Charlotte airport 6am Friday

It's a not so balmy -5 degrees outside and I am sitting in a surprisingly busy airport waiting for my flight to New Orleans. It seems like several flights have landed at once so, having only just woken, I am confronted with hoards of folk all on a bleary eyed mission. I have found a Starbucks having left Peets behind in California. Too early for food I am thinking. Southern accents abound and the politeness of the south is evident. My flight here was full, much to my surprise, Thursday night red eyes to Charlotte are much more popular than I would have thought. Nothing much to do but read the news and play Angry Birds.....