Posted on 12/23/2006 5:18:42 AM PST by ThreePuttinDude
WEATHER BULLETIN
Up here, in the "Mile-Hi City", we just recovered from a Historic event--- may I even say a "Weather Event" of "Biblical Proportions" --- with a historic blizzard of up to 44" inches of snow and winds to 90 MPH that broke trees in half, knocked down utility poles, stranded hundreds of motorists in lethal snow banks, closed ALL roads, isolated scores of communities and cut power to 10's of thousands.
FYI:
George Bush did not come.
FEMA did nothing.
No one howled for the government.
No one blamed the government.
No one even uttered an expletive on TV.
Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton did not visit.
Our Mayor did not blame Bush or anyone else.
Our Governor did not blame Bush or anyone else, either.
CNN, ABC, CBS, FOX or NBC did not visit - or report on this category 5 snowstorm. Nobody demanded $2,000 debit cards.
No one asked for a FEMA Trailer House.
No one looted.
Nobody - I mean Nobody demanded the government do something.
Nobody expected the government to do anything, either.
No Larry King, No Bill O'Rielly, No Oprah, No Chris Mathews and No Geraldo Rivera.
No Shaun Penn, No Barbara Striesand, No Hollywood types to be found.
Nope, we just melted the snow for water.
Sent out caravans of SUV's to pluck people out of snow engulfed cars.
The truck drivers pulled people out of snow banks and didn't ask for a penny.
Local restaurants made food and the police and fire departments delivered it to the snowbound families.
Families took in the stranded people - total strangers.
We fired up wood stoves, broke out coal oil lanterns or Coleman lanterns.
We put on extra layers of clothes because up here it is "Work or Die".
We did not wait for some affirmative action government to get us out of a mess created by being immobilized by a welfare program that trades votes for 'sittin at home' checks.
Even though a Category "5" blizzard of this scale has never fallen this early, we know it can happen and how to deal with it ourselves.
"In my many travels, I have noticed that once one gets north of about 48 degrees North Latitude, 90% of the world's social problems evaporate."
It does seem that way, at least to me.
I hope this gets passed on.
Maybe SOME people will get the message. The world does Not owe you a living.
Major and secondary streets are now passable - though narrower - and the cul-de-sac streets are "travel at your own risk", but something that would go a long way towards bringing this city back to life would be to lift the assinine salt ban. I mean, why torture yourself?
bttt
“I'd rather have 2 feet of snow than one inch of freezing rain.”
Agreed. I remember one winter in the mid nineties when there was a freezing rainstorm every week for about two months. We didn’t loose too many power lines but the constant coating of ice took its toll. It took more than a year to resurface all the damaged roadways.
But then here in "Bawlmure, Murrland" we panic over any weather. A month ago they closed schools early on the “forecast” of heavy rain. A few weeks ago schools were closed and events cancelled because of fog.
Interestingly though, we have some reason to be fearful of Winter storms because while there are really big snows out West, historically most of the biggest, costliest and deadliest blizzards occur along the East Coast from the Mid-Atlantic up through New England – probably so costly due to the concentrated population centers. These coastal storms are very unpredictable and often develop and flare up almost overnight.
http://nsidc.org/snow/blizzard/storms.html
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/disasters/major_blizzards.htm
I don’t worry about storms coming at us from the West, rather in Winter, I look to the South for the low pressure to the Gulf for moisture and to Canada for the cold because when all those come together, you get a classic Nor’Easter; basically an extro-tropical Hurricane with snow. You just haven’t lived until you been through Thunder Snow!
The worst I’ve lived through to date was '93. But ‘77,'78,‘83 and “03 were pretty bad too.
But while these blizzards were a major inconvenience for me, I can’t imagine living without electricity for so long. The last time that sort of thing happened here was hurricane Isabell.
Anyone seeing this Bronco game on CBS... it is snowing in Denver. I think the forecasters missed this one.
They said possible flurries today.
Oh, I must have taken a vacation since Friday. I thought we had something coming through Friday, then nothing for awhile.
I just meant that maybe Santa could bring you a sled! ;o)
Merry Christmas!
First, Merry Christmas.
Is that your house? Just lovely. If so, did you take the time to dig out the decorations? My light covered trees and reindeer are still buried under snow. I was not about to try to dig them out, :-(.
But, I still have my lights along the top of the house.
Again, lovely.
So, I think UPS may have shot themselves in the foot over this mess. When the roads cleared, FedEx, DHL, and the postal service (government agency, wow) delivered through the weekend to make up for the two days during the week. UPSs response: we don't make guarantees during the holiday season or bad weather.
I have a package in Commerce City that will get to me tomorrow, :-(.
No, it isn't my house. It's a few blocks away, but we sure enjoy driving by it often.
Sorry you didn't get your package, but hey, now you still have something to look forward to!
Have an awesome day!
No worries on the package. But, knowing it is there, I figure UPS will have to do some damage control because FedEx & others will have positive press.
I took two days of vacation last week so I could run do last minute shopping, etc, and drive around to see all of the Christmas lights. I hope the roads improve enough and people keep their lights on this week. We will definitely try to make it out.
Are you ready for the storm moving in tomorrow? It has the forecasters excited.
Weather warning was in excess of 8 inches last night, moved to in excess of 12 inches today. They are still trying to figure out if it will break apart before hitting us.
I was out early this morning and finally saw plows clearing some of the side streets. It is a mess but I LOVE the snow!
Just how lucky can a state get?/ no MSM!!!!
Rocky Mountain New
WASHINGTON — Western lawmakers are pushing to give emergency disaster relief to farmers and ranchers hammered by winter storms.
On the first day of the new congressional session on Thursday, Sen. Wayne Allard, R-Loveland, and Rep. Marilyn Musgrave, R-Fort Morgan, introduced legislation that would give aid to livestock owners who suffered blizzard-related losses in Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, New Mexico and Oklahoma.
So much for smug self-righteousness
Are you kidding me with that reply? You are comparing someone losing their home, all of their valuables and memories, to you not being able to go on vacation in the mountains. Seriously, that's pretty ridiculous. I live in Denver, and lasted through this storm just fine. The storm is no comparison to Katrina...
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