Snow Storm 2006

Tuesday, December 19th
- The news started talking Big Snow, forecasting 10 – 20 inches of snow in the metro area and a winter storm warning from Wednesday 6am to Thurs 5pm.
- Given that, Scott headed out to the store at 10pm to get a few staples in case we got snowed in.

Wednesday, December 20th
- The warning was upgraded to a blizzard warning for the same time period, and the accumulation predictions were increased to 14 – 24 inches and then 16 – 24.
- At 6am this morning, there was just a dusting on the cars and ground.
- By the time Scott had to leave for a morning meeting at Starbucks, the sky was filled with heavy flakes, and the roads were getting difficult. His meeting was near a grocery store (and probably a different Starbucks), so I had him pick up a couple more supplies, which was looking quite possible. He only had 4 items to purchase and did the self-checkout. Had he had to use the regular lines, he said the wait could have been 20 – 30 minutes!
- At 3:15pm our neighbor snow-blowed ("snow blew?") our driveway! Yay! Scott had shoveled earlier today, but Alan cleared out into the street a little, which is great, though we're still not planning to go anywhere. The street is about a foot to a foot and a half deep.
- I saw at 3:20pm the expected accumulation is up to 18 – 24 inches for the Metro area. We're further west, so generally get more than Denver Metro.
- 3:55pm – 9news says DIA has been closed.
- Patches will not come inside. We've been calling her, and I cleared her a path to get to the door, but she must be holed up. I don't blame her for not wanting to get out of a sheltered spot; the snow is hurling around.
- 5:40pm - with thewind, there's a lot of drifting in the back yard, but our picnic table has about 2 1/2 feet of snow on one end.
- Scott decided to brush the snow off the table before bed, to hopefully save the glass. There must have been 3 feet by then.
- Out the front door, drifting snow has created dunes up our walkway!

Thursday, December 21st
- We woke to snow virtually the same level on the sidewalk, driveways ( so much for snowblowing yesterday), and street. No one had been out in the roads. But by 9am, the snow blowers were in force. And cross-country skiiers and snowshoers, and dogs. Then a few snowmobiles and 4x4's and even some trucks and jeeps.
- Alan cleared (notice I'm avoiding the past tense of "snow-blow") our drive again, and Scott's off for a snowshoe workout around Bear Creek. I'm off to bed. Zach's napping, hopefully getting over his fever/cough/cold.
- Scott measured 29 inches in our yard.

If you click the title, you can see pics. Technical difficulties are preventing me from posting directly to this blog entry...I'll have to add some of the view out the front door later!