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Flying Delta in November down to Jacksonville to visit friends who live 45 minutes to the north in SE Georgia.I have been flying in commercial and small planes since 1967. I have experience bouts of turbulence in Commercial liners before. I always keep my seat belt on when in the seat.

The worst experience I had with turbulence was in May of 1977 over Georgia on our way to Tallahassee, Florida in a Cessna Cardinal. My husband requested lower altitude from 9,000 feet up to around 4,000 feet. On the radio, I could hear other pilots requesting lower altitude due to excessive turbulence as well. We were in clouds the whole time. I did what I could to keep my infant son calm and my stomach from rebelling. It was such a strong southerly head wind that made it feel like someone took the plane from the wings and lifted it up 30 feet or so and let it drop. . After a 2nd time that happened, I thought we were going to all die. My daughter was 2 at the time.

When we finally did land in Tallahassee, I literally slid out of the airplane and kissed the ground. I was so happy this leg of the flight was done for the day. The next day after takeoff flying from Tallahassee to Ft. Meyers, than to Melbourne/Ft. Lauderdale, there was more more turbulence when flying over the Everglades. It was not yet Hurricane Season, but well into the upper 80's.