At 02:56 PM Wednesday 1/10/2007, Deborah Harrell wrote: >I don't know who's put the snow hex on Colorado, but >_please_ stop! > >We had a big storm before Christmas; I didn't get out >until the 24th because they had to get a front-end >loader (?) to clear that 3-4 ft of snow from the >mile-plus drive to the county road. A neighbor's Jeep >plow got stuck trying to clear a path; I snowshoed >packing ~40# of tire-chain for that (we did get it >moved enough for other equipment to get through the >gate). It was actually sort of fun, with chili >afterwards and bragging rights. > >I did finally get to Tucson, and had a very nice >family Christmas. But the drive home was hellacious. >A friend called to say that another big storm was >coming in, so I left the next day (Thursday pre-New >Year). I thought I'd beat the storm to Raton, but it >had split, with one arm north of Raton Pass, and the >road from the pass to Pueblo was really bad. From >Colorado Springs to Denver was pure misery - I finally >quit white-knuckling 'cause I just couldn't muster any >more adrenaline. Ugh. Turned out the Gov. had >declared a state of emergency: there I was, crawling >at idle speed behind a line of trucks turtling up >Monument Hill; I'm still surprised that my car (front >wheel drive only, and just all-weathers, not snow >tires) made it to Littleton (where I had to stay with >friends for several days because the road to my place >was impassable). > >I just got out today (barely! Had to get a tow up the >iced hill from neighbors!) from _last_ Friday's big >bad (once again requiring heavy equipment to smash >through 4 ft drifts across much of that mile+)...now >we've got yet another arctic front hurtling down, and >I'm going to buy milk and bread etc. before I head >home. That's four major storms in as many weeks...
If it helps, each time you get those storms, we get rain and highs around 70°F and lows around 60° . . . -- Ronn in Birmingham, AL :) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
