Hmmm. Wonder if I need to create a Weather <\/i>category for the blog?<\/p>\n
The most common thing you’ll hear from people, whether it’s newscritters or folk-on-the-street: “Boy, this snow is a pain in the neck [or words to that effect], but boy, do we need it!”<\/i><\/p>\n
Just to put it in perspective, this particular snowstorm has moved the snowpack in the South Platte Basin, whence Denver gets most of its water, from 79% to 104% normal<\/b>. Just this one storm.<\/p>\n
Cool.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, I don’t know how much weight our deck can take — about 3-feet plus across the entire thing. Hrm.<\/p>\n
Point of reference. 15″ of snow is equal to 1″ of rain.<\/p>\n
United’s announced that 80-90% of flights tomorrow morning will be cancelled. One runway will be opened as of midnight tonight. Priority will be to hub connections — about 70 UAL planes are stuck on the ground here, and they need to be gotten back into service. Another runway will be opened by about Noon.<\/p>\n
The problem is not just the runways being plowed, but that the snow has set up over the lights and the radio systems along the runways.<\/p>\n
Margie’s worried about running out of milk — not for Kitten, but for coffee …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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