On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 19:14:09 -0800, "K Barrett"
wrote:

Wow! I have a friend who is hoping to move to Montrose (south of Denver and
east of Durango, as far as I know) I'll bet I see their 'for sale' sign
pulled down tomorrow! Glad you and yours are safe and OK, in spite of
having snow to your navels and or earlobes (in your daughters case)

K

The last time was 20" in 3/03 before that there was one smaller one
and I don't remember the date. Then in 12/82 a Blizzard came thru
that closed the airport (Stapleton at the time) on Christmas Eve. 4
in 4 in 23 years - Heck that hardly counts.

Montrose is just south of Grand Junction. They got 1" in this storm.
That is know here as the Western Slope and has a whole different
weather pattern. Grand Junction area is closer to Napa in climate
than we are. The Area just east of town is the fruit belt and wine
industry of CO. Before probation they had a greater wine industry
than CA.

Heck this came in from the east and slammed into the mountains. The
ski industry only pulled 6-10 inches off it. The rest is out here on
the plains where the wind comes sweeping down from Montana with nary a
tumble weed to slow it down and the snow falls sideways. It is not
the straight fall we worry about -- it is that sideways sweep.

They had to close the interstate with 12 foot drifts across it just
south of Denver. Denver to Kansas was closed because of a "white out"
as was I76 to Nebraska. I25 to Wyoming could not get you out of
metro-Denver. As long as it was not your car stuck in the drift or
you walking thru the snow the pictures have been fun.
SuE
http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/orchids