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Weather Bulletin - Denver
Topic Started: Jan 6 2007, 12:04 AM (171 Views)
greatwhiteelkhunter
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Weather Bulletin - Denver

Up here, in the "Mile-Hi City", we just recovered from a Historic event--- may I even say a "Weather Event" of "Biblical Proportions" --- with a historic blizzard of up to 44" inches of snow and winds to 90 MPH that broke trees in half, knocked down utility poles, stranded hundreds of motorists in lethal snow banks, closed ALL roads, isolated scores of communities and cut power to 10's of thousands.

FYI:

George Bush did not come.

FEMA did nothing.

No one howled for the government.

No one blamed the government.

No one even uttered an expletive on TV.

Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton did not visit.

Our Mayor did not blame Bush or anyone else.

Our Governor did not blame Bush or anyone else, either.

Jesse Jackson and Hillary Clinton didn't stand on front of Mile High Stadium and declare that God and President Bush conspired to rid Denver of impoverished people of color by freezing them out with this storm.

CNN, ABC, CBS, FOX or NBC did not visit - or report on this category 5 snowstorm.

Nobody demanded $2,000 debit cards.

No one asked for a FEMA Trailer House.

No one looted.

Nobody - I mean Nobody demanded the government do something.

Nobody expected the government to do anything, either.

No Larry King, No Bill O'Rielly, No Oprah, No Chris Mathews and No Geraldo Rivera.

No Shaun Penn, No Barbara Striesand, No Hollywood types to be found.

Nope, we just melted the snow for water.

Sent out caravans of SUV's to pluck people out of snow engulfed cars.

The truck drivers pulled people out of snow banks and didn't ask for a penny.

Local restaurants made food and the police and fire departments delivered it to the snowbound families.

Families took in the stranded people - total strangers.

We fired up wood stoves, broke out coal oil lanterns or Coleman lanterns.

We put on extra layers of clothes because up here it is "Work or Die".

We did not wait for some affirmative action government to get us out of a mess created by being immobilized by a welfare program that trades votes for 'sittin at home' checks.

Even though a Category "5" blizzard of this scale has never fallen this early, we know it can happen and how to deal with it ourselves.
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We are suppose to get 6-12 inches tonight.
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Gary,

This thread should be renamed, "The Spirit of AMERICA"

These are the actions that have made America great and that will keep America growing. These are the people that will rise to the forefront when we have reached the breaking point and have to do battle against foreign invaders from the south, east, north and west who wear sheets, veils, and sombreros ... not to forget those welfare generations, socialists (read communists), politicians, and our own government.

Long live the SPIRIT OF AMERICA!!!

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Toothless Dawg,Jan 6 2007
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Gary,

This thread should be renamed, "The Spirit of AMERICA"

These are the actions that have made America great and that will keep America growing. These are the people that will rise to the forefront when we have reached the breaking point and have to do battle against foreign invaders from the south, east, north and west who wear sheets, veils, and sombreros ... not to forget those welfare generations, socialists (read communists), politicians, and our own government.

Long live the SPIRIT OF AMERICA!!!

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AMEN brother DAWG!!! AMEN speak it loud and proud! AMEN can I hear it again????
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greatwhiteelkhunter,Jan 6 2007
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Toothless Dawg,Jan 6 2007
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Gary,

This thread should be renamed, "The Spirit of AMERICA"

These are the actions that have made America great and that will keep America growing. These are the people that will rise to the forefront when we have reached the breaking point and have to do battle against foreign invaders from the south, east, north and west who wear sheets, veils, and sombreros ... not to forget those welfare generations, socialists (read communists), politicians, and our own government.

Long live the SPIRIT OF AMERICA!!!

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AMEN brother DAWG!!! AMEN speak it loud and proud! AMEN can I hear it again????

OooooooooooooooRAH and AMEN smiley-patriotic-flag-wave
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Man when it rains it pours! Or should I say SNOW?

Colorado hit with 3rd storm in 3 weeks
By JON SARCHE, Associated Press Writer 38 minutes ago

Snow-weary Colorado was hammered with its third snowstorm in as many weeks, complicating recovery efforts from back-to-back blizzards and raising fears that livestock losses would keep mounting.

The Denver area was blanketed with up to 8 inches of snow Friday, while nearly a foot fell in the foothills west of the city before the storm moved into New Mexico.

In Kansas, an estimated 60,000 people were still without power after more than a week, and between 6,000 to 10,000 customers remained in the dark in Nebraska, according to Nebraska Public Power District.

Crews in Colorado worked around the clock to clear roads so residents could get to stores for food and medicine. Several school districts canceled classes because winds gusts up to 30 mph had reduced visibility.

The roofs of two buildings in hard-hit southeastern Colorado - the Walsh post office and a restaurant in Elizabeth - collapsed under the weight of the accumulated snow. No injuries were reported, the state Division of Emergency Management said.

Agriculture officials were trying to determine how to deal with the carcasses of thousands of livestock that were killed in last week's blizzard or starved afterward.

An estimated 3,500 cattle are believed to have died on rangeland in six southeastern Colorado counties alone, said Leonard Pruett, the region's agriculture extension agent for Colorado State University.

"The magnitude of the snow out here is astounding," said Ed Cordes, project manager for Pioneer Pork, which has about 7,500 sows and 4,000 young pigs on a ranch near Springfield, about 200 miles southeast of Denver.

American Humane Association workers arrived Friday to help rescue and feed young pigs that might have been orphaned because they became separated from their mothers or whose mothers' milk production declined, Cordes said.

Owners of feedlots, where range cattle are taken before slaughter, were still calculating their losses.

Luke Lind, a vice president of Five Rivers Cattle Feeding, which has 10 feedlots in Colorado, Kansas, Texas and Oklahoma, said the mortality rate could be "significant," but he declined to give specific numbers. Five Rivers had 60,000 cattle in pens in the Lamar, Colo., area alone, he said.

In a massive effort to save stranded rangeland cattle, the Colorado National Guard conducted a three-day airlift that dropped about 3,000 hay bales to herds spotted on the rangeland. Troops trucked in hay and smashed ice on watering holes for livestock trapped and weakened by the earlier blizzard.

While that likely saved livestock, the survivors still face the threat of lung infections from the stress of the storm and dehydration, Pruett said.

In Washington, Sen. Wayne Allard (news, bio, voting record) and Rep. Marilyn Musgrave (news, bio, voting record) introduced bills Friday to help speed financial aid to ranchers who have lost livestock in Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, New Mexico and Oklahoma
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country folk can survive!!!

gary,

your family is in my heart as they deal with the power of our mother earth! to this i also say this is part of what my mind's eye sees as eternal life...life beyond armageddon...living in harmony with our mother, father, brothers and sisters...when the human system of things collapses, those who understand and have worked to preserve traditional ways of life are the ones who pave the roads of heaven!
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Toothless Dawg,Jan 6 2007
07:39 AM
These are the actions that have made America great and that will keep America growing. These are the people that will rise to the forefront when we have reached the breaking point and have to do battle against foreign invaders from the south, east, north and west who wear sheets, veils, and sombreros ... not to forget those welfare generations, socialists (read communists), politicians, and our own government.

Long live the SPIRIT OF AMERICA!!!

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And it's looking like we're not too far off from grabbing up a few guns and ammo and heading south to hold our ground. It's right at the breaking point now! :gun2:
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countrymouse,Jan 6 2007
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country folk can survive!!!

gary,

your family is in my heart as they deal with the power of our mother earth! to this i also say this is part of what my mind's eye sees as eternal life...life beyond armageddon...living in harmony with our mother, father, brothers and sisters...when the human system of things collapses, those who understand and have worked to preserve traditional ways of life are the ones who pave the roads of heaven!

We have been in a drought for so long wont know what to do with water! It is all in his plan. BUT I sure wish I was there! MAN I LOVE SNOW! I LOVE to drive in it and pull unprepared people out!! I LOVE THE SNOW!!
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Almtnman,Jan 6 2007
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Toothless Dawg,Jan 6 2007
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These are the actions that have made America great and that will keep America growing. These are the people that will rise to the forefront when we have reached the breaking point and have to do battle against foreign invaders from the south, east, north and west who wear sheets, veils, and sombreros ... not to forget those welfare generations, socialists (read communists), politicians, and our own government.

Long live the SPIRIT OF AMERICA!!!

smiley-patriotic-flag-wave

And it's looking like we're not too far off from grabbing up a few guns and ammo and heading south to hold our ground. It's right at the breaking point now! :gun2:

Really? I have not seen anything on the news. Well I don't really watch the news here any more so I'm blind to all that kind of stuff.
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Almtnman,Jan 6 2007
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Toothless Dawg,Jan 6 2007
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These are the actions that have made America great and that will keep America growing. These are the people that will rise to the forefront when we have reached the breaking point and have to do battle against foreign invaders from the south, east, north and west who wear sheets, veils, and sombreros ... not to forget those welfare generations, socialists (read communists), politicians, and our own government.

Long live the SPIRIT OF AMERICA!!!

smiley-patriotic-flag-wave

And it's looking like we're not too far off from grabbing up a few guns and ammo and heading south to hold our ground. It's right at the breaking point now! :gun2:

Agreed James ... this latest assault on our country is NOT the first to have occurred from those south of the border. For the most part, our government is turning away from the problem and embracing the 'if we ignore it maybe it will go away' attitude. When they do want to address the issue, they say 'if we grant everyone citizenship, there is no longer a problem'. Unfortunately, the people have put these lunatics in office and we get what we pay for anymore.

As stated on another thread, it is pure lunacy to put our troops on the border with NO ammunition. President Bush and other leaders (and I use that term loosely), unstick your head from the fuzzy, warm, stinky spot you have it stuck and wake up. Your country, your position, your state, county, home are at risk. When the proverbial SH$T hits the fan, it will be too late.

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greatwhiteelkhunter,Jan 6 2007
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Almtnman,Jan 6 2007
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And it's looking like we're not too far off from grabbing up a few guns and ammo and heading south to hold our ground. It's right at the breaking point now!  :gun2:

Really? I have not seen anything on the news. Well I don't really watch the news here any more so I'm blind to all that kind of stuff.


National Guardsmen retreat from armed invasion from the border
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Please help us . We are getting the snow. Help , Help , Help. Call everyone you can think of . :rotfl:
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And we can skin a buck; we can run a crop line
And a country boy can survive
Country folks can survive


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Rick and I are both from Virginia . We are now in Montana . I learned how to drive in the snow and ice. When the roads are really icy I lead a parade . :garfield:
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Sunshine,Jan 6 2007
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Rick and I are both from Virginia . We are now in Montana . I learned how to drive in the snow and ice. When the roads are really icy I lead a parade . :garfield:

LOOKOUT!!!! SUNSHINE BEHIND THE WHEEL!!!
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greatwhiteelkhunter,Jan 6 2007
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MAN I LOVE SNOW! I LOVE to drive in it and pull unprepared people out!! I LOVE THE SNOW!!

ME, TOO!

SPECIALLY DRIVIN' THAT DODGE RAM THRU THEM SNOWDRIFTS smiley-git-r-done
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Please help us . We are getting the snow. Help , Help , Help. Call everyone you can think of . 24.gif


Please help us . We are getting 75 degree weather, sunshine, blue skies. Help , Help , Help. Call everyone you can think of :rotfl:
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beernut,Jan 6 2007
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greatwhiteelkhunter,Jan 6 2007
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MAN I LOVE SNOW!  I LOVE to drive in it and pull unprepared people out!!  I LOVE THE SNOW!!

ME, TOO!

SPECIALLY DRIVIN' THAT DODGE RAM THRU THEM SNOWDRIFTS smiley-git-r-done

I'd drive for the hospital in Fredericksburg picking up NURSES (lemme take YOUR pulse baby) and docs during bad snows. Loved playing around in the deep snow ... of course deep snow here in VA only got 6" to 24" ... nothing like ya'll get out west!!!
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One night I was on my way home from Speedwell, Va. I had a friend there that I would stay with on the weekends. I had taken my shower before I left and had rollers in my hair. I ended up wiping out in the ditch because the person in front of me slammed on brakes and it was black ice. I got on my c.b radio I had in my car calling for help. I was surprised I got a signal. Within minutes some men showed up helping me get my car out of the ditch. I was so embarassed with those stupid rollers in my hair. I ended up spending another night at my friend's.
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Sunshine,Jan 6 2007
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One night I was on my way home from Speedwell, Va. I had a friend there that I would stay with on the weekends. I had taken my shower before I left and had rollers in my hair. I ended up wiping out in the ditch because the person in front of me slammed on brakes and it was black ice. I got on my c.b radio I had in my car calling for help. I was surprised I got a signal. Within minutes some men showed up helping me get my car out of the ditch. I was so embarassed with those stupid rollers in my hair. I ended up spending another night at my friend's.

Marnie,

Didja ever think that it may have been those hair rollers that gave your CB such good reception???

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