyQuilting Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 Linzi and Tracy, as Kay said "what a great place to be grounded" Being stranded can be emotionally stressful. But how wonderful knowing that there's not a one us here that would not adopt you two : ) beautiful! NY took food, basic necessities, goodies, portable toilets and most importantly portable showers to "CAMP JFK" yesterday. Most people had not showered in a week (want discuss that one) and those with small children were a bit desperate. On the flights that did become available the passengers were loaded according to their personal situations, the very young and mothers to the seniors and medical issues used to make determinations as to whom would be boarding first and who would be waiting. The teachers with the 20 teenagers should have arrived home sometime after midnight this morning. But know that the kids said themselves that they enjoyed NY and didn't want priority boardering back home, they wanted to stay in NY for perhaps a week or two or more - their words. Giving the circumstances, New York did her part to make our visitors as compfortable as possible. Glad you're not at Camp JFK. Will keep check on you two, Marilynn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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