First time landing in severe thunderstorms (the storms that passed through the Gulf area last week).
We landed around 5:30 AM, still dark, directly through the storms. We were surrounded by lightening. It would go from pitch black to the flashes of lightening (in every direction) and then bursts of white as we went through clouds. I was surprised by how beautiful it was. I'm pretty sure we weren't struck by lightening, but it was so close and so frequent, it felt like we could have been at any moment.
Oddly, it was much less turbulent than a lot of landings in "normal" weather. Small bumps, and wind gusts very close to the runway.
It was a little nerve-wracking, just b/c I thought planes typically wouldn't land in that kind of weather. But in retrospect very interesting!
Kelly
We landed around 5:30 AM, still dark, directly through the storms. We were surrounded by lightening. It would go from pitch black to the flashes of lightening (in every direction) and then bursts of white as we went through clouds. I was surprised by how beautiful it was. I'm pretty sure we weren't struck by lightening, but it was so close and so frequent, it felt like we could have been at any moment.
Oddly, it was much less turbulent than a lot of landings in "normal" weather. Small bumps, and wind gusts very close to the runway.
It was a little nerve-wracking, just b/c I thought planes typically wouldn't land in that kind of weather. But in retrospect very interesting!
Kelly
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