Strikes, rain and snow pose challenges during record Thanksgiving travel week

Question

In this article, they talk about flights for this Thanksgiving holiday. Being delayed because of weather conditions, such as pouring rain and snow. 

Answer 1

It does seem like this is a true claim, as thanksgiving is a popular time to travel for many. The orginal article was written by three journalists, which make its fairly reliable, and there is another report from NBC Chicago that has a similar claim, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHRVnbbfADA, it is also confirmed by Milwakie Journal Sentinial, which says there will be 80 million Americans traveling, confirming the record number part of the claim. For the delaying part, the AP reports that airports and highways will be jam - packed, https://apnews.com/live/thanksgiving-holiday-travel-weather-updates, and due to thanksgiving being in winter, it would make sense for some delays, however it is hard to say how much delays are impacting the travel industry as a whole, but KWAA does talk about which airports are currently experincing the most delays; https://www.koaa.com/weather/weather-science/traveling-for-thanksgiving-heres-a-look-at-the-airports-with-the-most-delays. It really depends where you are, as you may or may not be impacted by these delays, but there is no doubt that record number travelling is expected.

Answer 2

All of these claims components are shown to be true after reading and comparing similar articles. The claim mentions extreme weather and breaking records during thanksgiving week all talked about in the original article by NBC News, written by 3 reliable journalists. These journalists have focused their work in at least one of these mentions and have worked with NBC News or other news channels for several years. The main article references another piece by Patrick Smith that explains the numbers on flights this year such as the 1.9 million increase from last year and the percentage of people that will fly, take the train or go on a cruise. It also does address the number of delays already caused by this year's weather that connects back to the amount of travelers due to high demand.

More on NBC journalist

Patrick Smith: https://www.nbcnews.com/author/patrick-smith-ncpn989401

Emilie Ikeda: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilie-ikeda-348a3140/ 

Priya Sridhar https://www.linkedin.com/in/priya-sridhar-48982312/

Another media source that mentioned the 8 million specifically was the National Public Radio (NPR). Found here: https://www.npr.org/2024/11/18/nx-s1-5195137/thanksgiving-travel-best-worst-driving-flying-record-travelers 

They are a non profit trusted organization that reports on all kinds of news from national to global, with the goal to just inform the public. Their article mainly focuses on the amount of travelers and not so much on delays. I found another article that addresses the weather in the situation and the numbers are rising in the flights being delayed.

Found here: https://www.npr.org/2024/11/26/nx-s1-5206394/severe-weather-thanksgiving-travel 

Lastly the AAA was what inspired this claim, as it was referenced by almost every article I read on the weather and effect on traveling. Their article breaks down each way of traveling with data such as best and worst times to travel. 

Article:https://newsroom.aaa.com/2024/11/nearly-80-million-americans-expected-to-travel-over-thanksgiving/

Both of these news companies referenced the AAA in their findings and after reading their report. It is once again true that the weather will pose challenges during the thanksgiving season. 

Comments

I find this response a in-depth factcheck. Highlighting the journalist and providing their info for support on reliability. Additionally you added another reliable source which also spoke on the topic, NPR. I want to highlight how you found the original source of the claim and linked it which is important to the final conclusion made that the article's claim is true.

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This factcheck is very in-depth and I appreciate that. You highlight the journalists and provide info on them to allow reader to check their reliability. I like that you add more sources to back up this response. Good job!