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So, my dire musings of doom are all for naught.
My parents are in Houston. The airport wouldn't let people in and Continental would only fly people out as they were scheduled (they wouldn't allow people to waitlist). Some major hotels on the island had exclusive rights to an emergency flight out that didn't have publicly sold tickets. It pays off to stay at a high-end resort. Since they were on that hotel's bus they were let in and flew into Houston. Now they just have to fly into Sacramento and all this will be nothing but an overblown anecdote that they can tell and Christine can submit with her college applications.
My parents are in Houston. The airport wouldn't let people in and Continental would only fly people out as they were scheduled (they wouldn't allow people to waitlist). Some major hotels on the island had exclusive rights to an emergency flight out that didn't have publicly sold tickets. It pays off to stay at a high-end resort. Since they were on that hotel's bus they were let in and flew into Houston. Now they just have to fly into Sacramento and all this will be nothing but an overblown anecdote that they can tell and Christine can submit with her college applications.