Righto…! 147 knots of quartering tailwind pushed us from North Carolina to the Hamptons in 1 hour in 20 minutes. But then we had to turn around and come home. 140 knot ground speed gave us a 3 hour 10 flight back. Ouch.
Check out the speeds on the track logs for the two legs:
It’s mostly due to falling trees and tree limbs over-weighted with ice. Precipitation right around freezing is the bane of the Southeast US. If your home is serviced by underground power lines, as my wife and I enjoyed when we lived in a loft in downtown Atlanta, power loss is a very rare event. The suburbs and further out suffer though.