Adams County, Colorado more snow crap coming

[Arianwen]

http://www.emergencyemail.org/wxl/CO...1-79284.63.asp

Yuck. Yuck. YUCK!

[leistb]

Non-event. Until there's a foot of snow in the forecast these notices really aren't worth getting excited about.

[Arianwen]

Dude...the snow from the past two snowstorms is still on the ground. MOAR snow = bad.

[leistb]

Originally Posted by Arianwen

Dude...the snow from the past two snowstorms is still on the ground. MOAR snow = bad.

Chick... we've got snow up here that will last until spring. You keep posting these warnings for 3, 4, and 5 inch storms like it's winter's version of the great flood and at some point you cross the line of crying wolf. It's Colorado and it snows. We're used to it.

[sandyd]

Ari, didn't snow stick on the ground in Canada?

Colorado keeps their snow in winter and lets it melt in the spring. Heck, even Cali has places that keep snow. Big Bear might keep it till April and I can see that from my yard in SoCal!

[CanadaSue]

Ari lived in one of the few parts of Canada that doesn't really experience winter - simply an intensification of rain & it's somewhat damper & a bit cooler.

Ari - you live in COLORADO. Last winter was atypical for you guys. From now through end March expect frequent snowfalls Anything up to 3-4" is very light... yawn country. 4-8" - driving could get a bit sloppy.

There's no point in getting worked up over every forecast for snow. And yes, snow that falls today may likely remain on the ground until spring - not bs BC spring but REAL spring... late March or some time in April depending on the snowpack & temperatures.

There's little risk of utility outages over every piddly snowfall of less than a foot. If the wind is going to be high - plan to stay home. You're not going to freeze or starve to death.

[LvDemWings]

Welcome to winter in snow country. It will take you a bit of time to learn what your city can handle, what it can't and what combination of storm direction/wind speed/temps will really cause you to get dumped on. Don't let the weather people scare you into a panic. Instead let their warnings be your guide. Get your shopping done before the parking lot becomes a slushy mess, plan warm comforting meals that don't need fussing over, and have fun with your boy. Show him all the types of snow.

[rb.]

I think it will take some time to see snow as a normal Colorado condition, as opposed to the state of emergency it is in BC's lower mainland. Ari, I think you'll come to see that winter can be more pleasant in snow, than in dreary, cold, rain.

[CanadaSue]

It's certainly MUCH more fun for little ones. Properly dressed they can handle a surprising degree of cold - it's wet & damp that's really nasty.

Snow can be piled up in age/size appropriate slides, little toddler sized forts & small tunnels. Snow angels, making your own tracks, following other tracks, toboganning when he's older, then some form of skiing. Not to mention it's so darned pretty falling from the sky. In a year or two with a tiny, plastic shovel, he can 'help' you shovel - maybe a small corner o the front step.

A layer or ten of snow covers dirt & is a pleasant change from the dull, dark greys & browns of no snow cover. There's something magical about a moonlit walk through an open woodland - the snow reflects a lot of light.

It does take getting used to if you're not accustomed to frequent snowfalls. Rest assured the city can more than cope with a few inches.

[Arianwen]

There's more crap (ie: snow) coming. Oh joy! lol

[flourbug]

Methinks one real winter in Colorado will have Ari begging to move to a more temperate clime.

I liked the snow.. that was white and sparkly and oh so pretty (shoveling, falling, and freezing aside). It was the grey days and long nights that drove me batty.

[lisa]

The drive home from evening church service was in some pretty powdery blowy snow. Visibility was kinda poor...glad I don't go into to work till 11 tomorrow. Hope it will have blown itself out by then. I think we're only expecting a few more inches...but it is supposed to get pretty cold which always bothers me more than snow.

[lisa]

Originally Posted by CanadaSue

It's certainly MUCH more fun for little ones. Properly dressed they can handle a surprising degree of cold - it's wet & damp that's really nasty.

Snow can be piled up in age/size appropriate slides, little toddler sized forts & small tunnels. Snow angels, making your own tracks, following other tracks, toboganning when he's older, then some form of skiing. Not to mention it's so darned pretty falling from the sky. In a year or two with a tiny, plastic shovel, he can 'help' you shovel - maybe a small corner o the front step.

A layer or ten of snow covers dirt & is a pleasant change from the dull, dark greys & browns of no snow cover. There's something magical about a moonlit walk through an open woodland - the snow reflects a lot of light.

It does take getting used to if you're not accustomed to frequent snowfalls. Rest assured the city can more than cope with a few inches.

Your post reminded me of growing up on our farm in Wis. We had great tobagonning hills on our land..we made jumps using hay bales and one year we dug a tunnel the whole length of the hill and tobaggoned down it. My little gradescool had a good hill and an iceskating rink and we'd sled or iceskate during recess.

[Ought Six]

Ari:

Quit yer whinin' and toughen up. woman!

[Arianwen]

As we cyclists say, "HTFU" (Harden the F up)

It's goddamned COLD though, 5F!!!

[rryan]

Originally Posted by Arianwen

As we cyclists say, "HTFU" (Harden the F up)

It's goddamned COLD though, 5F!!!

In the Rockies 5F is chilly. Cold occurs somewhere below zero.

[CanadaSue]

This is where I spent my winters - fro 1963 through 1969. But it was a dry cold...LOL

http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/forec...?qc-150&unit=i

The first winters there we had higher than average amounts of snow down. The arctic tends to be more of a desert climate but we lived on a ginormous tidal river fairly close to Ungava Bay. My mother used to have photos of our house where you could see the ground behind it swept almost bare by the relentless, bitter winds. A fe feet further, fantastically shaped snow banks towered 14-20 feet high - we had a ball tunnelling into those.

Having spent my formative years in such a cold climate, it's hot, humid summers that give me grief. Winters... pphhtt!

[flourbug]

Sue wins!

Can't beat that. No way. lol

[oldasrocks]

Come on down to Missouri. Cold 28F and windy. May snow a little. Its feels colder here than when I lived in Colorado at -10 F or colder because of the humidity.