Washington, New York, Philadelphia – Pope’s Visit
Pope Francis will visit Washington DC, New York City, and Philadelphia September 22-27. Significant security efforts will be evident, including road closures. For a complete schedule of appearances, please visit this page
Caribbean and Florida – Tropical Storm Erika
Tropical Storm Erika continues to track westward and is expected to make landfall in the northern Leeward Islands on Aug 27th, before continuing towards the British Virgin Islands and Southern Florida. Little to no strengthening is forecast through Aug. 29 and Erika is anticipated to move through as a relatively weak tropical storm. Strong winds and heavy rain are nonetheless expected, and flooding, power outages, transport disruptions, and some property damage are likely.
Portugal – Ground Handler Strike
Ground handlers have called a 48-hour strike at Lisbon, Porto, Porto Santo, and Funchal Airports on August 29-30. Portuguese officials are expected to impose a mandatory minimum level of service to prevent crippling disruptions at the affected airports. Unless averted, the labor action will likely result in security check delays and ground handling disruptions for passenger and cargo flights, with moderate flight delays.
Hawaii – Hurricane Ignacio
Hurricane Ignacio is quickly strengthening as it continues to move in a west-northwest direction toward Hawaii. It is expected to become a category 3 storm before beginning to weaken by the end of the weekend. Models may change, but at this time it is not expected to have a major impact on Hawaii.
Are stopover and layover the same?
A layover is any connection between flights. This could include a stop as short as 30 minutes (depending upon the airport) or as long as four hours (or up to 23 hours and 59 minutes on international flights). It’s ok to use layover and connection interchangeably. A stopover, however, if different. It is a stop long enough to be considered a destination in itself – more than 4 hours domestically or 24 hours internationally. Often, but not always, a stopover adds to the cost of the trip.
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Shanghai
- Hundreds of Shanghainese parents assemble in People’s Park every weekend, resumes of their unwed children in hand, to negotiate potential hook-ups at the Shanghai Marriage market
- Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport was built on reclaimed tideland that was once fish farms
- English is taught as a mandatory course from first grade in the public education system of Shanghai
- Shanghai South Railway Station is the first circular railway station in the world
- The laundry chute at the Shanghai Grand Hyatt hotel – which drops 88 stories – has built-in buffers to reduce the speed of descending clothes
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Shanghai is sinking at the rate of 1.5 cm per year, or a total of 6 feet since 1921
The monthly auction of license plates needed to drive a car in Shanghai lasts about 90 minutes
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