I talked to Polly Friday morning who flew out of Philadelphia at 7 am.
She said the line to get through security was a quarter of a mile
long. Some people waiting there arrived at 3:45am. The people in
line she spoke to were matter of fact and accepted the added
inconvenience as a sign of the times This was the price they paid for
modern air travel.

It took two hours wading through security to reach her plane, which
was fortunately waiting at the first jet way. The gate was empty and
the agents were about to close the door on the half-empty flight to
Atlanta.

In Atlanta, as she waited for her 12-hour flight to Honolulu, there
were signs on all vending machines and soda fountains warning that
drinks purchased in the terminal would not be allowed in the planes.
She plans to fill her empty Nalgene bottle on the plane

She reflected a bit while waiting: There is no gas rationing. Nobody
we know grows a victory garden. We know a few people who don't
recycle and would never consider gathering scrap metal for the war
effort. If waiting in long lines is the modern equivalent of the
sacrifices the U.S. population made in the 40s, we should feel lucky.
At least we aren't going coast to coast in a covered wagon, or
crossing the sea on sailing ships. Those two options surely involved
higher fatality rates and time in transit.