Above is a screenshot of flights over North America around 5:30 pm Eastern several hours after the ground stop for all take offs throughout the US. A big void of air traffic is visible centering geographically over the upper Midwest and Northeast including major US cities such as Chicago, Philadelphia and reaching up into Canada. Google says Canadian flights within Canada were not grounded (only US bound ones) but notice the complete lack of any flights anywhere near cities including Toronto. Airports throughout the US were affected and continued to be so for hours. Flights that are visible over US airspace above are mainly inbound and international.
Around 8:30 pm, Dumb and Dumber, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin aka The Plumber and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy aka The Lumberjack, come out into the White House press room to spin their tale:
