For all of you not in Colorado we are getting a ton of snow AGAIN. We have snow pilled about head high on the sides of our driveway(I'm 6'2"). It's insane, we have so much snow, on our sledding track we have a jump that is 4 feet high.
Anyone want to see pics, because I can get some if you wanna see some.
-dekruif
I heard Denver got it big time again. Any word on the Southwestern part of the state, San Juan mountains near Durango? I spend the summers there and they need some good snowfalls to make up for last winter.
Matt from Anaheim, CA and Bayfield, COClick Here for my model train photo website
shawnbecher wrote:You'll have to move quite a ways west then as we don't have snow anywhere here in Wisconsin either :(
We stole it.
Global warming? What Global warming?
Where's Kyoto?
Seen any Polar bears Lately... they're all hanging around town waiting for the sea to freeze so they can go to work...
dekruif wrote: shawnbecher wrote:You'll have to move quite a ways west then as we don't have snow anywhere here in Wisconsin either :(We stole it.
And I thank you very much for keeping it in Colorado!
From someone that is not in any hurry to have to shovel.
Wow! I get to be a DOUBLE contrarian!
Here in the dessicated desert we actually have quite a bit of snow on the mountains, and some golfers at the high end of the valley got surprised when the precip they saw coming from the dark cloud overhead arrived in crystalline condition.
Of course, it didn't survive contact with the fairway. Can't have everything!
My second contrarian point is that every flake that falls on the Pacific side of the Colorado watershed will eventually end up in Lake Mead - which is in dire need of a significant transfusion.
Too bad we can't just drain the clouds somewhere around Bryce Canyon and cut out the middle folks.
Chuck (with tongue firmly in cheek)
Sherwyn Dirks wrote:Pass it on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love snow. The more snow, the better. Anyone that doesn't like snow and cold is lost in the darkness. Then again I like HOT summers too!!!!!!! If you dont mind getting some pics I'd appreciate.
No problem I'll probably get them tomorrow, as I just came in from sledding to warm up my gloves.
I enjoy a little bit of snow every now and again, BUT THIS IS NUTS!!!!! I am sittin' just over 7000' and we are really gettin' hammered with the wind and snow. We have gotten almost two feet already. We did manage to get out for a little while today because tomorrow looks like a wash.
Oh well, it makes for some great toobin.
I don't have any from today, but here are some pics of last week's little "snow event":
What is with Colorado?? Come on guys, the REST OF THE COUNTRY says 'out in Denver they know how to handle snow' yet TWICE now you guys are hiking your skirts up and calling out the National Guard????
Get with it, it is WINTER guys, and you live, like, ah, in the MOUNTAINS!
P.S. Are the trains running?
CurtMc wrote: What is with Colorado?? Come on guys, the REST OF THE COUNTRY says 'out in Denver they know how to handle snow' yet TWICE now you guys are hiking your skirts up and calling out the National Guard???? Get with it, it is WINTER guys, and you live, like, ah, in the MOUNTAINS! P.S. Are the trains running?
Typically the snow that we get along the Front Range is gone within a couple of days, and normally there aren't this many major storms so close to each other. It gets to the point where either you can't leave the house, or it is too dangerous to even get on the roads.
I am not in Denver anyhow. I still had a good bit of snow on the ground from the last storm. It would be nice to have a break. A lot of businesses even shut down, and the snow removal crews have a hard time keeping up with storms like this, so it is a litle more than "hiking up skirts".
And yes, the joint line is alive and running.
Hey, I didn't call in the National Gaurd.
My trains aren't really running right now but could be i I wanted them to be.
My goodness, snow in Colorado! Who'd a thunk?
Ya know that we even get snow here in Alabama! Its called rain!
We even have four seasons here too!
Early Summer
Mid Summer
Late Summer
Next Summer!
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the trains ARE running! www.railpictures.net has som incredible photos of BNSF trains running through the drifts
NSnscaler wrote: the trains ARE running! www.railpictures.net has som incredible photos of BNSF trains running through the drifts
The BNSF/UP (or UP/BNSF depending on who you are) joint line is about a mile from my house, and there have been some huge drifts on the ROW, but nothing too big for the plows on the locomotives. It is really cool to see them bust throught the drifts at speed. You definately don't want to be too close to the tracks 'cause the snow really goes flying (along with rocks or whatever else might be in there if it is at a crossing).
Dekruif!
By all means, post the pics!
I'm not a meteorologist, but do know a bit about it, and do keep up with the weather. By this point, we (Elev. 2500 ft) usually have had eight to twelve "snows," usually netting us six to ten inches; the "mountains" (Elev. 3300-4500 ft) ten to thirteen "snows" for about ten to fifteen inches. It's snowed maybe four times, for a grand total of 1.5 inches. (Mtn's have gotten considerably more snow in those four events, around six inches) I could go on about why we've gotten so little and when we (and some of the east) will see snow, but this is a trains forum! We are in the middle of a warm spell that will last until mid-Jan.
Matt
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uspscsx wrote: Dekruif!By all means, post the pics!I'm not a meteorologist, but do know a bit about it, and do keep up with the weather. By this point, we (Elev. 2500 ft) usually have had eight to twelve "snows," usually netting us six to ten inches; the "mountains" (Elev. 3300-4500 ft) ten to thirteen "snows" for about ten to fifteen inches. It's snowed maybe four times, for a grand total of 1.5 inches. (Mtn's have gotten considerably more snow in those four events, around six inches) I could go on about why we've gotten so little and when we (and some of the east) will see snow, but this is a trains forum! We are in the middle of a warm spell that will last until mid-Jan. Matt
Did you check out the pics I posted from last week's blizzard? That is about the same as we are at NOW. There is still more to come.. Fortunately there isn't the wind there was with the last storm. I am going to try to get some pics tomorrow after we get a little more snow.
BTW, dekruif, where are you exactly? I know there are a few of us on here in Colorado and was thinkin' maybe we should all meet up at Caboose sometime.
It didn't help that, despite the fact that I gave them a tracking number, they wanted a physical description of the box...so, I guess the computerized system is useless and they intended to go find it by digging through all their freight.
Needless to say, I will NEVER use DHL again.
CurtMc wrote:What is with Colorado?? Come on guys, the REST OF THE COUNTRY says 'out in Denver they know how to handle snow' yet TWICE now you guys are hiking your skirts up and calling out the National Guard???? Get with it, it is WINTER guys, and you live, like, ah, in the MOUNTAINS! P.S. Are the trains running?
Midnight Railroader wrote:Needless to say, I will NEVER use DHL again.
DHL is the worst choice for shipping. No wonder! Airborne Express, their predecesor, was worse.
My front door has no porch roof, sits atop a hill, without even a walkway leading to it, and faces a state highway. Thus, we use our back door as the primary door. I have requested all shipping companies and USPS to deliver parcels to the back door. All have complied...except for DHL. For some reason, my calls have not sunk in. They've delivered two or three packages to the front door, and each time I have called them. They once left a package out in the rain, ruining a Kato SD40-2 with a decoder installed. Airborne, on the other hand, hired complete [insert derogative term meaning absent-minded, lost, or clinically insane]. I bought an airbrush off eBay from an extremely nice individual, and they shipped it via AE. I did not receive it for two weeks; Airborne claimed they delivered it to Texas instead of Tennessee, despite the fact that there is not a town with the same name as mine in Texas. It was placed behind my riding lawn mower on my carport one day by an unknown individual. I suspect it was delivered up the road, unless someone drove all the way from Texas. AE sure didn't deliver it. Soon after, they were swallowed up. I sure wonder why.
Midnight Railroader wrote: I don't know about other posters, but I live in Denver, which is NOT in the mountains. And any city that gets 24-48 hours of continuous snow is going to have problems.
If my sources are correct, Denver's elevation is around 5,280 feet, or one mile. That's the equivalent of the highest point in this mountain range. Heh, maybe not mountains to you!
uspscsx wrote: Midnight Railroader wrote: I don't know about other posters, but I live in Denver, which is NOT in the mountains. And any city that gets 24-48 hours of continuous snow is going to have problems.If my sources are correct, Denver's elevation is around 5,280 feet, or one mile. That's the equivalent of the highest point in this mountain range. Heh, maybe not mountains to you!Matt
I am about 7000', and Pike's Peak tops out at 14,110'. The mountains are just a little bit higher out here. Here is a good pic from up there...
csmith9474 wrote: I don't have any from today, but here are some pics of last week's little "snow event":
Smitty, you're killing me with all of that gorgeous scenery just outside your door. We had record breaking sowfalls in the New Jersey last year, and this year nada. People here think I'm nuts because I actually like driving in it.
Nelson
Ex-Southern 385 Being Hoisted
NSnscaler wrote: the trains ARE running! http://www.railpictures.net/ has som incredible photos of BNSF trains running through the drifts
the trains ARE running! http://www.railpictures.net/ has som incredible photos of BNSF trains running through the drifts
This first photo is from 2003, but it looks like it could be a scene from the "The Shining."
And this one is in Denver on 12/22. Could be weather related, but there's no reason given.