Topic: Wintry weathers begins to abate; highways remain closed colorado

[notatroll]

 winter storm that left Colorado Springs with only a dusting of snow Saturday morning kept highways to the east closed for much of the day with snowdrifts and whiteout conditions.

The National Weather Service lifted a blizzard warning for the southeastern part of the state about 3 p.m., but U.S. Highway 24 remained closed from Constitution Avenue east to Limon late Saturday evening. Interstate 70 was shut between Denver east to the Kansas border, along with most other highways in eastern Colorado.

The fast-moving storm caught many people off-guard. Between Denver and the beginning of the highway closure, about 35 cars collided
 
 
 
 

in a pileup in whiteout conditions Saturday morning on an icy section of I-70. No major injuries were reported.

A city bus was called in to transport drivers from the scene to a motel as workered cleared the wreckage.

The Big Cats of Serenity Springs couldn’t get into Colorado Springs for their fundraiser Saturday at the City Auditorium because of snow conditions in their Calhan home. Guests arriving at 2 p.m. found a sign posted on the auditorium door indicating that no full-grown tigers or lions would be in attendance, though several cubs did make it.

Earlier in the day, firefighters in Falcon were called around 9 a.m. to rescue a driver whose car was stuck in a drift on Londonderry Road. They found three other cars stuck in the same area on the way back to the station.

Conditions weren’t bad in Falcon around 10 a.m., but got worse farther out.

“To the northeast it’s still pretty bad, and the wind is causing whiteouts,” said firefighter Wes Tulli.

Several cars were reported stranded on Vollmer Road around 10 a.m., and, despite U.S. Highway 24 being closed, a four-car crash was reported at 10:15 at Elbert Road near Peyton.

Colorado Springs issued a partial call-out for plow crews at 4 a.m., but most of the city received only a dusting of snow overnight. Skies cleared by midmorning, and reached into the low 40s early in the afternoon.

The Colorado Springs Airport reported two cancellations on flights to Dallas-Fort Worth because of bad weather in Texas. Denver International Airport remained open, with some delays reported.

Pamela Evenson, a National Weather Service forecaster, estimated total snowfall amounts of 2 to 6 inches across the plains. Accurate measurements, she said, were hard to come by on a day when steady winds over 40 mph were reported and gusts over 60 mph.

Though the storm focused its wrath to the east, snow fell in the high country, too. The ski industry group Colorado Ski Country USA reported 1 to 3 inches of fresh snow at many resorts, and more in some places. Steamboat Ski Resort reported 19 inches of new snow by evening.

A current listing of highway closures and road conditions can be found at www.cotrip.org.

Temperatures are expected to reach into the 50s again by Tuesday, though the weather service is predicting another chance of snow for the region Wednesdayhttp://www.gazette.com/display.php?id=1330405&secid=1

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[libby]

Here in my part of Northern VA, we got 6 inches of beautful snow - huge flakes which stuck to everything - looked like fairyland. But, by mid-afternoon, my power started going on and off, and just before dark, went off and stayed off.  I called the power company, had dinner by candlelight, and finally, about 6:30, went to bed.  Power came on sometime after midnight. I got up, turned off some lights, stumbled back to bed. Long night, but I needed the sleep.  Libby

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Here in my part of Northern VA, we got 6 inches of beautful snow - huge flakes which stuck to everything - looked like fairyland. But, by mid-afternoon, my power started going on and off, and just before dark, went off and stayed off.  I called the power company, had dinner by candlelight, and finally, about 6:30, went to bed.  Power came on sometime after midnight. I got up, turned off some lights, stumbled back to bed. Long night, but I needed the sleep.  Libby

 You are lucky....we get the wet kind that just gets mushy and doesn't last

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One of my closest friends lives there. She has told me how they get snowed in their house the snow falls so much. 

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Here in my part of Northern VA, we got 6 inches of beautful snow - huge flakes which stuck to everything - looked like fairyland. But, by mid-afternoon, my power started going on and off, and just before dark, went off and stayed off.  I called the power company, had dinner by candlelight, and finally, about 6:30, went to bed.  Power came on sometime after midnight. I got up, turned off some lights, stumbled back to bed. Long night, but I needed the sleep.  Libby

 You are lucky....we get the wet kind that just gets mushy and doesn't last

 

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[notatroll]

Here in my part of Northern VA, we got 6 inches of beautful snow - huge flakes which stuck to everything - looked like fairyland. But, by mid-afternoon, my power started going on and off, and just before dark, went off and stayed off.  I called the power company, had dinner by candlelight, and finally, about 6:30, went to bed.  Power came on sometime after midnight. I got up, turned off some lights, stumbled back to bed. Long night, but I needed the sleep.  Libby

 You are lucky....we get the wet kind that just gets mushy and doesn't last

 

Just for your info...I am doing a snow dance



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