Snowmeggedon 2019 - Be Careful Out There

[theGinsue]

I can't speak to the conditions anyplace but around my own neighborhood but from what I'm hearing on the news many of us along the Front Range are experiencing a bit of snow.

While we don't have a lot of snow at my home, what we have is drifting up in many areas and word is there is ice underneath of all of it. You couple that with the strong winds and you have a recipe for disaster on the roads.

So, if you're in any of the areas getting hit with this current inconvenience, stay home if you can and be especially careful if you have to go out.

[waffles]

I got a little chilly scraping the ice off of my car

Winter is hell

[10x]

Bad in NW Colo. Springs, 4" of snow and blowing hard. I am not going anywhere .

[WillysWagon]

Looks like lots of closures and late starts this morning.

[encorehunter]

We have about 12 inches here. Stay safe everyone. We have a nice warm fire and coffee on.

[CS1983]

Stuck on base. Me and my stupid "get here early to get off early" idea went to crap. *Wondering if I can jump the fence...*

[CS1983]

Apparently base is allowing egress but I'm here until replacement gets here anyway. *sigh*.

[TRnCO]

blizzard conditions here for sure. I couldn't go any where if I wanted to. My little Kubota is going to get a work out when the winds die down.

[ray1970]

Averaged about 50mph coming down 470 out by DIA this morning and I was passing everybody. Everyone was in the right lane probably going 35 to 40. I took the snow packed left lane and just cruised.

[zteknik]

So much for getting the garden started early..[emoji23]

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[buffalobo]

Hopefully wind blows the snow to neighbors place.

[ChickNorris]

Hopefully wind blows the snow to neighbors place.

Just not the patio furniture...

[StagLefty]

Hardly any snow here but cold wind !!!

[earplug]

Drove the new Aerostar RWD van to the transmission shop. Rear end slips when the tranny goes in and out of gear. Might pop for a limited slip differential.

[ray1970]

Might have to actually shovel a little tonight when I get home since it?s going to stay cold and probably snow again on Thursday and Friday.

[Martinjmpr]

Barely a dusting here in Littleton/Columbine area. Windy and cold though...

[Sawin]

Hardly any snow here but cold wind !!!

Same at my place near 144th Ave and Colorado Blvd... it was terribly windy last night, kept waking up me and the Mrs.
Thankfully the kids slept through it.

There's only an inch or so anywhere that didn't already have snow/ice left over from last week's shoveling, but it is a bit icy underneath.

[00tec]

Had to backroad it to work since 70 was closed. E/W roads had some nice drifts to avoid, but did t have to use the 4WD until I got to the packed roads in Green Valley Ranch. I should go get some sandbags or something.

[hollohas]

Drive from Littleton/Lakewood to downtown at 6am was nearly dry. Virtually no snow on the road at all. Easy drive.

[TFOGGER]

About 4 inches out at the house in Aurora, next to nothing at the shop in Golden. Car set a hard check engine code on the way in...Grrrrrrr....

[beast556]

Maybe an half inch in Wellington, with a nice solid sheet of ice under it. Most of the snow was blown away. Backed out of the garage and slid down the driveway in to the middle of the street.

[Little Dutch]

Roads are slick in the Springs, but not bad. Certainly nothing to panic over. Lots of transplants who don't know how to drive out there though.

[Gman]

Was pretty gnarly early. New truck with Michelin Defender LTX tires took it all in stride. About 8:30 most of the well traveled roads were just wet. Good job CDOT.

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[CS1983]

Just took a peek outside. I could totally drive home in this present condition. The question is whether or not guards will let my relief in (and if he is even coming in).

[TEAMRICO]

Luckily I upgraded to HD cable and super fast internet yesterday.....me and the boy are home due to both our districts being closed.

[XJ]

With the wind and tomorrow's forecast, I may not bother to shovel the sidewalk today.

[BushMasterBoy]

I-70 closed Aurora to Limon. I-25 closed south of Trinidad. Many other roads closed or just plain dangerous.

http://www.cotrip.org

[Hummer]

I plowed about 10" Friday morning before leaving to Palisade, and got back to another 5" last night and 3" this morning. Ground cover averages about 20" here now. Good thing but we need more snow to make up for last year.

Only light rain in the Grand Junction area but I-70 was a mess from Vail to Idaho Springs. Westbound lanes over Vail Pass were closed for at least 2 hours, backed up most of the way to Frisco due to several accidents. One semi without chains hit the back of a small car totally scrunching it. Our eastbound lanes stopped dozens of times, or crawled @ ~2mph. We noticed only about one in ten semis were wearing chains. Lots of cars and trucks without adequate tires would stop and not be able to get moving again so it was like a parking lot slalom course. We did fine with AWD and Nokian Haakepalita studded tires but the slowdown over Vail and Eisenhower turned our normally 4.5- 5 hour drive into a long and tiring 8 hour marathon.



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[Irving]

I-70 closed Aurora to Limon. I-25 closed south of Trinidad. Many other roads closed or just plain dangerous.

http://www.cotrip.org

Thank you, I was just about to drive out there on I-70. Boo

[TFOGGER]

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[TEAMRICO]

That red car is screwed......well that whole inner row is!!!!!

[roberth]

Maybe an half inch in Wellington, with a nice solid sheet of ice under it. Most of the snow was blown away. Backed out of the garage and slid down the driveway in to the middle of the street.

That's the best part of waking up! Surprise!! :)

[blm28]

Hopefully wind blows the snow to neighbors place.

I must be one of those neighbor places

[CS1983]

Made it home. Woo

[ray1970]

I?m going to wait another forty five minutes or so before I tempt fate by venturing out onto the roads to head home.

[USMC88-93]

Had a storm door install scheduled for today and they called an hour before the appointment and cancelled due to weather. I looked outside and had blue sky and no snow on the ground.

[ray1970]

Had a storm door install scheduled for today and they called an hour before the appointment and cancelled due to weather. I looked outside and had blue sky and no snow on the ground.


There has to be some sort of irony or something in that. A storm door installation cancelled because of a storm.

[Justin]

Snowmageddon?

Seriously?

The media freakout over this snow was Fake News.

[Irving]

Not if you lived between Aurora and Limon apparently.

[ray1970]

Might have to actually shovel a little tonight when I get home since it?s going to stay cold and probably snow again on Thursday and Friday.

Nope. I doubt we got an inch at my house. Zero snow on any of the concrete.

[00tec]

Not if you lived between Aurora and Limon apparently.

I would say that we had good blowing snow all night, with 40-50mph gusts. CDOT couldn't keep up with the snow drifts was the issue.

[theGinsue]

Snowmageddon?

Seriously?

The media freakout over this snow was Fake News.

The thread title was just me playing up to all of the hype a bit. Some places actually got blasted by this storm and the roads were especially nasty in others thanks to the ice under the snow. But yes, the news played it up like they always do with the "the storm to end all storms" sort of reporting. I decided to play along with that when naming the thread. (Besides, I wanted something other than the usual "Snowpacalypse" in the title)

[ChickNorris]

Snownado?

[ChickNorris]

A person & two cats were stuck in a tiny house that was blown over. Seems they had to be rescued. Teehee

Always anchor the shed, er um bitty house folks.

[TRnCO]

3 hours on the Kubota along with both neighbors on their tractors and we can get to the highway now. If it snows and blows again any time soon, we're screwed.

[thebolt]

Snowmageddon?

Seriously?

The media freakout over this snow was Fake News.

I have a drift between my gate and barn which is 4' deep, 40 ' wide, and 40' long. I spent three hours plowing with my tractor to get to the road and found the road is 3' deep for about 200'.

[CS1983]

The problem in most of the Springs was the wind and whiteout conditions.

[BushMasterBoy]

Super cold tonight. 15F here right now. Don't forget any pets outside.

[Irving]

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/kzdqnx/woman-known-as-bikini-hiker-freezes-to-death-on-mountain-after-falling-down-cliff

[Gman]

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/kzdqnx/woman-known-as-bikini-hiker-freezes-to-death-on-mountain-after-falling-down-cliff

Lost me at "Instagram star"

[Irving]

Lost me at "Instagram star"

She'd probably dismiss you out of hand based only on your job title too.

[CS1983]

She'd probably dismiss you out of hand based only on your job title too.

That was cold.

[Gman]

I don't 'get' the interest in social media stardom. Same goes for the likes of the Kardashians/Jenners.

Live your life.

[Irving]

I thought we were talking about being cold.

[Gman]

[pick-me] We were talking about the recent snow storm here in Colorado...then somebody posted a link about some gal that died in Taiwan.

[SideShow Bob]

[pick-me] We were talking about the recent snow storm here in Colorado...then somebody posted a link about some gal that died in Taiwan.

Now Now, you’ve got to get the priorities straight, it was a gal posing in a bikini for pictures.......

[Irving]

Should I have quoted BushmasterBoy's post, immediately before mine, to help tie in the link to dying in the cold?

[Gman]

...and yet she wasn't in a bikini. Minor detail. Still has nothing to do with the recent snow storm.

[BushMasterBoy]

I could see by her bikini top it was cold. You guys are going to get me banned.

[encorehunter]

My tree hugger neighbor had to walk to my place yesterday because she got her little Suzuki sx4 stuck in the snow. She walked to my mothers tiny house before, shes lucky she didnt have a gun on her. She made a big deal of how she "must" be in Pueblo tomorrow morning. I took the tractor over and plowed her drive, which is a little over 1/4 mile.
Why cant you guys keep these Denver tree huggers up there?
They cant take care of themselves and expect everyone else to do things for them. No, she was not in a bikini.

[hollohas]

News weather said we're supposed to have another 1" this morning...nope, not a single flake yet.

[ray1970]

Snowmaggedon is up north right now. Maybe it will head your way.

[ray1970]

I?m in Fort Lupton right now and it?s darn near a white out.

I have to get out of my truck and go about twelve feet and unlock a door but I?m not feeling very motivated to exit my vehicle.

[Irving]

I?m in Fort Lupton right now and it?s darn near a white out.

I have to get out of my truck and go about twelve feet and unlock a door but I?m not feeling very motivated to exit my vehicle.

I read this post and looked outside to see nothing at my house. About ten minutes later I opened the back door to let out my chickens and a big gust of wind was blowing all the snow from the neighbor's tree down into my face. I stood at the door for a bit to let it pass, but it still hasn't stopped. Guess the wind just made it to my house right as I opened the door.

[Gman]

It's a comin'.

[hollohas]

Yup, there it is. 7:15...nothing. 7:30, blowing snow covering everything.

[SideShow Bob]

Ah, yep......

[Gman]

Started lightly about 10 minutes ago and seems to be picking up steam.

[StagLefty]

It hit fast up here. Looks like a blizzard out there right now !!!

[TFOGGER]

I-70 is a mess west of Kipling. People are idiots. I wish they would actually DRIVE their cars, rather than being passengers in cars ostensibly under their control...

[ChickNorris]

Transplants

[Grant H.]

Snowing pretty good in Longmont.

Buddy of mine lives in Firestone and works at 120th/I25. Said it took him 90 minutes to get to work this morning.

[lurchnp81]

Started snowing in Monument a little before 9...just as we pulled in to drop the kids off at school.

[Ripper]

Snowing hard out here in the east.

[Irving]

Snowing hard out here in the east.

About to go out there. Highway open as far as you know?

[00tec]

About to go out there. Highway open as far as you know?

I70 was fine when I drove earlier, and my wife agreed about an hour ago.

Looks like westbound is closed limon to agate due to crash.

[buffalobo]

Snowing hard out here in the east.
I70 was fine when I drove earlier, and my wife agreed about an hour ago.

Looks like westbound is closed limon to agate due to crash.Started about 4AM out East for us. Made commute a PIA this morning.

[BushMasterBoy]

Damn near a whiteout in Pueblo now. Blowing in from the north.

[Irving]

It was fine going East. West bound was opened before I got there. Plows slow traffic from 80 down to 40, but besides that, smooth sailing.

[blm28]

Sun is out in north west Elbert county

[Doc45]

Got about 2? in my part of Centennial. Shoveled about noon when it stopped, sun is out, roads are fine in the metro area

[Gman]

It was here and gone. Shoveled off the driveway and sidewalks and it's drying nicely in the sun. Splash back was terrible on the south side of 470 just after lunch. Major roads are just wet. Neighborhoods will take a while to melt.

[Great-Kazoo]

62 this afternoon.

[Irving]

My weather app was saying snow up to one inch. I see at least 3" out the window. Sounds like traffic is a mess.

[ChickNorris]

Yep... stuck this time so my original plans are humped.

[GilpinGuy]

It's shitty up here. Just got home from work and was in FWD the whole way, which is rare. Not a lot of snow, just slick as hell. I anticipated a 2 hour delay for school but no such luck for the kiddos.

[10x]

Just took the dogs for a short walk. Snow blowing sideways. Worst was stinging the eyes. Cars were moving very slowly. Being retired is great, don't have to go anywhere.

[ray1970]

I hear it?s okay north of the metro area. Can anyone towards Frederick or Loveland or Fort Collins verify? Supposed to be heading up to Cheyenne soon.

[hollohas]

Yeah, the weather folks got this one wrong...again.

"Light" snow for the morning commute they said. Frick, it's heavy shit out there. My 20min drive (Lakewood/littleton area to downtown) took 1.5hrs, and there weren't any accidents on my way.

Wife was pissed there wasn't a school delay. Took her 35mins one way to make a 2 mile trip to school due to traffic simply not moving. The normally packed dropoff line was empty, no one made it on time.

[Irving]

I hear it?s okay north of the metro area. Can anyone towards Frederick or Loveland or Fort Collins verify? Supposed to be heading up to Cheyenne soon.

We had a dog appointment in Loveland this morning but wife canceled it.

Roads look fine as far south as I-25 and E-470. Pretty dry north of that.

https://www.cotrip.org/map.htm#/default

[SideShow Bob]

Almost 0900 hrs, looks like the snow is quitting, at least in Aurora,. Anyone further north in the Metro area that can confirm this before I go out and snow blow the driveway ?

[Irving]

Still snowing here. I'd say we got 4"-5" of fluffy powder.

[BushMasterBoy]

Blowing here. From the north. Less than an inch.

[Irving]

Is it true the snow plow drivers refer to themselves as Frost Responders?

[roberth]

forecast last night was 1 inch, this morning 1-2, now it is 4-8

[TRnCO]

wife says basically a blizzard out south side of Elizabeth, again. Sure glad I popped for an upgrade in tractor size this weekend. Neighbor let me hook up his 3 pt. PTO driven snow blower to it yesterday. Now I just hope I can get home and test it out before dark tonight.

[StagLefty]

At least 6" on the truck-I just cleared out the driveway and was surprised how much we actually got !! Had to cancel a Dr. appointment,the street hasn't seen a plow yet and everyone is slipping and sliding.

[Irving]

At least 6" on the truck-I just cleared out the driveway and was surprised how much we actually got !! Had to cancel a Dr. appointment,the street hasn't seen a plow yet and everyone is slipping and sliding.

Thornton says they don't get out plows for side streets until 9" of snow. I don't know what Westminster is, but I imagine it is similar.

[SideShow Bob]

It started again about 0930 hrs. and it is coming down harder, so much for clearing the driveway before having to go to Golden. I better leave soon if I want to be there by my 1230 scheduled start time.

[StagLefty]

Thornton says they don't get out plows for side streets until 9" of snow. I don't know what Westminster is, but I imagine it is similar.

My problem is even getting out of the park I live in. Sometimes they plow and sometimes they don't. Worse case is when they plow several hours later and create a sheet of ice on the streets.

[StagLefty]

Channel 7 just said they were wrong on accumulation 12" in Westminster !!!

[Great-Kazoo]

Channel 7 just said they were wrong on accumulation 12" in Westminster !!!

Must have been a guy giving that number ;)

Up in Loveland there's zero, atm.

[Irving]

We usually don't get snow like this till March. Of course then it's super heavy and wet. Still only have 6-8" over here on the other side of I-25.

[Irving]

Channel 7 just said they were wrong on accumulation 12" in Westminster !!!

Yep, here is an accumulation list. Not very updated though.

https://www.denverpost.com/2019/01/28/colorado-snow-totals-jan-28-2019/

[MrAK]

I’m approaching 16” or more of overnight accumulation here in Gilpin County and it’s still coming down.

[Great-Kazoo]

Unable to post pic, but i feel your pain.

[SouthPaw]

Barely a skiff here in NoCo

[Irving]

Snow is over and sun is out. Between me and the neighbors, the sidewalk was shoveled four times today.

I was doing donuts in front of my house and was immediately punished when I went inside and remembered I had an egg in my jacket pocket. I think it got crushed by the seat belt.

[MrPrena]

5 to 6" snow here.
Just plowed the sidewalk.

[Gman]

Yay weather guessers!

Had 3" before I left for work this morning. Up to an inch...my eye.

[Plow]

[Aardvark]

I didn't pay attention to accumulation, but holy Christ I was white knuckled on the drive to work. Those roads were slick as baby snot, even in 4x4 doing 20s. Ok, crap tire tread design didn't help. Need to sipe.

[ChickNorris]

I rearranged snow with my bitty plow truck.

Lots are open for business folks. Cheers

[Ridge]

My drive was fine. Nothing different except for going a bit slower and watching SUVs skidding around me at stop lights.

Pirelli Sottozero's are great snow tires, very much recommend them!

[ray1970]

I like that I can "drift" without tearing up my tires.

[Irving]

Women gets ticket for 115 mph on a 35 mph street in Illinois.
https://www.ajc.com/news/illinois-woman-gets-ticket-for-driving-115-mph-snowy-weather/Gu0z5RBlPN9sSelO27sEwN/

[MrPrena]

It must been Louise Cook


https://youtu.be/6GShnyrhGQA

[ChickNorris]

I like that I can "drift" without tearing up my tires.

THIS THIS THIS

[ChickNorris]

It must been Louise Cook


https://youtu.be/6GShnyrhGQA

I actually had that happen on my 1st Rabbit when I was 16. Left the mechanic & got on 6th Avenue & bam. F*tard broke the latch which subsequently broke the hinge when it flew open & my hood came off. Smashing my windshield it then bounced down two lanes behind me finally resting near upright on the center divide. I had to cannibalize my seat covers to secure my hood to my roof & drive it back to the mechanic's shop.

They were closed by then so I parked it in front of one of the bays in the middle of the drive lane & left a note saying you near killed me, fix this.
I walked home & called work saying Id be extra late for my shift & ended up with the night off & no car. Yay.

[Irving]

If it's snowing and you're driving around without your head lights on, you're dumb as a box of rocks.

[BushMasterBoy]

Dark clouds rolling in here. Pikes Peak is obscured. 10F degrees for Pueblo tonight. Dust storm right now.

[Gman]

Really picked up steam in the past hour. Should make evening rush a joy.

[hollohas]

Yeah, 2in downtown in the last hour. Wife's in Littleton going to pickup one of the littles from Pre-K and said visibility is very low and the snow is getting deep.

[TFOGGER]

About to go out and snowblow the parking spaces here at the shop. Convinced the wife that I was better off driving the Rodeo this morning, probably a good decision. 3ish inches here in Golden, so far.

[ray1970]

Wasn?t snowing when I left this morning. Been in the office in Aurora all morning. I know there?s snow here but I have no idea how much. Maybe I should glance outside.

[wctriumph]

All but stopped in Ft. Collins. A little over 3" at the shop, had to shovel the walks 3 times today.

[Irving]

Wasn?t snowing when I left this morning. Been in the office in Aurora all morning. I know there?s snow here but I have no idea how much. Maybe I should glance outside.

No more than 3" at your house.

Roads are crap. Saw an accident in a neighborhood and a car high centered in a ditch (same neighborhood).

[beast556]

Been a shitshow here at CSU all day. Finally let up.

[waffles]

Was planning to ride into work but the snow started early and it was way too sketchy so I drove. Took me a goddamn hour to get from downtown to wash park.

[Eric P]

State offices closed a 2pm...

Really unwarranted. Stupid sissy governor.

[BladesNBarrels]

February. Snow in Denver. Roads not cleared.
Ummm?

[ray1970]

Yay. Only two rollover accidents on my way home.

Also, I?m 100% positive I traveled faster on 120th than I did coming around E470.

Did have to shovel the two inches of snow in my driveway because it didn?t melt off on it?s own.

[Gman]

Looked like it was stopped earlier, so I decided to run a package over to the local FedEx Office location. Imagine my surprise when I opened the garage door and everything was covered in white...and it's snowing again. Based on what I saw tonight, the morning commute looks to be a real shit show.

[USMC88-93]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bjGiQkQ9bo

[BushMasterBoy]

And the Pueblo West shooting range is covered in white.

[ray1970]

Already looks like I didn?t shovel a few hours ago. Ugh.

Guess I can look forward to doing it again after work tomorrow.

[crays]

Really unwarranted. Stupid sissy governor.

I'm saving this for later. I'm sure there will be more than a few occassions when it will be useful/pertinent.



Sent from somewhere...

[hurley842002]

All Littleton public schools delayed by 2 hours tomorrow.

[Irving]

Seems like this snow wasn't nearly as bad as last time, but the streets were worse. I was secretly hoping it snowed once a week until April.

[ray1970]

Almost had to shift into four wheel drive once on my way home. Had a little traction issue leaving a stop sign by the fairgrounds. Fortunately, I was able to power through it.

[Irving]

When in doubt, power out.

[theGinsue]

No accumulation of snow during our brief period earlier today. I looked outside @ 8PM and nothing had changed. Just looked outside again and we've got a solid cover of snow on the roads, lawns and vehicles with lots more snow coming down. If this keeps up we'll have a few inches or more by morning.

[10x]

One inch of snow. Four degrees this a.m. The sun is coming out. Not nearly as bad as Denver.

[ChickNorris]

Cold enough overnight that I wore my fancy Kincos for snow chores.

[Great-Kazoo]

Cold enough overnight that I wore my fancy Kincos for snow chores.

Nice not only a printing place, but clothing line too, impressive.


I actually saw a snowplow, yesterday. That's after a 30 min drive with a light dusting on the grass and ice on the road. I discovered prescott sands / gravels the roads, like CO use to. The first time was in the upper right wiper area of the windshield.

[TFOGGER]

4ish inches and 6 below in Aurora at 0515 this morning. Reminds me of growing up here, when we used to actually have winter.

[BladesNBarrels]

https://i.imgur.com/4vmeCrZ.jpg

[TFOGGER]

http://pics.me.me/meanwhile-in-colorado-11496982.png