Colorado Springs April 2007 Blizzard Photo

Posted on April 24th, 2007 by wwaddell.
Categories: My Thoughts.

Hi Scrapbook Friend,

Want to see what Kathy and I have been up to today?

It hasn’t been a whole lot.  The rain and wind kept us up most of the night and then this morning it turned into another spring time blizzard here out east of Colorado Springs.  We lost power and water about 2pm and it just came back about 7:15pm this evening.

Needless to say, we didn’t get a whole lot done today.

Here’s what it looked like out our front door just before the power and water went out… you can click on any of the images for a larger view if you want to.

Spring Time Blizzard photo just east of Colorado Springs - April 24th 2007. Click image for larger version.

Wet, heavy and cold stuff!  Hope you are having a warmer day where ever you are.

Update: 25 Apr 2007

Here’s a few  mor photos that we took the next day, about 3pm when we went out to do some errands.

The first one is just outside our housing area headed west:

East of Colorado Springs headed west on the Falcon Hw just west of the Peerless Farms barn.

As you can see, the snow is already melting off (it’s over 50 degrees farenheight today), but the drifting of the wet heavy snow was the real problem for many.  These two 4×4 trucks didn’t quite make it.

Next we move to the top of the hill way in the distance in the photo above.  As we crested the hill and looked down the other side, here was the view…

Looking west on the Falcon Hw, just west of Curtis Rd our east of Colorado Springs. The April 2007 Blizzard caught quite a few cars in it's snare.

Can you see all 4 of the cars caught in the drifting snow?  You may need to click on the image for a larger view to see them all…

We didn’t go that way, we turned left and headed north.  As you can see below, it wasn’t much better that way either.

Out east of Colorado Springs headed north on Curtis Rd, just north of the Falcon Hw. More stranded cars, even a Jeep and a Durango 4x4 couldn't get through the snow

4 more stranded cars, even a Jeep and (you can just see the front) a Durango 4×4 got caught in the heavy drifting snow from the Colorado Springs Blizzard of April 2007.

Here’s a closer image of the three near the top of the rise:

Closer view of the stuck cars on Curtis Rd just north of the Falcon Hw out east of Colorado Springs, April 2007.

Though you can’t see it too well, the tan (or champaign) colored care with it’s back to us has brand new dealer plates on it…

The good news is that none of these cars had any real damage and no one colided with another.  It was close and scary I’m sure though.  Really made Kathy and I glad that we were home, even if we didn’t have power and water. 

Bet you didn’t know that scrapbooking can be a life saver… :)   Or, at least it can save your car from an expensive towing bill!  All joking aside, just goes to show  you that mother nature can do some really weird things from time to time.  While photos can capture the event and it’s aftermath… it’s your story and feelings that make it a memory worth hearing about… 

Be sure and capture not only the images, but the emotions and feelings too.  Only a scrapbook does both.

Now, we’ll let you get to the real good stuff below and in the archives…

Kathy & Wes

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