On Sun, 09 Feb 2020 21:50:15 -0600, Mitchell Holman
wrote:


Speaking of applause..........

I was on a flight to Seattle when the
pilot said that SeaTac was socked in by
clouds and we might have to divert to
San Francisco. Groans abounded. Then he
came back a few minutes later and said
"I just spotted a small hole in the
undercast, if everyone will buckle their
seatbelts I am going to dive for it." He
did, we got in, and the whole plane
applauded.

Socked in kinda implies low clouds or fog - diving through holes in
such can lead to less-than-optimum outcomes.