Why I Love My Wife

Here is a story I read to Laura from our local paper under the "News of the Weird" headlines:

A plane contracted by the U.S. Postal Service may have lost up to two bags of priority mail on a flight from Billings to Kalispell, totaling up to roughly 25 pounds of cargo.

The incident occurred at approximately 1:30 a.m. on Feb. 20, according to USPS spokesperson Lisa Blomquist. A door on the plane came unlatched mid-flight, said Alpine Air Express CEO Gene Mallette, and it was found ajar when the plane landed in Kalispell. There was still mail in the bay, Mallette said, and it is still uncertain if priority mail fell out during the flight.

"We could have lost a couple bags but that is undetermined at this point," Mallette said.

Original reports from USPS indicated that two bright orange bags of priority mail fell out of the door during a snowstorm. However, Mallette said that may not have happened and both Alpine Air and USPS are flying over the area to look for any missing bags. Snow has visually impeded the search so far, Blomquist said. If the bags fell, it was somewhere between Eddie’s Corner near Billings and Kalispell, leaving a large area to scour.

To this, my wife says:

"Don't they have tracking numbers?"

And that is why I love my wife.