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Author Topic: Multiple Feet of Snow in Denver Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 03-18-2003 08:25 PM                        Yup. Lots of snow. I love snow. We have two feet in the city now (in less than 24 hours) and it's still supposed to snow hard until Thursday mornin'. You can't shovel fast enough. Side streets in the cozy, safe, white suburbs (referrence to "Bowling for Columbine") like mine don't get plowed/de-iced, so we are trapped inside. Theaters are closed right now. I am glad I have Tuesday and Wednesday off so that I don't lose any funds. But they had better be open by Thursday night! But that prospect isn't looking good right now. The snow will probably melt really fast and we will have flash floods everywhere. My basement will turn into a built in swimming pool. Maybe I will take some pictures of the snow and post them here tomorrow.  |  IP: Logged Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 03-18-2003 08:32 PM                     Yes, please do so, Joe. Hey - feel free to send it all up here to Washington State's Cascade Mountains. Our snow pack is terrible shape, and the spring run-off might be enough to fill the resevoirs.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 03-18-2003 08:38 PM                        No. In fact you send YOUR snow down here! We are in a drought, though it could snow 19 feet and the "experts" will say that it won't even make so much as a dent in it. Anyway, here is the single picture that I took quickly this morning at about 10:00am. It has been more than double this amount so far.  |  IP: Logged Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 03-18-2003 08:50 PM                     Joe, I am drooling over your snow. We would like to send you some, but unfortunately, we are almost "fresh out" of the stuff. Seriously, though...I am glad you guys got at least some. I have a suspician that the entire northwest is going to have some serious drought and power problems because of the lack of snow. The Army Engineers already said that if things go the way they have been going for the rest of the season, we have to make a decision about salmon runs. We won't have enough water to make electrical power and support the salmon streams at the same time. It might have to be "One or the other - but not both." When I went to North Dakota this past Christmas season, the mountains were bare. No snow to speak of hardy at all. In all honesty, I have NEVER seen it that bad before! Joe, that would be a nice picture for a greeting card.  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 03-18-2003 08:59 PM                        Ok, Enough The snow should be kept in the Rockie Mountain High and in the Pacific Northwest. DO NOT EVEN THINK OF SENDING THIS TO THE EAST. I would be forced to send some meek little person to kick your butt. This person would most likely come out of Texas. Don't worry I won't send Cordell.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 03-18-2003 11:02 PM                     As of 10:00pm MST 3/18, my parents have around 3 to 4 feet of snow piling up at their home northeast of Colorado Springs. The forecasters are saying they may wind up with more snow with this storm than they did for the storm in October of 1997 that dumped around 5 feet of snow in the 'Springs. This is a pretty frustrating situation since my father wants to come down to Oklahoma to be with family over a medical emergency (one of our close relatives had a stroke and may not make it). With this snow storm, and another one forecast for Thursday-Friday, many in Colorado are going to be snow bound until early next week.  |  IP: Logged Patrick McDonough Expert Film Handler Posts: 118 From: Greenfield Ma. Registered: Jul 2002 posted 03-18-2003 11:11 PM                     Our snow is finally melting, thank god for that., I'm so sick of the snow.  |  IP: Logged Nicholas Roznovsky Expert Film Handler Posts: 156 From: College Station, TX, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 03-18-2003 11:43 PM                        And the best part of it is, the big night of heavy snow is supposed to be tonight. I've already got almost three feet in my backyard and can look forward to at least three more tomorrow. A good night for staying inside!  |  IP: Logged Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 03-18-2003 11:43 PM                        While most of you still have that cold white stuff on the ground, Hawaii is nice, Green and warm just like the views of the pictures Joe was kind enough to post for me last week that I took at the photo shootout at the Kualoa Ranch in Windward Oahu. -Claude  |  IP: Logged Nicholas Roznovsky Expert Film Handler Posts: 156 From: College Station, TX, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 03-18-2003 11:48 PM                        Green? Warm? It may be nice, but it's not nearly as much fun as pushing three other people's stalled cars out of traffic on your way to work! Check out all the fun we're having! The local NBC affiliate has pictures which I think embody the sheer delight of four billion tons of snow: K-USA Channel 9 Denver Right now, the snow on my porch is eight inches taller than my six-month old son. Gotta love it!  |  IP: Logged Rick Long Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 759 From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Registered: Nov 1999 posted 03-19-2003 12:48 AM                     Yeah, rub it in Claude, go ahead.  |  IP: Logged Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 03-19-2003 01:11 AM                        -Claude  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 03-19-2003 01:48 AM                  I HATE snow! That's why I moved from Michigan many, many moons ago. I got tired of sliding down the freeways (or as they call them in Detroit..."expressways"). I mean, why bother to keep your your hands on the steering wheel, the car goes where the hell it want's to without any human intervention. Ya freeze yur balls off, endlessly shovel show, see all the bare trees and lack of flowers....etc. Today at my place here in Hollywood, it was 72, clear, mild, no snow in sight...just fucking beautiful! Here's a pic of tonight's sunset from my living room window. >>> Phil  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 03-19-2003 02:08 AM                        I don't think I could live anywhere where the weather is always super nice and peachy-keen. How boring! Anyway here is what the snow looked like at just after 1:00am Denver time. It is approximately the same angle as the picture I took above. This was a very long exposure with my digital camera, hence the graininess and slight discoloration. I do apologize for that. Don't flame me for the bad picture quality!  |  IP: Logged Jeff Skallan Film Handler Posts: 65 From: Littleton, CO, USA Registered: May 2001 posted 03-19-2003 02:59 AM                     We managed to get a few set of shows off today before closing early. To my astonishment, business was pretty good despite Colorado State Patrol's suggestion that people stay off the roads unless it's an emergency. So far, the plans for Wednesday are to open the theatre if it is possible. Knowing that there's no way my car will bust through the huge pile of snow at the end of my driveway (even at 60 MPH!) I have dusted off the cross-country skis and plan on trekking to work. How many feet of snow does it take to keep people away from the movies anyhow? Even in "BLIZZARD" conditions I guarantee there will be at least some!  |  IP: Logged

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