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- Answer the phone to hear all the meeting cancellations pour in.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
- Stare at the wall of white visible out of the windows.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
- Call the MIL to tell her I’d be over tomorrow when the worst is past to clean her sidewalk.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
- Try to explain to Molly the dog that pacing the house growling won’t make the wind outside stop howling.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
- Be thankful that the total snowfall isn’t measured in feet rather than inches.
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For the curious, here is the warning from the NWS that came out late in the afternoon for this area:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n
Issued by The National Weather Service
Denver\/Boulder, CO
6:07 pm MDT, Thu., Oct. 29, 2009<\/div>\n<\/div>\n… BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT FRIDAY…<\/div>\n<\/div>\nA BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT FRIDAY.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nPERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. SEVERE DRIFTING WILL CAUSE ROAD CLOSURES IN THE AREA.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nPRECAUTIONARY\/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…<\/div>\n<\/div>\nA BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. SUSTAINED WIND AND\/OR FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER WILL COMBINE WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND IS DISCOURAGED IN THESE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL… HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED… STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. <\/div>\n
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- Stare at the wall of white visible out of the windows.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n