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When my kids were little and we flew somewhere, we'd treat the turbulence as though it was a roller-coaster - I'm sure the other passengers appreciated "wheeeee
by smoyer 9y ago
When my kids were little and we flew somewhere, we'd treat the turbulence as though it was a roller-coaster - I'm sure the other passengers appreciated "wheeeee" a whole lot more than crying, frighted children. I have no idea whether this helped them as adults or not but I can tell you that my son was more frightened when his (then) fiancee flew back to Malaysia skirting several war zones than when the two of them flew on their honeymoon.
- gnulinux 9y agoIs "wheeee" level turbulance normal in transatlantic flights? I semi-frequently (once every other year) fly Europe <--> West Coast and never experienced a turbulance that felt like rollercoaster. The worst turbulance I remember felt like a ~4 earthquake that went on about 5 minutes which made me pretty anxious. It was above Greenland.
- smoyer 9y agoSummertime after 1600 at the airport where this plane landed - it's very common for there to be thunderstorms nearby from May to September. I've been in some very interesting weather patterns in the Denver CO area and from March to November there are afternoon thunderstorms many days in Tampa and Orlando. The kids were flying on vacation so Florida during Spring break was pretty common. The only turbulence I've experienced over the Atlantic was more than twenty years ago - we hit completely unexpected turbulence and I actually caught a flight attendant as she flew by (all those years of gymnastics came in handy).
- gnulinux 9y agoWow I really hope that'll never happen to me I'd probably have a heart attack. Even the minor turbulance I wrote above gave me tremendous anxiety.