text: With a wind shear like that i think the Airport might reconsider taking some precautions, it was back in 1980 the day before April fools day up here in Alaska that we had an inland hurricane, forecasters were calling for winds up to 40mph...that night around 11:15 Pm it started blowing so hard it blew a brick fireplace chimney off the apartment i was living in...winds were clocked at 143 mph at Birchwood Airport in Chugiak and did major damage throughout the Anchorage Bowl.  Things like this do happen up here unexpectedly sometimes .  The safety of of airline customers should come first before unwanted schedule interruptions.