AAARRRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!! I-70 is closed between E-470 and Burlington due to high winds and blowing snow. There's a blizzard warning in effect until 5 p.m.
BLIZZARD WARNING FOR Elbert/Central and East Douglas Counties Above 6000 Feet, Central and East Adams and Arapahoe Counties, CO UNTIL SAT FEB 09 2002 05:01 PM MST
Severe Weather Alert from the National Weather Service
...ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR... BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER ...BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TODAY...
NORTH WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH AND SNOWFALL WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TODAY IN EASTERN DOUGLAS AND WESTERN ELBERT COUNTIES. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL AND CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ZERO MAKING TRAVEL NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED IN THE WARNING AREA.
I better not get stuck in town tonight. Dang it. I'm hanging here at Dad's place until Marcus comes to get me to go to Mike & Nina's. They're going to be playing Diablo. I hope we're able to go home after they're done. Just once I'd like to be on the other end of a closure. In the six years we've lived on the eastern plains, I've always been in town when the road closed.Severe Weather Alert from the National Weather Service
...ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR... BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER ...BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TODAY...
NORTH WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH AND SNOWFALL WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TODAY IN EASTERN DOUGLAS AND WESTERN ELBERT COUNTIES. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL AND CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ZERO MAKING TRAVEL NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED IN THE WARNING AREA.
Name: LaDonna
