fedex and the mountains

i miss the mountains. i like the rain. it rains a lot here. yesterday it rained 3.32 inches. today it was just cloudy and really windy.

today in class we heard a lecture by a FedEx pilot. because pilots can't make mistakes or 747's would fall from the sky daily. i think that was the point. the thing i remember was this video of a typical day's FedEx flight plans. memphis is the international headquarters of FedEx. every night from 11:00 pm to 1:00 am, there are 300 flights that come into memphis. it's the busiest airport in the world during those nighttime hours, and it is the busiest cargo airport of any airport in the world. they handle 3.3 million packages a day. the video is worth watching for a few seconds, until the planes come in and then all leave again. they call it the "FedEx ant farm."







interesting video on the SuperHub

well, that's enough useless trivia for now. i need to go study...