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#144240 - 20/12/06 07:35 PM
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Originally posted by Alpine Spirit: Cool pics... you guys are gettin alot more snow than us up here. From Highlands Ranch, (Quebec & C-470 area) On my deck. 20 inches, not a drift: Front, ~ 18 inches, the drift is about 24 inches: Ally, notice the drifts in this wind tunnel:
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#144241 - 20/12/06 07:47 PM
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My original flight is gone and cancelled. Try calling United, get to the point where I should be in a queue for a cust service rep, I get booted to a busy signal and hung up on. The flight is/was operated by Air Canada, so I call them. No problem inside of 2 minutes I have a customer service rep who actually provides service! So, I fly to Toronto at noon local time tomorrow...have a layover till 5:00-ish to get home to Denver. If that flight is cancelled, I have a flight to KC from Toronto that leaves @ 4 so I'm good. Or I can try to fly to Denver on Friday morning I will never fly United again, so long as I have a choice...total lack of customer service...but I knew that already
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#144242 - 20/12/06 07:58 PM
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Originally posted by Desert_Rat: we need snow like that here just once. I'd love to see the gridlock it'd cause. People here can't even deal with Rain yet alone snow! I wouldn't even bother getting out of bed if there was snow on the ground.
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#144243 - 20/12/06 08:06 PM
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Originally posted by Eric P.: Originally posted by Alpine Spirit: [b]Cool pics... you guys are gettin alot more snow than us up here. From Highlands Ranch, (Quebec & C-470 area)[/b]Hey neighbor - I am off Lucent and 470.
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#144244 - 21/12/06 02:57 AM
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snow.. Is that where all those snow birds come from?? Yea I wish we got snow in these parts. People would freak out... But with the way the swells have been all outta wack lately you never know...
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#144245 - 21/12/06 06:38 AM
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Originally posted by cpgator: Originally posted by Eric P.: [b] Originally posted by Alpine Spirit: [b]Cool pics... you guys are gettin alot more snow than us up here. From Highlands Ranch, (Quebec & C-470 area)[/b] Hey neighbor - I am off Lucent and 470.[/b]Funny, I'm in Lone Tree at Lincoln and 25
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#144246 - 21/12/06 07:43 AM
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DIA closed until noon on the 22nd.
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#144247 - 21/12/06 07:54 AM
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Damn Matt, so I guess your job is really boring right now then huh. Or did they even make you go to work?
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#144248 - 21/12/06 08:58 AM
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My parents are hoping to get into denver on friday, flight was cancelled for today they are stuck in Japan Wife and I are hitting the road soon hoping to make it up to denver by friday night if we can get through Kansas We sure picked a great place for a white Xmas...lol.
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#144249 - 21/12/06 09:10 AM
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Its funny, normally we get hammered...right now, its short sleeve weather, and clear as bell...looks like no white X-Mas for us.
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#144250 - 21/12/06 09:17 AM
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I'm curious, how many inches of snow can an X handle?
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#144251 - 21/12/06 09:29 AM
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Well, the last blizzard we had, I was able to romp through drifts as high as the headlights...and go over the one's taller than the truck...and drive circles around stuck trucks in about 2' - 3' or so.
A lot depends on the quality of the snow, and if you can compress it with your treads to get a bite...or if it walls up in front of you, or ramps up the frame to high center you, etc.
(Powder is the most fun)
So far, with the AT ko's, the X has been unstoppable...I've seen Interco TrXus do amazing as well....etc.
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#144252 - 21/12/06 09:31 AM
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Man, that brings back memories of the '03 blizzard when I lived there. I can't wait until I can finally move back.
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#144253 - 21/12/06 09:37 AM
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Just talked to Ponyboys fiance and she sent me this.
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#144254 - 21/12/06 10:12 AM
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Kevin, the DEN being closed is one thing, but I just worked my tail off to get 15 miles-in-trail for a ton of Aspen and Eagle arrivals, stepping them down around a bunch of overflights. The normal traffic waves to and from DEN are pretty much gone until tomorrow, then we'll be playing catch-up.
Getting to work wasn't too bad, I stopped to help a stuck Grand Cherokee and F150 trying to get on the diagonal at Niwot.
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#144255 - 21/12/06 12:21 PM
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Looks like a big pow pow day for you guys. LUCKY YOU. LOL. Our storm is hitting the Sierras now.
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#144257 - 21/12/06 02:04 PM
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My flight for Denver tomorrow is already cancelled.. not sure what I'm gonna do.
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#144258 - 21/12/06 02:39 PM
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Here are some pictures from Boulder, CO. We got a total of about 16". The roads are fun to drive in. No left turns for any other cars. I rescued 8 vehicles who were high centered, including a huge lifted truck. I was plowing through 3-4' snow plow berms with no problems what-so-ever. My new tires were incredible. And the lift sure helped out my ground clearance as well. My roommates Toyota Camry: My other roommates Ford Focus: My X:
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#144259 - 21/12/06 08:14 PM
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Well, I ended up in KC, my final destination anyway DIA might open at noon tomorrow...last I heard (from my wife out in Eastern CO...kinda Limon-ish area) I-70 is still closed from Denver to Hays KS...good luck with getting through KS
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#144261 - 21/12/06 08:44 PM
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Man, spent last night and most of today digging over 30 vehicles out of being stuck (made a couple of $ too!). Also played taxi for the hospital and went and got a couple of nurses so they could get to work. Chains and 4 wheel drive in this stuff is great! I cleared out alleys, went everywhere I wanted to go and had a blast doing it. Now I get to take the wife to work again tomorrow and then go to work myself. Ah well, had to end the fun sometime. edited due to snowblindness (can't spell either!)
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#144262 - 21/12/06 09:03 PM
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Man I wish. I pulled out 6 stuck vehicles today while the wife was wandering around Sams Club. Nobody offered me any $$$ and diesel is expensive.
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#144263 - 22/12/06 06:09 AM
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Thing that really sucked was that all the gas stations were closed, and all that cash didn't do me any good yesterday.
But today, well, I'm going out for lunch. [Austing Powers] Yeah Baby, Yeah! [/Austin Powers]
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