Just recently an Aeromexico flight scheduled to take off for Seattle, Washington, sat for 16 hours on the tarmac. When it finally did get in the air, because of thick fog, it landed in Portland, Oregon. Then, once the flight landed In Portland, the passengers were held aboard for another four hours, because the airport claimed the flight was totally unexpected, and there weren’t enough customs agents there that day to check the passengers from Mexico back into the US.

There’s an old cliché that seniors are the most vulnerable to scams, because they’re more trusting than younger people. However, the biggest scam in history, Bernie Madoff’s $50 billion Ponzi scheme bilked millions out of supposedly aware younger people like actor Kevin Bacon, producers Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katsenberg, as well as other wealthy suckers.

(ARA) - Information is key to helping America’s seniors successfully navigate the cold weather months -- a time that can pose a variety of health and safety challenges.