[emmell]

I just watched the latest press conference from STL online. Here's the latest from the Mayor and the Airport Director.
From the Mayor: This was the most serious tornado to hit St. Louis since 1967 (rated an EF-4). No deaths or no serious injuries.
From the Airport Director: The airport is still closed now, however there will be a couple of flights arriving tonight (Saturday). They hope power will be restored in the next 2-3 hours. On Sunday they will open, but expect to be at 70% capacity. This also depends on whether the airlines can get planes to STL. Planes going to the damaged concourse C (American, Airtran, Frontier, and Cape Air) will be housed in another concourse for now until they can get Concourse C repaired (it's got a lot of damage - windows, roof, water damage, etc.). Terminal 2 is fully functional (Southwest). Monday should be back to complete operations with some changes to gates.

Finally, let's also hear it for current Technology Heroes! This is one reason why I'm involved with FIRST. The St. Louis tornado was rated as an EF-4 and the citizens had a 34 minute warning. That amount of time is unheard of prior to all of the advances in meteorological tools available today. Hats off to the citizens of STL for following the instructions and taking shelter. Zero deaths and zero serious injuries.

Regardless, everyone have safe travels to St. Louis. Come see us on the Franklin Division fields for FTC.

Go FIRST!