SEATTLE — Ever take off out of the airport and see a fleet of snowplows driving in formation around the runways on a completely dry day? Here’s why…
Planes taking off and landing at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport cannot stop during a snowstorm, and the airport crew needs to be ready to keep the runways clear.
Since Seattle snowfall amounts, when it does fall, tend to be light, the crew can easily take care of it. But on those occasions when we get much more, they call on ‘volunteers’, workers from other departments in the airport, to assist…