By mid-afternoon, most delays were about 90 minutes, with longer delays on some flights between Boston and the West Coast, New York and Chicago. No major delays were reported at airports in Miami, Atlanta and Seattle. And travelers were pleasantly surprised by the lack of long lines at Boston's Logan. But she was parked, checked in and ready to board her flight with hours to spare. But this has been great so far.
People seem to have learned to leave a day earlier or a day later.
So far, so good. Those traveling by air were much luckier than those who drove through rain that in some areas, turned into sleet or snow. In Rhode Island, authorities were forced to close a stretch of Interstate 95 this morning and wait for the Department of Transportation sand trucks who to make the road safe for tow trucks. Both lanes had reopened two hours later. Freezing rain also wreaked havoc on Rhode Island roads where dozens of wrecks resulting in about 15 injuries were reported around the state.