Hurricane Beryl causes headaches for MCO passengers bound for Houston

Hurricane Beryl weakened to a tropical depression, but it hit Texas like a hurricane, knocking out power to millions and making it difficult to fly in or out of cities like Houston.

According to MCO’s departure website, all flights from that airport to Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport have been canceled today. Several flights to Houston’s Hobby Airport have also been canceled.

Their luggage and a little hope were about all the passengers had, as WESH spoke to some passengers who wanted to get to Houston.

“I’m keeping my fingers crossed,” said Amanda Pecora, who was trying to get to Houston for work. “I really hope so. But who knows at this point?”

“We’re supposed to leave today, yes,” said Ashley Caldwell, who lives in Houston. “I hope so.”

Travel was difficult due to Hurricane Beryl.

“It’s been a little difficult,” Pecora said.

For Pecora, getting to Houston was a multi-day headache.

“I was supposed to be there two days ago and they cancelled, then rescheduled, and then they cancelled again last night. So this is my third attempt,” she said.

Orlando is his hometown, but the delay has put a damper on his work plans.

“I actually had to postpone a number of my photoshoots because I’m a photographer,” she said.

His flight was delayed more than once on Monday evening.

The other passengers we spoke to had not yet had flights cancelled.

“We haven’t had any new bookings yet. But the day is still young,”

After getting off a cruise from Port Canaveral, they checked things out at home.

“Is the power back on? Is my dog ​​okay? What’s going on?” Caldwell asked.

And they were relieved to have booked one of the last flights back to Houston.

“I am now,” she said. “I definitely am now. Because I feel like things are slowing down in Houston, I hope.”

But the question then becomes: if they do manage to get out, will they be able to get home? Or wherever they are going.

“I usually drive to the airport,” said Kayla Gordon, who was also traveling to Houston. “This time I didn’t. So I have to call an Uber to get home, but what if no one can get to the airport because of all this flooding and stuff?”

Pecora said: “I hope it’s not as bad as it looks, but we’ll see.”