Colorado Blizzard Pics

[walldude]

We are still digging out out here, thought you guys would like to see it:


This was taken at 2pm yesterday:



See if you can spot that car in this pic from this morning:



And a couple more:

[Suich]

1. Wow! I've never been in snow like that!

Thanks for the great pics! I'll quit complaining about the rain now!

:hi:

[Renew Deal]

10. The morning after is always pretty amazing.

It's like being in a totally different place. Everything looks and feels different. I love it.

[cboy4]

2. Those are cool. (literally I guess!) -Since I don't live in the snow,

is there a point when you have to clear the snow off of your roof so it doesn't collapse?

Or can roofs handle that? I've always been curious, because I've heard stories about collapses.

[walldude]

6. I don't worry about the roof too much

although I did have to knock some snow off the gutters, you can see in the last picture that the snow was forming a shelf at the edge of the roofs from the wind blowing, it was sticking off about 3 or 4 feet. The kids and I chucked snowballs at the shelf till it collapsed, it was kinda fun. Shovelling however was a bitch. My back is killing me.

[IndyOp]

11. May I suggest:

The Back-Saver Ergonomic Snow Shovel or something similar...


I LOVE mine!

[ContraBass Black]

18. For people who have backs that can easily handle shoveling,

Those are extremely frustrating.

[IndyOp]

32. Why? I don't doubt you. I am just wondering. (n/t)

[ContraBass Black]

49. The curve of the handle keeps the shoveler upright, which puts

Less stress on the back, but it also makes it nearly impossible to lift the snow as high, fling it as far, or drive the shovel as deep by blocking use of the back muscles.

[cboy4]

13. Wow. Well, it's sure a pretty postcard, that's for sure.

And my back hurts just looking at all that work!

[eleny]

12. We used a roof rake

We live just west of Denver and the snow was furious. So yesterday I got the rake at Ace. We did this since we had roof damage from snow several years ago. It was repaired when we got a new roof this summer due to a hail storm this year.

A lot more snow fell last night. Hubby worked on the south side of the house again today. I hope we're okay up there. Hopefully the sun will be strong enough to do the rest of the job in the days ahead.

[cboy4]

15. Well I hope your roof is okay as well! But you'll have a beautiful

white Christmas if you celebrate that holiday!

[eleny]

36. thanks, cb!

[Bjornsdotter]

3. Love the pics

Thanks for sharing, I wish we got that snow <sigh>.

Cheers

[karlrschneider]

4. Nice pics! I'm guessing that's your neighbor's house...? Don't see any footprints

:D

I remember a similar snow many years ago in Lusk, WY (a couple hundred miles north of Denver). It's beautiful and a little scary too.
ks

[walldude]

7. Yeah that's across the street from me.

Nobody even went outside till this afternoon, hence the no footprints, when I finally did go out it was up past my knees. I'd say 2 and a half to 3 feet. I shoveled show from 1pm till about 5.

[karlrschneider]

19. You don't have a snowblower?? What kind of anti-american terist ARE you??

:D

[LittleClarkie]

38. A snow blower in three feet of snow

I've never used one at all, but why am I getting an image of only being able to see the handle of the thing sticking out of the snow bank? "Darn, why isn't this working?"

[karlrschneider]

44. LOL! When Dubya got his first chainsaw, he took it home and

worked with it for half a day to cut down one little tree. So he took it back to Home Depot and complained "This darn thing cuts awful slow". The salesman says "Well, let's have a look", pulls the rope and starts it up. Dubya jumps back and says "What the hell is that NOISE?"

:rofl:

[Fridays Child]

24. Hey, my car broke down in Lusk, Wyoming.

It was the summer of 1977 and I was on my way to South Dakota, when my Chevy blew a fuse. A deputy stopped and gave me a ride to a filling station. It was about 10:00 at night and the station was closed but some guys were in the back playing cards. The owner sold me a little box of fuses and the deputy took me back to my car. Everyone was very nice but I was only 22 and very scared by the whole episode. I'm not sure what I thought was going to happen but I was ready to bolt at any second. They must have thought I was a little nervous. :P

[karlrschneider]

30. I spent the summer there over several years as a teenager. My dad was drilling oil wells

a little ways north of town. I haven't been back there for 30 years but I won't ever forget discovering that there were a lot of gay cowboys in that little burg. :D (I'm not kidding...I got hit on by a bunch of Brokeback types in those days!)

[uppityperson]

5. Thanks for the pictures and hope you got out to play in the fresh snow.

I like the snow. We had a snow like this 10 yrs ago (Pacific NW), makes a nice break from the winds and rain. Thank you for the pictures, lets us understand why the airport is shut down.

[Crunchy Frog]

8. This is making me really, really homesick.

:cry: :cry: :cry:

[hippiechick]

9. Looks like Christmas in Wisconsin! Beautiful !!!

:bounce: Stay warm and safe, and enjoy!!

[Poiuyt]

14. Not where I am!

Not one snowflake on the ground here in Appleton. And it's going to be raining during the Packer game tonight!

[WI_DEM]

17. no snow in Madison either

[kestrel91316]

43. Er, not THIS Christmas. I'm headed to Milwaukee tomorrow. They had

RAIN today.

[rockymountaindem]

16. I have to clear off a four foot drift from my driveway.

I've got 1/3rd done. Long way to go...

[Jawja]

20. Beautiful pictures!

Thanks for sharing. :hi:

[NoPasaran]

21. Thanks for the pics!

They remind me of when we were stationed in Colorado during the early 1960s. Sleds and snowball fights!

Of course, I'm happy I don't have to shovel it!

[xultar]

22. SHIT! That is messed up. Are the roofs curving or is it a drift effect?

[walldude]

25. It's a drift, the snow hung off the roofs about 3 or 4 feet

because of the wind...

[xultar]

26. DAYUM that is cool. I lived in Denver...I've always wanted to be in a blizzard

but everytime I move I miss them. I also missed the big storm in Chicago in the late 90's. I'm so pissed!

Be safe. Stay warm!

[XOKCowboy]

47. I went outside last night about 10PM...

The snow was still blowing sideways and the visibility was up to about a block and a half and all you could hear was the wind. You get used to "city noise" around here and the quiet was kind of eerie. I've lived here for 18 years and this is the second worst blizzard I've seen since I've been here. It's been inconvenient, hard work, scary and dangerous driving but amazingly beautiful and an incredible display of Momma Nature's power. It's why I live in Colorado.

[HughBeaumont]

23. That used to be a regular sight in NE Ohio.

In some places, it still is.

But at the very most, we now get bitter cold in place of the snow.

Not this year though. Save one bad week, it's been rainy and 44-51 all December.

[oldtime dfl_er]

27. Beautiful!

Reminds me of the "old days" in Minnesota...

[malaise]

28. Damn

Looks beautiful but the mess is still to come.

[Jacobin]

29. Thank you for the wonderful winter pics.... Louisiana here

:-(

Rarely see snow here.

[DavidDvorkin]

31. Looks like the view out my own door

I have a couple of Colorado blizzard pics up on my blog, http://eyeblister.blogspot.com

[walldude]

34. Love the shot of your car...

Stay warm! :toast:

[DavidDvorkin]

37. Good thing my wife has a car

And that it's in the garage.

But the street's still impassable and probably will be that way through Friday.

[az chela]

33. Wow so beautiful and such hard work all at the same time

We used to have weather like that in michigan all the time,thats why I now live in Az
So much for your rest after your road show!!!!!
I'm sure your kids are lovin it!!!!At least you were home for it

[bdamomma]

35. It's a White Christmas for you guys alright!!!

[Cha]

39. Thanks, dude..I'm emailing

this to my sis. We're in New York now but grew up in Denver where all the snow is.

I remember coming home from work at midnight in Lakewood, Colo after a snow storm and just in awe of all the winter white wonderland of the three acres I was living on. Everything was whiteout! I said to myself.."you always have to remember how beautiful this is!".

[GardeningGal]

40. I posted these in the lounge, but I'll post here for GD

The first is from summer to give a little perspective, the second is yesterday, and the final one is today after the snow stopped.

[XOKCowboy]

45. Dude I had to drive from Cherry Creek to Arvada...

yesterday. In an unloaded van. It took me 4 HOURS but I made it with a stop for groceries and some beer! :) Glad that you and the family are in and safe. Did the boys have fun in the snow today?

[XOKCowboy]

48. Sorry this was meant as a reply to Walldude

My bad. Posted in the wrong place.

[fishwax]

41. I was supposed to drive out of Fort Collins yesterday

But when I heard the storm was coming I left the night before instead. I'm glad I did, though I wish I could play in that snow :)

Thanks for posting these pics--it's nic eto see what I missed out on :)

[pitohui]

42. ye gods

does it total the car? it does not snow here, i apologize for the stupid question, if cars flood they are totalled so i worry that when the snow melts might it not ruin the vehicle?

[Catherine Vincent]

46. Good lord! But that snow is so pretty!

Send some of that white stuff down in Houston will ya? :hi: