return home after christmas. hearts field jackson international airport in slant, many tpaoebgs catching up on sleep, anything to pass the time. a running list of all the canceled departures. elizabeth is live. the skies are actually sunny in atlanta today but passengers are still stuck? >> reporter: they are. don't let that sunshine deceive you, it's monday, everybody is trying to get back to work, back to reality. the fact of the matter is that the storm that you are really seeing up north is what we experienced over the weekend although it did gain strength as it headed your way. what we're seeing here and also across the country is really the ripple effect. people's flights started getting canceled on saturday, they were canceled on sunday. now they are on stand by waiting to head out today and tomorrow. the airlines are trying to accommodate passengers who