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This is the hub for united airlines that has cancelled 80% of their schedule here. the other main chicago airport, midway, has 330 cancellations. the city aviation department says it s due to extreme could weather. i m hearing passengers that planes are having trouble refuelling in this cold. american airlines is serving chili to employees here, handing out cold weather gear. at midway, southwest says they don t want to expose the employees to these extreme conditions for more than ten minutes at a time. so some stranded travelers say they understand. they have to be patient during this deep freeze. the people are outside, they can get frostbite. so they have to bring the people in. that slows down the equipment. if you think about it, it makes sense. it s negative 54 with windchills. not looking like i m getting out today. like you said, you don t want people out there in this kind of weather. so you know, i m trying to be patient and hopefully we ll get ....

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