Posted on 03/15/2019 12:41:58 PM PDT by robowombat
Historic Great Plains Blizzard Turns Deadly In Colorado
A huge blizzard continues its destructive path today (March 14) across the nation's heartland, after a brutal hit in Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska on Wednesday. Heavy snowfall, record-breaking winds and whiteout conditions became dangerous and deadly. The storm was even hard to handle hundreds of miles away where skies were sunny and the air was warm.
The Damage Done
The blizzard made it nearly impossible to drive safely, but, unfortunately, this didn't stop people from trying. In one instance, it took the life of a man in uniform. According to the Colorado State Patrol, one of its own, Corporal Daniel Groves, was outside his vehicle late Wednesday morning helping a driver who slid off I-76 during the storm. Another driver lost control of his car and hit Groves, who was taken to a hospital where he later died. The case is under investigation to determine if the driver who hit Groves was going too fast. Groves had been with the Colorado State Patrol since July 2007.
Have the media declared that this storm was caused by global warming??
Has the Weather Channel given a name to this storm?
Off topic a bit, but considering the rough weather still happening, it’s hard to believe baseball season begins in less than two weeks. Some games may be “snowed out” instead of “rained out” if this keeps up.
Buddy near Colorado Springs had 5 hours of total whiteout with 1.5” of snowfall per hour. They had over 1000 motorists stranded at one point.
Interstate 80 was closed from Grand Island NE to Wyoming - 2/3 of the state, while the eastern 1/3 was experiencing torrential flooding.
Before I leave this world I hope to one day see a Minnesota vs. Colorado World Series played in a foot of snow.
I HATE global warming!
DD told me there was a 100 car pileup at Wellington, 15 miles before the Wyoming line,and an 80 car pileup on Monument hill by Colorado Springs. I25 was cleared yesterday afternoon.
You of course mean the ‘cli-fi’ channel.
There are times when I miss the Weather Channel since our cable system dropped it.Big blizzards are one of the things I used to tune in for.
I80 Eastbound was closed for all of Wyoming yesterday - from Evanston all the way to the east border.
Before I leave this world I hope to one day see a Minnesota vs. Colorado World Series played in a foot of snow.
LOL that would be a sight to see.
This touches on the fact, that baseball season has been extended so long, that the first few weeks of the season often get bad baseball weather. And with the World Series being scheduled so late in October, and even early November nowadays, it’s a roll of the dice, as to whether the most important games of the year will be played in rotten baseball weather.
October is Indian Summer and snow is rare. But those of us who have been around a while still remember "the October Blizzard." A freak storm hit when the trees were still leafed out, dropped a foot of snow and caused a huge amount of damage.
And they will blame this on to the weather when it is caused by people who do not have the sense of a goose.
When I used to live in Boston, it was easy to get tickets to Red Sox games in April. That’s because it is typically cold, wet and even a little snowy in April in Boston. I remember mostly being miserable and shivering in my seat by the end of the game.
Ah, for the good old days. I drove I-80 from CA to MO in early Aug. of 2018 with no weather troubles at all. Right now I’m here in the Knoxville, TN area on a beautiful sunny day.
Unfortunately it was a traffic accident that killed the state trooper. It happened during a blizzard.
There is a channel called Weather Nation on Roku.
They give you pretty much what the Weather Channel does without all the hype and hyperbole.
'Ulmer' or something similar
***A huge blizzard continues its destructive path today (March 14) across the nation’s heartland, ****
A repeat of Mar 14, 1968 when a “dry front” dropped a huge amount of blowing “dry front” snow across the southern Plains and OK, Ark, Mo, and Kansas. The area was shut down for a week. No power, no 4-WD autos back then.
We live just southeast of Denver.
We had 45mph winds constantly blowing from the NW with gusts to 62mph Max.
Electricity stayed on, thank goodness.
We got just 9 inches of actual snow, however, the drifts are 10 feet plus!
Very heavy snow, it was still very windy on Thursday so when we plowed our private road (1.2mi.) the wind piled the drifts right back up!
Over 100 cars stranded in an 8 mile stretch of Hwy 86 to Kiowa.
Snow blowing so badly, local fire rescues used a sno-cat because fire trucks couldn’t see the road.
The extreme low pressure accelerated our daughter’s delivery of our second grandchild...a boy, Henry James. 7lbs11oz. All are healthy!
The 3 States of WY, CO, & NE were totally shutdown, interstates closed.
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