We’ve got a foot of snow, give or take a few inches, at our house in north Denver — it’s hard to measure exactly because of all the drifts, due to a stiff north wind — and some places in the Denver area are reporting upwards of two feet. And it’s not over yet.
Here are the Loy house, our Halloween decorations have taken on a distinctly wintery, almost Christmas-like feel, as you can see above. And our pumpkins are now completely snow-covered:
Dr. Jeff Masters says it’s “the biggest October snowstorm in the Denver region since 1997.” Here are some more photos:
The last photo is of our poor, beleaguered apple tree, which we planted when we first moved into our house. (I have since shaken the snow off as best I could.)
My mom is supposed to fly into Denver tonight for a weekend visit with us and the grandkids. Hopefully her flight makes it. Some flights into DIA are being cancelled this morning, others are delayed, while still others are right on schedule.
What’s Loyette think of all this snow?
I think the March 2003 snowstorm got 2 1/2 feet in Denver. I lived there then, and we had 5 to 6 foot drifts against our fences. That one seems bigger than this one – so far. That was a very quiet, peaceful “storm”. Just non-stop snow for 2 days, no wind. Everyone just stayed home – and most of us still had to work because of that damn internet thingy.
Ooops, I missed the qualifier “October”. Mr Masters is correct! My example was a March storm.
What the hell was Al Gore doing in Denver anyway?
These are beautfiul photos Brendan – nice work.
Thank goodness the Rockies didn’t make it beyond the NLDS!