Posted on 12/21/2006 12:01:09 PM PST by george76
Snowstorm dumps 20 inches, snarling roads, closing DIA.
A paralyzing blizzard swept across the Front Range on Wednesday, dumping 20 inches of snow, grinding traffic to a near halt, shuttering Denver International Airport and prompting Gov. Bill Owens to declare a state of emergency.
With as much as 3 feet of total snow forecast by the time the storm dies down late this morning - a blizzard warning is in effect until noon - travel may not be much better today.
• Interstate 70 was closed from Airport Road in Denver all the way east to Kansas.
• After numerous crashes along its length, Interstate 25 eventually shut down from Wyoming to New Mexico.
• So many accidents choked U.S. 36 near Sheridan Boulevard that Broomfield police closed the highway.
• RTD bus commuters reported being stranded for hours on various routes, with the transit agency finally canceling all bus service at 7 p.m.
At DIA, meanwhile, authorities closed the airfield for the first time since the Blizzard of 2003.
Guard members in Humvees were taking Red Cross cots and blankets ...
(Excerpt) Read more at rockymountainnews.com ...
DIA hopes to resume flights at noon Friday, December 22.
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I had a 4 hour layover at DIA once and it nearly made me homicidal. I can't imagine what those poor folks are putting up with.
"Guard members in Humvees were taking Red Cross cots and blankets "
From Iraq to Afghanistan, from New Orleans, to Colorado,
these guys are heros...
Great photo
Another day trapped.
I feel for the families with small kids...
Ha. You ain't seen nuthin' till you have been stranded in LGA for 20+ hours.
It was very cold here on the central coast of California this morning. I think it was down to 60 degrees. I think I'll take a drive out to the Guadalupe dunes and take a stroll on the beach and watch the whales.
La Guardia? I did spend miserable day in the International Terminal at JFK once in the 80's.
I try not to fly much anymore, and if I can't get a Southwest Non-Stop, I don't go.
I've been digging out all morning. The worst thing is all the people who decided to try and use their cars to negotiate four and five foot drifts caused by snow plows. There are many of these Einsteins stuck, blocking the roads now. You'll see some woman sitting stuck in a drift with four or five guys trying to dig her out so they can get where they're going.
I feel like the person in #2. My daughter thought it would be fun to try to dig our car out. Son finally convinced her to give up. While she was out playing, neighbor tried to leave. He got stuck turning the corner, borrowed her shovel. He made it another 5 feet, got stuck again, and left his pickup in the street.
We took the dogs out for a bit to run in the snow. You sink down to the ground nearly and are dragging through 2 feet of snow. Very exhausting. We walked the street back to the house.
Hats off to the Guard with their Humvees...
again.
12 and windy in Tijeras.
I think I heard earlier they are driving a convoy out to DIA, buses, etc, and taking people to hotels.
Are you seeing two wheel drive buses and two wheel drive cars stuck alot ?
Pretty wonderful guys and gals, I agree
a convoy out to DIA, buses, etc, and taking people to hotels.
Colorado is most beautiful when covered in snow.
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