About 9" here on this side of Ned at this point and a steady small snowflake, light, fluffy snow. The old lady has to work until 2am. Awesome.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hummer
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About 9" here on this side of Ned at this point and a steady small snowflake, light, fluffy snow. The old lady has to work until 2am. Awesome.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hummer
Dusted off the inch of snow on my truck and went to the grocery store.
My theory about the earlier crowds stockpiling for the big blizzard was confirmed.
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Nice part was there were maybe six people shopping in the store and I got a really good parking spot.
Might venture back for a couple more things at 5 am when they open. Probably won?t be too crowded at that hour either.
I'm thoroughly astonished by the fact that people here can't drive in snow, and freak out over a few inches of it. It happens every year, it's not new, it should be routine. I grew up in MN and nobody ever freaked out about a few inches of snow, or a foot, or two for that matter. You just left a little early and drove a bit more carefully. Heck it took at least 18-20" before they had a 2 hour late start to school. Just baffles me.
Everyone here is a transplant.
The drive from Timnath to DIA and back wasn't too bad. About 1.5 hours each way. My son's plane did have to wait an hour after landing for an open gate though.
Just pulled in the driveway from Thornton. Not terrible, mainly the visibility. Few seriously icy spots on side streets. CSP has I76 closed at Lockbuie, I think to check on trucks with chains.
I just saw a notice that I76 is Completely closed from Lochbuie to Nebraska
Gotta be a foot out there now in Gilpin. Just shoveled a path for my wife to get in.
8 - 10 inches on the vehicles so far in SE Aurora & still coming down. The street is un-driven on so far.
Ray's bet for "under" wouldn't have panned out here.... we have over a foot sitting on an elevated flat surface in the back yard.
They closed work today !
Woo-Hoo
I would personally like to thank CDOT for plowing the state highway in front of the house (not at all), and not camping out at the truck stop in town.
Got a solid foot here in Highlands Ranch already. Thankfully it's pretty light powder so won't be as bad to clear.
Ahh, about 8" of fluffy snow here in the Springs.
I just finished shoving out the drive way and brushed off the snow from the truck.
if / when the wind kicks up it will be nasty, but I should be at work by then.
http://www.flashalertcs.net/closures-cats.html
the above link is nice for 'is it closed' in Colorado Springs
About 28" here and still snowing. Not going anywhere for a while.
I?ll take a closer look soon but a quick look out the window and I?m guessing about 4? here.
About 12" out close to Morrison. Still dumping when I left for work at 6. Brushed my truck off, cleared part the driveway with the snow blower in about 5 minutes and had to brush the truck off again. Drive downtown wasn't horrible but it wasn't packed down too much yet.
Barely a dusting down here west of Trinidad.
Too much wind to be accurate with snow amounts out here. Maybe 8" and drifting ugly. We will be snowed in by 9AM. Drifts will be too big/deep to drive thru.
We turtled up about 6PM last nite.
Little more north wind or west wind and drifts would be manageable. Right out of northeast, buries my road and cuts thru wind breaks at just the right angle so that drifts are not perpendicular to roadway. They start packing and getting hard with the force of wind and you can no longer blast thru them. You bounce off at an angle.
They funnel everything right to the ditchs as cars bounce off of them.
The state rarely closes 52(which locals appreciate) and rarely announces it. When I76 closes then dumbazz travellers instantly switch to 52 thinking they can get thru. They get sucked in by relative ease of north/south section and travel the 13 miles to my hood where road changes direction to east/west road and they have 18 miles of deep drifts and bluffs for geologic formations. The drifts are hard to read and almost impossible to judge depth.
Travellers with sedans and 2 wheel drive suvs get eaten.
Over the years we have rescued or helped rescue many of these folks. Very few ever realised the danger they were in trying to get thru.
3" on the front porch, 5" on driveway, too much on the car *stretch, yawns*. Work is closed. My blankets should still be warm.
Back porch and deck. Porch to back door is 18" tall and deck is 24" above yard. Drift around deck will be over deck soon.
One of the reasons fence is 5' tall. Last year the 3' fence drifted over and GSD had free range.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...46758b9f7f.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...7ffad5e298.jpg
Not much here in Pueblo West... Just a dusting
So far I'm unimpressed with the snowfall. I know it is the most in 3 years but some stations were weather guessing 12 to 18 in Denver and I might have 8 in my yard. Happy to see it in any case.
12 in Longmont. But far short of the 18 to 24 scare.
SW Fort Collins I'm at about 13-15" and still snowing pretty good. Weather man says another 4-6" today.
We'll be headed down there tomorrow, hopefully the drive isn't too crazy, between holiday travel and weather.Quote:
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One of the biggest differences between that part of the country and here is they don't plow much of anything other than major streets whereas when I lived in WI they plowed everything including some alleys.Quote:
Originally Posted by XC700116
Maybe a foot on the flats but the drifts are up to 30 in across my driveway. I see I 70 is closed from Airpark to Kan.
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About 18 here...still snowing
That’s awesome right there.
21 and still snowing here east of downtown.
Hoping the baby doesn't come today[panic]
Having already cleared the driveway and sidewalks decided the street could use a little compaction in casemthemwife gets her little SUV out. Fired up the truck and made several jaunts from the driveway to the clearer part of the street on th far side of the culdasac.
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Snow baby.
If today is the day then I wish you, her, and the baby safe travels.
Hell, SB Wadsworth is closed at Kentucky (south of 6th Ave). Not sure I've ever seen Wads close.
Northeast Colorado is closed. Hwy 14 & 71 only hwy's open and 71 is in crappy shape.
hbar, how is it up your way?
18 inches in Boulder and since I shoveled this mornin I've gotten another inch and a half or so..
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Dug out the Jeep..
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Made it to the Village Coffee Shop without any drama..
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Had a tasty breakfast burrito..
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Took all of the un-plowed neighborhood roads home, was fun seeing the snow blow over the hood and windshield. :)
We had about 8 inches out at the house in Aurora, more like 17 here at the shop. My commute was actually faster than most days, as there was little traffic. The maintenance gremlin had not plowed the lot when I got here, but is working on it now.
Backyard a couple of hours ago:
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