Great Lakes Helicopter helps Canadian snowbirds fly south
By Lisa Gordon | December 10, 2020
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In normal times, as many as 375,000 Canadian “snowbirds” wing their way to the southern U.S. and Mexico each winter.
Great Lakes Helicopter is currently using two Robinson R44s to offer nine daily flights between Hamilton, Ontario, and Buffalo, New York. Mike Reyno Photo
This year, many of those travellers have decided to stay closer to home as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to rage, and with a large-scale vaccination program set to begin any day.
Still other snowbirds are determined to chase the sun, no matter what. With the Canada-U.S. land border closed to all non-essential travel, they’re faced with two choices: buy an airline ticket and risk exposure to the virus, or arrange a private flight. Many are choosing the latter option, creating opportunity for aircraft charter operators who are looking for new business streams in c
for repairs. here with everything you need to know and how to get around, abc 2 news traffic reporter angela foster. reporter: good morning. we are live at the jones falls expressway this morning. the big story is the lane closures that will begin tonight at 7:00. now, in case you have not heard, the department of transportation, the city department of transportation will be closing the left lane both northbound and southbound on the jones falls expressway starting tonight at 7:00 in the vicinity of 29th street to george park lake drive. the lane closures are needed for emergency repairs to collapse drainage pipes and those are located, of course, underneath the expressway. these closures are very important, but the big deal is going to be the significant delays that will come with the closures. as you know, we have approximately 110,000 vehicles on the jones falls expressway everyday, so what we re advising motorists to do is to plan ahead. these closures, as we mentioned,
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freeze warning and that s nect until 9:00 this morning as well. hopefully you brought in that tender vegetation and those potted plants you planted a little bit early. right now temperature coming in right around 40 degrees. good morning, arnold, you re at 45 degrees and 40 in colombia. the winds, oh, yes, nonexistent for the most part for this morning. it will be a little breezy in the afternoon, about five to 10 miles an hour, but we won t be seeing anything like we ve been seeing with those gusts up to about 30 miles an hour. those are all over. the dry weather, though, is still with us for today as we look at maryland s most powerful radar and we ll talk about our next chances for some much needed rain in the forecast. that s all coming up. but right now let s get a check of that traffic with angela. good morning. reporter: good morning, lynette. we are live this morning in front of the jones falls expressway, i-83, giving you traffic updates, but also preparing you for w
9:00 this morning. temperature wise easton right around 47 degrees, aberdeen 43, good morning to you, and emmettsburg coming in at 45. you can see the winds are nice and calm. they ll be about five to 10 miles an hour as we go throughout the day, but all in all not as windy as we ve been dealing with. maryland s most powerful radar is dry. we ll talk about some rain moving in here. first let s get a check of the traffic with angela. you have big news for everybody this morning, don t you? reporter: good morning, lynette. that is correct. big things happening right here. we are live this morning at i- 83, the jones falls expressway and we have emergency repairs to collapse drainage pipes. that s the reason for the closures. we have two lane closures, major, major closures, that is, in each direction on i-83 in the vicinity of 29th street to druid hill park lake drive. and, of course, that will be in both directions, so be prepared for that starting tonight at 7:00. now, in ter