poor weather causes people to have flight problem

• It was a frustrating day for many holiday fliers as almost 3,000 flights were postponed due to rain and poor visibility.
  Chicago, Dallas and Philadelphia all were hubs of harried travelers anxiously waiting for announcements that it was time to go. At some points, those didn't come for up to two hours.
  At Reagan National Airport in Washington, traveler Gregory Simpson had to wait an extra hour for his flight to Toronto.

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  "If you want to see family, you gotta do what you have to do," he said, taking the weather delay in stride. "It's unfortunate that this tends to happen this time of year, but there's not a whole lot you can do about it."
  One man at LaGuardia International Airport in New York took advantage of the extra time. He hit the airport shops to do some last minute gift buying.
  "Anywhere and everywhere I can," he told CNN affiliate WCBS with a wry smile.
  At least one holiday flight doesn't have to worry about such annoyances. Santa's aircraft, Candy Cane One, was cleared by the FAA for gift deliveries.
  There were more than 2,800 delays because of weather and other reasons for flights with U.S. points of departure and/or arrivals, according to the flight tracking website FlightAware.com. More than 380 were canceled.
  White Christmas for some
  There was good news for snowplow drivers in Chicago as a storm system that was forecast to bring snow ended up to the east of the city. It was also weaker than expected, the National Weather Service office in Chicago said.