Fire closes London Heathrow for all of Friday 3/21/25

[flyingcheesehead]

... due to a "major power outage" after a substation fire:

Heathrow closed all day after nearby fire causes power outage

A fire at an electrical substation has caused a "significant power outage" and the closure is expected to last until midnight.

www.bbc.com

That's gonna mess some things up.

 

[eman1200]

From the article:

Try it, it’s fun! It’s pronounced just like it looks. I may name my next dog that.

 

[kaiser]

From the article:

Try it, it’s fun! It’s pronounced just like it looks. I may name my next dog that.

That’s the volcano that ruined my Euro trip that year, so US Air (remember them?) offered to rebook me anywhere else. Since Europe was 8 hours east of me, I put the dart 8 hours west and ended up in Hawaii.