A few days ago, the U.S. hit a major milestone. In a quite ceremonial sounding press release,

the Transportation Security Administration announced that on Sunday,

for the first time since its founding more than 20 years ago,

more than 3 million travelers were screened on a single day

at airports across the country.

And while I was not in an airport this past Sunday,

I do feel a shared kinship with these 3 million people.

Because I've been doing a lot of traveling this summer.

Per work, to see family, that sort of thing.

And like everybody else, I'm also slumming it

through airport security, desperately trying to find something not gross to eat for breakfast.

There are so many indignities to traveling, the stuff that we all put up with to get to our destination.

And then there are those moments of true travel nightmares.

Hurricane Barrel disrupting thousands of flights today truly a mess.

So here's a look at the current numbers according to the website Flight Aware.

Almost a thousand flights are cancelled in and out of Bush International in Houston.

Weather disruptions, rerouted flights, and even turbulence, something that just used to feel

like a word on your travel bingo card now feels legitimately life-threatening.

This was from a flight from Spain to Uruguay last week.

Tonight terrifying turbulence rocking a a packed international flight

injuring at least 30 people.

Video showing a passenger apparently stuck

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