To and from tampa, which made a preemptive strike to close the airport at 12:01 a.m. this morning. the executive vice president of operations there held a press conference earlier and he says that the big concern is not only flooding and the storm surge, the airport is relatively close to tampa bay, but also projectiles, things on the ramp could get blown around and they simply want to get airplanes relocated out of there. the concern is not only the workers, there are about 10,000 that work in the airport there, but also the passengers he says he is aware that they will take this on the chin, but it is the right thing to do. listen. impacting people s travel plans is not something that we take lightly and suspending flight operations is the last resort for our team here at tpa. but safety is paramount and we have to ensure that we re protecting our employees and airport infrastructure that