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18 April 2010

Trapped by volcano in San Francisco! So, I was in town for a conference, had couple of days afterwards, and today my flight home to London has been officially Cancelled Due To Volcano.[More:]

Kind of loving it so far! Done all the usual tourist stuff. Met a bunch of guys from group-blog-site HuSi yesterday, and my uncle and aunt drove up from San José today. I've also got a co-worker with me.

Anyone else stranded anywhere? Any San Franciscans with helpful tips?

Peace out, dudes!
I'd love to be stranded in San Francisco, or indeed anywhere pleasant as long as I had no way of doing work. As it is, I'm at home in the UK with no plans to go anywhere.

Hope being stranded continues to be a positive experience for you!
posted by altolinguistic 19 April | 04:18
Go to the sake factory in Berkeley! Go to the conservatory in Golden Gate Park! Go eat sushi or burritos and go to Chinatown and Amoeba Records! If you haven't done so already.
posted by Specklet 19 April | 06:04
That crazy Icelandic volcano is really messing with folks. I drove some friends down to Toronto last Thursday so they could start their second European tour, only to have them head home, hoping against all reason, that they'll be able to try again on Wednesday. It's pretty stressful, but what can you do? It just sucks for them, they've managed to make room in life for a 31 day tour of Europe and now...who knows.

Of course, I think there are people in much more dire straits, unable to get home, etc. Crazy ol' volcanoes!

Have fun in SF, TE!
posted by richat 19 April | 08:58
I'm at Columbus airport right now, waiting for my flight back to NYC. I'm due to fly home on Thursday night, and am hoping there will be a flight then. If not, then I'll be begging my NY bunny friends for a couch to sleep on.
posted by essexjan 19 April | 11:31
Thanks all! They've rebooked us on a theoretical flight leaving Thursday. Problem is that's via Minneapolis not direct, would much rather be stuck here! (Weather, lots of stuff to do and I know a few people here).
posted by TheophileEscargot 19 April | 21:21
Hmmm.... What's the HuSi site all about? Looked like some interesting conversations.
posted by Doohickie 19 April | 22:07
Hard to say what's HuSi all about... it kind of grew organically from a group of people, mostly techies, who knew each other from other sites. It ended up as mostly a diary/blog site since nobody bothered using the other sections.

I like it, but it's a lot more lightly moderated than Metachat or Metafilter and has the usual set of cryptic memes and traditions...
posted by TheophileEscargot 20 April | 19:15
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