Belcher said the airport 's conference room became a shelter for several families who had hiked up hillsides ahead of rising water .
Belcher said the airport 's conference room was serving as a makeshift shelter for several area families who hiked up the wooded hillside in advance of rising water .
On 29 October 2003 the respondents and IFAH wrote to the Court discontinuing their cross-appeals on the basis that by adopting Regulation No 1873/2003 the Commission had brought to an end the failure to act which was the subject-matter of the cross-appeales.