Sitting at the desk you still can get an idea of road conditions, I got a call from a cousin to see if she could drive here today, so I looked at the website.
Highway to the north is open:
But the highway to the south is closed at this time:
And that's the clear picture:eek:
I told her don't bother
Sounds like there was a glitch with the road closure barricades. There was a power outage, the barricades lowered but the lights weren't flashing, visibility was low and someone plowed through them. Then of course the traffic not knowing that the road is closed all lined up and took off down the closed highway in the middle of the plows and highway workers.
Now Moe, it's April. You are way north of me.
Is there snow still on the ground there?
Are you pulling our legs, or are you serious?
thanks
N
Nate The Surveyor, post: 425353, member: 291 wrote: Now Moe, it's April. You are way north of me.
Is there snow still on the ground there?
Are you pulling our legs, or are you serious?
thanks
N
yep, I think we are going to send it east, not sure who is going to get it, but later this week Denver is supposed to get hammered.
One of our 4 wheelers had an electric issue yesterday and got left on a county road, two of our guys went out with the trailer to pick it up and there was over a foot of deep snow and they turned back, maybe later in the week.
Some of our worst snows hit in April and May.
my transportation in the office parking lot a few minutes ago, looks like the snow is finally easing up:
yuck
You know it's serious when you see such barricades blocking Interstate highways and the entrance ramps.
Somewhere in far southeast Wyoming we encountered road signs warning that if you go past "this" point you are on your own for the next 47 miles (or something like that) if the warning light is flashing. We were there in August so we didn't get to see the flashing light.
Late 70s a crew member and his hunting buddies drove up from Texarkana and went late season hunt trip in Colorado.
Started to snow as they were ascending the final portion of their trek.
First night norther moved in, covered them in snow and they woke cold as the outside propane was frozen in their tanks.
Moving them inside did keep them alive until they were rescued a few days later.
Also had to leave everything they could not put on in camp, guns and all.
One stayed there waiting out the freeze.
The largest storm I've ever been in was the foot of snow that fell in Dallas in the mid 1950s or maybe the ice storm 20rys ago that stayed on the ground over a month, closed US59 as far south as Carthage and left me out of electricity for 4wks.
Thank God, here in the land of perpetual heat, the only snow we have is in paper cones with high fructose corn syrup and red dye number 3 poured on it. 😎
FL/GA PLS., post: 425687, member: 379 wrote: Thank God, here in the land of perpetual heat, the only snow we have is in paper cones with high fructose corn syrup and red dye number 3 poured on it. 😎
remember december of '90? played a soccer game against lake mary in light snow, it wasn't more than 27 or 28 degrees out. lasted a few days (the temps, not the snow).
flyin solo, post: 425692, member: 8089 wrote: remember december of '90?
Hah! At my age trying to remember anything in the past gives me a headache. Seriously though I do remember it "snowing" here in Central Florida. We received almost 3/8" of an inch. Of course everyone cranked their thermostat up to 90 degrees causing a blackout. I always prepare for cold weather, I have a 12 pack of fake fire logs handy.:cool:
IT WON'T STOP!!!!!
From the weather service:
Storm Warning for Heavy Snow...which is in effect until Midnight
MDT Friday Night.
* IMPACTS...Heavy, wet snow will cause difficult travel conditions
due to poor visibility and snow packed roads. This includes
Interstate 90 and Highway 14. Power outages are possible.
* TIMING...Rain and snow will develop this morning and change to
all snow this afternoon. Snow will continue through Friday
afternoon before tapering off by Friday evening. Heaviest period
of snowfall will be this evening through Friday morning.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION...6 to 10 inches for the foothills and areas
west of Interstate 90, with 4 to 8 inches for eastern Plains
A Harris, post: 425636, member: 81 wrote: Late 70s a crew member and his hunting buddies drove up from Texarkana and went late season hunt trip in Colorado.
Started to snow as they were ascending the final portion of their trek.
First night norther moved in, covered them in snow and they woke cold as the outside propane was frozen in their tanks.
Moving them inside did keep them alive until they were rescued a few days later.
Also had to leave everything they could not put on in camp, guns and all.
One stayed there waiting out the freeze.The largest storm I've ever been in was the foot of snow that fell in Dallas in the mid 1950s or maybe the ice storm 20rys ago that stayed on the ground over a month, closed US59 as far south as Carthage and left me out of electricity for 4wks.
I have been snowed on the 17th of July, 1969 in Crook County, Wyoming (most NE County), seen a blizzard with 20' drifts in Amarillo in the winter of 63/64,
saw the same thing again in the Winter of 69/70 in NW Oklahoma (News said Amarillo also got it) where the only thing moving were horses, pedestrians and Farm Tractors until they could get the few snowplows available working. In the winter of 87/88 in SW CT, from November through March we never saw the ground and averaged over a foot of snow on the ground through that time.
Since then the worst ones have been 8" to a foot. Not looking forward to any more blizzards.
