How can it be Colorado? Uh... how can it *not* be Colorado? Dang'dest weather I've ever seen. It'll snow two feet one day and be 80 degrees the next.
Sorry to hear of your classmate. I gather it was a traffic accident of some sort because of the weather?
Actually he drowned. No word yet on why, only that it wasn't blunt trauma and it doesn't look like he panicked or anything - there were other swimmers and a lifeguard there. (Indoor pool at the rec center).
Apparently he's part of a big Catholic family, which is why I'm wondering if the guy I'm thinking of... well, anyone male who wasn't in class today is a suspect.