Melissa Moon
EF5
I haven't encountered severe turbulence, but I have encountered some that was pretty bad. On my flight from LAX to DFW on my way back from Melbourne, we crossed a nighttime MCS in west Texas. I remember looking out the window and seeing the light flash from the wing of the plane and then seeing additional strobe-like lights flashing. It took me a couple of minutes to figure out that it was lightning. Then, almost as soon as I figured out that we were flying near a storm (couldn't tell if we were in it or not since it was night), we encountered some pretty heavy turbulence. If I was prone to motion sickness, I probably would have had a problem with it, but it felt more like a wild roller coaster ride to me.
Then on the descent to Pensacola a few weeks ago, I was in one of those small American Eagle jets. As we descenced, we crossed into the frontal boundary (a cold front had come through either the day or night before)and the winds were zipping pretty fast, and the plane was being pushed in different directions rather than being steady. I was starting to fear that we'd hit the runway at a funny angle and crash or something.
Then on the descent to Pensacola a few weeks ago, I was in one of those small American Eagle jets. As we descenced, we crossed into the frontal boundary (a cold front had come through either the day or night before)and the winds were zipping pretty fast, and the plane was being pushed in different directions rather than being steady. I was starting to fear that we'd hit the runway at a funny angle and crash or something.
