13 Mar 2019 – Colorado governor declares state of emergency as blizzard paralyzes Front Range.

“Snow driven by winds approaching 100 mph shut down schools, highways, air travel and businesses in the Pikes Peak region Wednesday and left more than 1,000 stranded in their cars awaiting rescue.”

Denver International Airport shut down all six runways for only the fourth time in its history.

Blowing snow “reduced visibility not to car lengths but to inches. Some reported they couldn’t see even the front of their vehicles.”

https://gazette.com/news/more-than-drivers-stranded-in-colorado-springs-area-gov-polis/article_9056f158-458a-11e9-9974-53e3ebdd484a.html

https://www.9news.com/article/weather/weather-colorado/so-many-colorado-drivers-were-stranded-in-the-blizzard-the-governor-asked-the-national-guard-for-help/73-7916f5c8-018a-4e2f-9958-6e4eea5f2f59

Thanks to Vance von Raab for these links

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March 19, 2019 at 09:45PM