Immobilizing snowstorm forces Denver airport to close for first time in a decade

[ellenrr]

Source: accuweather

A powerful spring storm that dumped more than a foot of snow in Denver created travel chaos on Wednesday, March 23.
Hundreds of miles of highways were closed, officials restricted city driving to those with tire chains and the Denver International Airport (DIA) was forced to close for the first time in a decade.
Residents took to social media to explain their dismay at the disruptive storm when just the day before, temperatures soared to the 70-degree Fahrenheit mark. People flocked outside to enjoy the sunshine and warm air.
But March is Denver's snowiest month, historically, and this storm was a perfect example of how volatile spring systems can be.

Read more: http://www.accuweather.com/en/features/trend/photos_immobilizing_denver_colorado_airport_snowstorm/56242971

[lapfog_1]

1. It must be Easter

Halloween and Easter are what I remember as being the bookends of winter in Denver.

Every year we would have a major snow storm on both holidays... (or so it seemed).

stay warm and try not to drive anywhere for a day or so. it will likely be in the seventies within a week.

[polmaven]

2. Brings to mind....

Here in MA we had a bad snowstorm several years ago on Good Friday. It took me forever to drive home from work, so I had lots of time to come up with this:

I'm dreaming of a White Easter..
Just like the ones I've never known!

Where the basket grass glistens
And children listen..to hear hip hopping in the snow!

I'm dreaming of a White Easter
With every Easter egg I dye..

May your days be Happy and bright!
And may no more Easters be white!

I know....kind of silly...but I thought I'd share!

[mnhtnbb]

3. That's cute

I remember an Easter snow storm in NJ when I was growing up--late 50's. My parents had planned to take us to Florida--driving--and we, of course,
never did go since the storm dumped about 3 feet of snow on us.

[BumRushDaShow]

4. LOL. DUzy

[longship]

5. We got clobbered in Michigan.

There were power outages all over my area. Thankfully my electric company is a Co-OP which is really good at fixing things. Out here in rural Michigan no electricity means no heat, no water, no anything. Great Lakes Energy Co-Op had power restored here within two hours, in the middle of the night, in the midst of a winter storm. They are a great outfit.

It wasn't so much the snow, but the wind and ice. My power was blipping out for a couple of hours before it went out, meaning that some power line was intermittent. When the power went out I called into the Co-Op's trouble line to report the outage. Amazingly, when the power was restored I got an automated call back from Great Lakes Energy confirming that my power was restored. That call came within 10 minutes!

That's how things are done around here. It is really nice to have a great electric company. And we all own it.

[dragonfly301]

6. why is this a "latest breaking news" - it happened 2 days ago? n/t

[riversedge]

7. We got 11 inches and blowing snow up here in WI. Arms sore from shoveling. Hope

this is the last on for this spring--but we do tend to get them in April also.