Just a little perspective here

This is all over the news. Telling about stranded travelers in the US who are trying to go somewhere for Christmas.

A makeshift shelter of cardboard boxes sprang up near a United Airlines ticket counter as hundreds of holiday travelers found ways to cope after being stranded at the Denver airport by a blizzard.

Denver International Airport - the nation's fifth-busiest - was expected to begin limited operations at noon Friday, almost two days after a blizzard forced it to close runways.

More than 2,000 flights have been canceled, according to airline officials, creating a ripple effect that disrupted air travel around the country as the holiday crush began to build.

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So here comes the perspective, folks.

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I could go on and on and on, but you get the message. Missed flights are a bitch. I've been there and wasn't too pleased at all, but come on. Missed flights are an inconvenience, but not life or death.