12-20-2006, 15:46
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Colorado is Closed
GO HOME !!!!!!
KEEP OUT !!!!!
STAY AWAY !!!!!!
BEWARE OF DOG !!!!!!
DON'T COME HERE !!!!!!
NOTHING TO SEE HERE !!!!!!
Right now the entire Eastern side of the state and all along the Front Range is under one Hell of a Blizzard.
I-70 from the Airport East to the Kansas Line---is closed.
I-70 from Denver West to the Eisenhower Tunnel---is closed.
I-76 from Denver Northeast to the Nebraska line---is closed.
I-25 from Denver North to the Wyoming line---is closed.
I-25 from Denver South to the New Mexico line---is closed.
DIA (Denver International Airport)---CLOSED.
This storm hit early this morning, and so far I've got at least a foot (12 inches) of snow by my place. I live SW of D-town. This storm is supposed to stay with us until tomorrow afternoon. 
So.....no one's leaving and no one is coming in. 
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12-20-2006, 17:13
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The US Post Office cancelled delivery!!!!
What happened to Neither Snow nor rain.......
Sdiver, I have 12 inches and 3 foot drifts. People are abandoning their automobiles all over the place.........really making it impossible to plow major arterials.
The only thing that could add to this state of emergency is mass loss of electricity...........Glad I have a generator, three fireplaces, 4X4, and three snowmobiles chilling in my garage!
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12-20-2006, 17:20
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Now ya'll be nice and share with the snow lovers in the Midwest! I'm ready for some winter weather.
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12-20-2006, 17:25
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Originally Posted by CoLawman
The US Post Office cancelled delivery!!!!
What happened to Neither Snow nor rain.......
Sdiver, I have 12 inches and 3 foot drifts. People are abandoning their automobiles all over the place.........really making it impossible to plow major arterials.
The only thing that could add to this state of emergency is mass loss of electricity...........Glad I have a generator, three fireplaces, 4X4, and three snowmobiles chilling in my garage!
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Aaaaaarrrrrrrgggggghhhhhhhh..........DON'T JINX US !!!!!!!
That's the only thing keeping me going.....that plus MY warrior diet (Pizza and Beer).
I just poked my head out the back door, and right now I'm at 16 inches of snow, and the drift that is on/hanging over my roof is HUGE.
I got lucky today and dodged a bullet. Was supposed to go in to work this afternoon, my shift is 2p to 2a, end of week, and I called in about 10a and asked if we're still coming in. Was told, Business as usual, come on in. Was about to leave around 1230 when I got a page telling me I didn't have to come in. Yeeeehhhhhh !!!!!
It was just announced that I-25 from New Mexico to Wyoming is closed. Even through Denver, Colorado Springs, and Pueblo. CDOT is NOT letting anyone on.....and, RTD (the bus service) is going to stop running at 1900. OUCH.
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12-20-2006, 17:35
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Now ya'll be nice and share with the snow lovers in the Midwest! I'm ready for some winter weather.
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Be careful what you wish for.
I'm betting, come Friday afternoon/Saturday Morning, Chi-town is going to be in the same boat.
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12-20-2006, 17:51
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I'm wishing
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Be careful what you wish for.
I'm betting, come Friday afternoon/Saturday Morning, Chi-town is going to be in the same boat. |
The boss man sent my brother-in-law home at noon and he took off from Denver up into the mountains. His wife said that it was coming down like crazy. They'll stay snowed in till next week. Last time it took the plow 3 days to make it by their house. So much for side road living.
Pete
The truck, the kids and me are just sitting here wishing for about 12-16 inches of white stuff.
Update from Conifer, CO - He made it home. They say it's still coming down hard. They quess it's over 1 1/2 feet so far but they're not going out to check.
They checked, 2 feet
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12-20-2006, 18:15
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All this talk of snow makes me wish I was still living in Duluth, MN. NOT!
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12-20-2006, 18:21
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Update from Conifer, CO - He made it home. They say it's still coming down hard. They guess it's over 1 1/2 feet so far but they're not going out to check.
They checked, 2 feet
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LMAO
They just flashed snow totals on the news, and Conifer is reporting 22 inches.
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12-20-2006, 18:23
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LMAO
They just flashed snow totals on the news, and Conifer is reporting 22 inches.
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Funny, it was about 55* and sunny here today, quite unlike December, actually.
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12-20-2006, 18:33
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Funny, it was about 55* and sunny here today, quite unlike December, actually. |
Okay....okay....okay.....bask in the glow now. But come the time when the NE has one of it's famous ICE storms and you're without power, we'll be a nice toasty 60* with sun.
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12-20-2006, 20:06
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Be careful what you wish for.
I'm betting, come Friday afternoon/Saturday Morning, Chi-town is going to be in the same boat. |
I'm hoping, and I'm ready!
Pete, glad your BIL made it home safe.
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12-20-2006, 20:10
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Meh. Our weather for the next several days is rain and temps in the low to mid 40's. 
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12-20-2006, 21:06
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You guys are lucky. All we've had all week here is 80 degree weather.
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12-20-2006, 21:18
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Denver got hammered but after all the doom and gloom predicted by the local weather stations here in the Springs we got almost nothing. Granted the high winds (20 - 30 knots) blew a lot of snow around and made it somewhat hazardous to drive due to limited visibility but the actually ground accumulation was probably less than an inch. It was more like a snow frosting than snowfall. I am still holding out hope for a white Christmas but that hope fades a little every time I check the forecast.
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12-20-2006, 21:31
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Denver got hammered but after all the doom and gloom predicted by the local weather stations here in the Springs we got almost nothing. Granted the high winds (20 - 30 knots) blew a lot of snow around and made it somewhat hazardous to drive due to limited visibility but the actually ground accumulation was probably less than an inch. It was more like a snow frosting than snowfall. I am still holding out hope for a white Christmas but that hope fades a little every time I check the forecast.
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Really. The weather people keep showing the radar and it's nothing but "blue" showing the storm wrapping around itself, from the center of Nebraska all the way down to the CO/NM border.
But if you want a white Christmas, I'm sure we can send you down a few truck loads. We've got plenty to spare.
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