Amazon free 2-Day Prime Shipping is showing delivery dates over a week away (if I ordered today it shows a delivery date of Wednesday, Nov. 14). I've contacted customer support about it and I was told they would refer the issue to a technical manager. My wife just had an order cancelled by Amazon with a refund. I'm genuinely curious about what the root cause of these shipping delays might be.<p>According to a Reddit post, the issue is widespread in Washington, DC and could be caused by tornado damage to a warehouse.<p>https://www.reddit.com/r/washingtondc/comments/9uf3ko/anyone_else_have_issues_with_amazon_prime/
I would bet that it is related to the tornado. It was pretty bad, pretty much taking out an entire Amazon warehouse in Baltimore, Maryland (outside DC) and killing 2 employees.<p>With that said, if this is the case, it is curious that Amazon doesn't have contingency plans in place to avoid significant disruptions in service such as extended delays. I can understand a slight hiccup/delay, but weeks seems a bit odd. Might be more going on than just the tornado issue.