Travel Shutdown
February 2019: Fourth week of shutdown, ATC calls out. Inertia to lethargy. The tired and unpaid protect you from collision. Monitors flash: delayed delayed delayed cancelled.
![January 25, 2019: Boarding a flight from New York LaGuardia to Chicago as delays start to stack-up on the East Coast. People who arrived early for are given the option to join the early flight. All rush over.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bb9257d1943293fdcec5aafd7c9c61eeb3e8e83be001e4a82dd46f89deddf7a7/anselm-travel-01.jpg)
![February 8, 2019: A street vendor in Brooklyn, New York selling sunglasses, bags, and clothes outside a bodega. About midnight.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e4a2305d8380516d7afadce99960cb1be2339d3ac3afbcf79a989039f0c17524/anselm-travel-07.jpg)
![January 29, 2019: Refrigerator stocked with sushi, fruits, ice coffee, hummus, and seltzer water in preparation for the anticipated extreme-cold weather emergency the next day.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/77f57d6dee5dca0e730cde0eb023556d45bb0e5e74f9cfb3f8ba161dd2fac74b/anselm-travel-03.jpg)
![January 30, 2019: View from the Hilton during an the weather-emergency. Roads are closed. All residents advised to stay inside as temperatures reach minus thirteen Fahrenheit.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5d71759478b3ae311cece6e333b0eee38c2933968dc385d0eba8e238f5dbe3db/anselm-travel-05.jpg)
![February 2 or 3, 2019: People gambling in a service station somewhere along Interstate 65 in Kentucky. The gaming machines operate in a legal gray-area. Slot machines are illegal in Kentucky. A sign tells patrons there are no cash payouts, winnings can only be claimed for fuel or in-store merchandise.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5731f0109221e7a87e5fae871822f4a30b404bc980b1c10f1a1771c3bbd374dd/anselm-travel-06.jpg)
Stickers from another era. An old tradition it is rebrand brands as for a laugh. Sold themselves.
![January 27, 2019: Senator Kamala Harris, Democrat of California, as seen on MSNBC in a hotel in the Midwest. Harris is announcing her 2020 presidential run against Donald Trump..](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/32909702bffec855038fd2bd42aad6164bc692b0ac6d74afd200cd97aa4d1ad4/anselm-travel-02.jpg)
![January 30, 2019: View from the Hilton during an the weather-emergency. Roads are closed. All residents advised to stay inside as temperatures reach minus thirteen Fahrenheit.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e8073df975cdb42384cfc1b81c32cf8fb63c3b59752e93b58790c048bd5d6175/anselm-travel-04.jpg)
Steam above rooftops. Heaters on full. The hotel moves high speed. A ship through cold space.