The Colorado Blizzard
CATherine
evening News said it won't quit for another 24 hours! The News also
said the governor had declared an emergency and called out the
National Guard with HumVees to rescue stranded motorists. All the
highways are closed. And it has been a whiteout all day, with gusts up
to 50 mph and temps around 20 with windchill below zero!
During the few times I could see out the one window that isn't crusted
with snow, we have huge drifts everywhere. I reckon we are snowed in
for a few days. Fortunately we have plenty of firewood. The stormdoor
on the enclosed porch isn't airtight, so the violent wind has blown
snow inside. but i keep a rubber-backed cuurtain over the door. so the
snow was crusting the inside as well as the outside of the door and
filling up the space between it and the curtain.
The dog really needed to go out; but wouldn't until she got desperate.
Then she came back in after a quick pee all covered in snow. Naturally
she shook herself all over me!
I suppose Kansas and Nebraska are getting rain from what i saw on the
radar. I just hope the storm loses some of its oomph and moisture
before it moves into other states.
--
CATherine
Pat
"CATherine" <pepsico...@drop.me.bigsandytelco.com> wrote
> Well, east of the mountains we have been pounded all day and the
> evening News said it won't quit for another 24 hours! The News also
> said the governor had declared an emergency and called out the
> National Guard with HumVees to rescue stranded motorists. All the
> highways are closed. And it has been a whiteout all day, with gusts up
> to 50 mph and temps around 20 with windchill below zero!
I heard the same thing about Arizona and New Mexico - 150 miles of I-40 are
closed.
> I suppose Kansas and Nebraska are getting rain from what i saw on the
> radar. I just hope the storm loses some of its oomph and moisture
> before it moves into other states.
What, you wanna keep all that snow for Colorado??? We've hardly seen any
snow here in MO for several years. I hope we get a deep one!
John F. Eldredge
<pepsico...@drop.me.bigsandytelco.com> wrote:
>The dog really needed to go out; but wouldn't until she got desperate.
>Then she came back in after a quick pee all covered in snow. Naturally
>she shook herself all over me!
Yes, my experience with dogs has been that they usually wait until
they are near a human before having a good shake. I think it must
amount to a canine practical joke.
I am hoping that any snow in this area (Tennessee) holds off until
after next week. My sister is driving from Virginia to Nashville this
Friday, and will be here for several days. This is an 11-hour drive
under good driving conditions, and can easily take much longer under
icy or snowy conditions.
--
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JBHajos
<pepsico...@drop.me.bigsandytelco.com> wrote:
>Well, east of the mountains we have been pounded all day and the
>evening News said it won't quit for another 24 hours!
Wow, you guys really got hit hard. I hope you'll be safe and as
comfortable as possible.
My daughter and SIL planned to fly into Denver from here (north
Alabama) *this morning*. All packed and ready to go. To spend
Christmas week with her son's family who were to meet them at the
airport. My daughter (Melanie) visited us yesterday evening to give
us the bad news that the whole trip has been cancelled. While here,
her DIL called. They are equally devastated, mostly because of Emma,
their little 5-year-old, who adores her grandma and was so excited to
have her come to visit. Keri said she had been crying almost non-stop
since hearing grandma won't be there. She is heartbroken. So, in a
way, the Colorado storm impacts on folks far removed from Denver as
well.
Anyway, we hope all Coloradans will come through this A-OK.
Jeanne
Karen
someone in Colorado Springs last night on the diabetes board. A lady found
us because her friend had just brought home her cat with insulin yesterday
morning. The cat began having siezures and because of the blizzard she
couldn't get out, the friend couldn't get TO her. The vet had said nothing
to her about hypoglycemia and she had no idea of what to do and
unfortunately thought that the cat needed more insulin. We tried to help and
there was a flurry of postings, but Louis died :( So here is this poor
woman, stuck in a blizzard with her cat dead :( I'm still haunted terribly
by it today. It makes me SOOOOOO angry. I see people come on the board all
the time with vets that give lousy instructions on how to treat a cat with
diabetes. How can you send a cat home with insulin an no instructions about
recognizing hypoglycemia??? And yet I see it all the time "What's that?" or
on mega doses of insulin, or well, grrrr. I could go on and on, but this was
so horrible :(
I'm glad you are ok. It just sounds like it is just awful there. Here in
eastern NE all we are getting is rain and fog, but it's solid ice turning to
snow out west.
Hope you guys stay well and warm.
"CATherine" <pepsico...@drop.me.bigsandytelco.com> wrote in message
news:pisjo21u7e31jbt77...@4ax.com...
CATherine
feet are now mountains! There is one long wide drift behind my car
that is over 6 feet high. There are five foot drifts half burying my
juniper and cedar trees. The birdbath and fence around the rosebed are
buried. There a few five drifts covering parts of the yard fence. And
the wind and blowing snow continue.
Poor Jeff has to get to the woodshed later this morning for another
load fo firewood. He has a wheelbarrow bed he put on runners and pulls
with a rope for snowy times. But there is a wide 5 foot drift between
the house and woodshed; he is going to have an adventure going up and
down the steep slopes of it with and without firewood.
Judging by the drifts I can see from the house, I bet my 1/3 mile
driveway is buried under many drifts; particularly where the culvert
is. That area always gets big drifts. I don't think my landlord's
little tractor blade will be able to dig us out for a few days. He has
cows in pastures surrounding our place. Fortunately they have a barn
and a heated drinking fountain; but no food. Bob didn't get to them
last night and won't be able to get to them this morning. So they will
live off their fat, poor things. At least they have shelter. Many
ranchers in the area don't even bother to put up a windbreak for their
cows! Stupid #^%$&*!
Jeff tried to get Shasta to go out this morning but she wasn't budging
near the door! So, if she gets desperate, maybe she will "go" on the
porch. Can't blame her a bit. I can just throw the wet rug in the tub
to clean.
I would advise anyone in the path of the storm to make sure you have
plenty of food and pet food in case you get snowed in. The News is
calling this a "crazy, monster storm". I haven't heard of any power
outages, but you never know. We have plenty of candles and kerosene
lamps, just in case. Jeff even cooks his oatmeal on the wood stove. He
says it works better for oatmeal than the cookstove!
Shasta finally went out and came back in covered with snow. This time
Jeff got the splatters! ;-)
--
CATherine
CATherine
<jo...@jfeldredge.com> wrote:
>On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:46:03 -0700, CATherine
><pepsico...@drop.me.bigsandytelco.com> wrote:
>
>>The dog really needed to go out; but wouldn't until she got desperate.
>>Then she came back in after a quick pee all covered in snow. Naturally
>>she shook herself all over me!
>
>Yes, my experience with dogs has been that they usually wait until
>they are near a human before having a good shake. I think it must
>amount to a canine practical joke.
LOL! Sharing the wealth, so to speak!
>
>I am hoping that any snow in this area (Tennessee) holds off until
>after next week. My sister is driving from Virginia to Nashville this
>Friday, and will be here for several days. This is an 11-hour drive
>under good driving conditions, and can easily take much longer under
>icy or snowy conditions.
Well, the storm is moving slow. Maybe it will lose a lot of oomph and
cold before it hits you. Purrs,
--
CATherine
CATherine
>I heard people are listing rooms for rent for a night or two on
>craigslist.org
>
I hope they are sensible and compassionate about the cost. Many people
take advantage and charge extra high during disasters. That is cruel.
--
CATherine
CATherine
wrote:
All we can do is wait it out. But so many people in the city were
trying to go places and turned the main roads into parking lots with
the bad conditions.
Maybe your daughter and family can travel this weekend, when the
runways are finally cleared. Purrs for Emma.
--
CATherine
Lorraine
<pepsico...@drop.me.bigsandytelco.com> wrote:
>I would advise anyone in the path of the storm to make sure you have
>plenty of food and pet food in case you get snowed in. The News is
>calling this a "crazy, monster storm".
Thanks for the cat food reminder!
It looks like the storm is supposed to die out in CO, or move north
maybe. At least the snow part. I checked Goodland, KS, and they're
only expected to get another inch of snow today, but lots of wind. The
last accumulation I saw for western Kansas was 5". I'm in the eastern
half and we got the rain yesterday, and the fog today. NOAA has us down
for 30% chance of light snow or rain tonight, and I am happy to say that
I'm off work for the rest of the year after 1pm today. So... let it
snow, let it snow, let it snow. (But in consideration for others, not
on streets and highways -- just on the grass. Do I ask too much?)
L.
Pat
This has a familiar ring. Similar things happened when I lived in Arizona.
One year, the snow started after dark on Thanksgiving and by Friday morning
it had dropped 56" on us. They were coming in helicopters to get people out
around where I lived.
The following winter, another storm left me snowed in for five weeks,
although I did get out on foot about three weeks into it. I only had to walk
about a mile through deep snow; the other side of the lava flow that I lived
just north of had melted off.
A year later when a serious storm started I decided to be smart and keep the
road open as far as the top of the lava flow.... I kept driving over it,
back and forth every 30 minutes or so. My plan was working, until I got the
van stuck while trying to turn around on the top of the lava flow. One front
and one back wheel went off into the loose cinder gravel.
I tried to dig the car out. No shovel in the car so I was laying down in the
snow. I failed to get the car free, but succeeded in getting myself soaked
to the skin. I was getting dark, the blizzard was going strong, and I had to
walk. By the time I got to the bottom of the flow, it was completely dark
and the snow had drifted over the road and made it invisible.
I was dog-tired, soaking wet and lost in the dark in a blizzard. A pack of
coyotes was nearby, waiting for me to give up. I stopped and prayed harder
than I've ever prayed in my life. When I opened my eyes, there was a beam of
light shining over my left shoulder. Whichever way I turned, the light went
with me and shone like a spotlight for a hundred yards or so. I was barely
able to pick out the line of a barbed wire fence that had the top strand
still showing above the drifts. As soon as I saw that, the light
disappeared.
I swear I'm not making this up. My place was seven miles down an
unmaintained dirt road, 35 miles out of town in an area with no electric or
phone lines. The closest neighbor at the time was over a mile away, and no
one was out driving in that storm.
tension_on_the_wire
John F. Eldredge wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:46:03 -0700, CATherine
> <pepsico...@drop.me.bigsandytelco.com> wrote:
>
> >The dog really needed to go out; but wouldn't until she got desperate.
> >Then she came back in after a quick pee all covered in snow. Naturally
> >she shook herself all over me!
>
> Yes, my experience with dogs has been that they usually wait until
> they are near a human before having a good shake. I think it must
> amount to a canine practical joke.
Ah! So there *IS* such a thing as a
B@st@rd D*G Trick!
--tension
CATherine
<kchu...@nospamalltel.net> wrote:
>I was wondering how you were. We had the most heart wrenching posts from
>someone in Colorado Springs last night on the diabetes board. A lady found
>us because her friend had just brought home her cat with insulin yesterday
>morning. The cat began having siezures and because of the blizzard she
>couldn't get out, the friend couldn't get TO her. The vet had said nothing
>to her about hypoglycemia and she had no idea of what to do and
>unfortunately thought that the cat needed more insulin. We tried to help and
>there was a flurry of postings, but Louis died :( So here is this poor
>woman, stuck in a blizzard with her cat dead :( I'm still haunted terribly
>by it today. It makes me SOOOOOO angry. I see people come on the board all
>the time with vets that give lousy instructions on how to treat a cat with
>diabetes. How can you send a cat home with insulin an no instructions about
>recognizing hypoglycemia??? And yet I see it all the time "What's that?" or
>on mega doses of insulin, or well, grrrr. I could go on and on, but this was
>so horrible :(
{{{{Karen}}}} That poor woman and poor Louis. My heart goes out to
them.
I remember when Sheba was first diagnosed, my country vet knew nothing
about DM. But he contacted The Purina expert for treatment advice.
However, he didn't pass on hypo advice to me. and many months later
Sheba had a severe hypo. I didn't know what was the matter with her,
maybe a stroke. So I took her to the vet. A good thing I didn't wait
til morning. Her BG was 29! After I recovered from the shock and guilt
feelings of my cat almost dying due to my ignorance, I started doing
research and took control of her treatment myself. And that is when I
got my own meter and started testing her BG at home. They had been
upping her dose because she tested high at the vets. Vet Syndrome. She
tested much lower at home.
>
>I'm glad you are ok. It just sounds like it is just awful there. Here in
>eastern NE all we are getting is rain and fog, but it's solid ice turning to
>snow out west.
The storm is heading that way. Prepare yourself!Although the News said
the storm had lost some of its oomph and much of the moisture. sure!
Its all here in my yard! LOL!
>
>Hope you guys stay well and warm.
>
Yup. Plenty of firewood and food.
--
CATherine
Karen
<pepsico...@drop.me.bigsandytelco.com> said:
I see it happen a lot. I don't understand why they don't tell people
about the possibility of hypos!
>>
>> I'm glad you are ok. It just sounds like it is just awful there. Here in
>> eastern NE all we are getting is rain and fog, but it's solid ice turning to
>> snow out west.
>
> The storm is heading that way. Prepare yourself!Although the News said
> the storm had lost some of its oomph and much of the moisture. sure!
> Its all here in my yard! LOL!
It doesn't look like we will get it in this corner at all.
>>
>> Hope you guys stay well and warm.
>>
> Yup. Plenty of firewood and food.
Good!
Marina
> I was wondering how you were. We had the most heart wrenching posts from
> someone in Colorado Springs last night on the diabetes board. A lady found
> us because her friend had just brought home her cat with insulin yesterday
> morning. The cat began having siezures and because of the blizzard she
> couldn't get out, the friend couldn't get TO her. The vet had said nothing
> to her about hypoglycemia and she had no idea of what to do and
> unfortunately thought that the cat needed more insulin. We tried to help and
> there was a flurry of postings, but Louis died :( So here is this poor
> woman, stuck in a blizzard with her cat dead :( I'm still haunted terribly
> by it today. It makes me SOOOOOO angry. I see people come on the board all
> the time with vets that give lousy instructions on how to treat a cat with
> diabetes. How can you send a cat home with insulin an no instructions about
> recognizing hypoglycemia??? And yet I see it all the time "What's that?" or
> on mega doses of insulin, or well, grrrr. I could go on and on, but this was
> so horrible :(
That is terrible. Poor little cat. I had a severe hypo last night and
was sure I was going to die (that's the worst thing about hypos - as
your BG goes down, your self-esteem also hits rock bottom) and it lasted
for several hours. I can only imagine how scary and confusing it would
be for a cat. Purrs for both cat and human, and dirty litterbox
offerings to the ignorant (?) vet.
--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.
Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/
Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/
and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki
Marina
<snippage>
>
> Shasta finally went out and came back in covered with snow. This time
> Jeff got the splatters! ;-)
I just looked at Ron's pictures after the blizzard. That's a fair amount
of snow! Warm purrs that at least some of it will melt away soon. We had
snow for a few days this week, but now it's all gone again. This is a
strange warm winter here in Finland.
mlbriggs
Did you ever figure that one out? MLB
Pat
"mlbriggs" <mlbr...@nospam.com> wrote
> On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 13:34:03 -0600, Pat wrote:
>> I was dog-tired, soaking wet and lost in the dark in a blizzard. A pack
>> of
>> coyotes was nearby, waiting for me to give up. I stopped and prayed
>> harder
>> than I've ever prayed in my life. When I opened my eyes, there was a beam
>> of
>> light shining over my left shoulder. Whichever way I turned, the light
>> went
>> with me and shone like a spotlight for a hundred yards or so. I was
>> barely
>> able to pick out the line of a barbed wire fence that had the top strand
>> still showing above the drifts. As soon as I saw that, the light
>> disappeared.
> Did you ever figure that one out? MLB
It remains one of the great unsolved mysteries of my life. Perhaps it was a
minor miracle.
jXwXeXr...@sonic.net
> I was wondering how you were. We had the most heart wrenching posts from
> someone in Colorado Springs last night on the diabetes board. A lady found
> us because her friend had just brought home her cat with insulin yesterday
> morning. The cat began having siezures and because of the blizzard she
> couldn't get out, the friend couldn't get TO her. The vet had said nothing
> to her about hypoglycemia and she had no idea of what to do and
> unfortunately thought that the cat needed more insulin. We tried to help and
> there was a flurry of postings, but Louis died :( So here is this poor
> woman, stuck in a blizzard with her cat dead :( I'm still haunted terribly
> by it today. It makes me SOOOOOO angry. I see people come on the board all
> the time with vets that give lousy instructions on how to treat a cat with
> diabetes. How can you send a cat home with insulin an no instructions about
> recognizing hypoglycemia??? And yet I see it all the time "What's that?" or
> on mega doses of insulin, or well, grrrr. I could go on and on, but this was
> so horrible :(
Oh, that is SO sad! :,,,( That poor woman - thinking she was helping
her cat, and in reality, she was killing him. Not that it was her fault!
I agree with you that this vet was negligent in not giving her proper
instructions and information. That is very upsetting. Purrs for her and
for Louis.
Joyce
jXwXeXr...@sonic.net
> I tried to dig the car out. No shovel in the car so I was laying down in the
> snow. I failed to get the car free, but succeeded in getting myself soaked
> to the skin. I was getting dark, the blizzard was going strong, and I had to
> walk. By the time I got to the bottom of the flow, it was completely dark
> and the snow had drifted over the road and made it invisible.
> I was dog-tired, soaking wet and lost in the dark in a blizzard. A pack of
> coyotes was nearby, waiting for me to give up. I stopped and prayed harder
> than I've ever prayed in my life. When I opened my eyes, there was a beam of
> light shining over my left shoulder. Whichever way I turned, the light went
> with me and shone like a spotlight for a hundred yards or so. I was barely
> able to pick out the line of a barbed wire fence that had the top strand
> still showing above the drifts. As soon as I saw that, the light
> disappeared.
> I swear I'm not making this up. My place was seven miles down an
> unmaintained dirt road, 35 miles out of town in an area with no
> electric or phone lines. The closest neighbor at the time was over
> a mile away, and no one was out driving in that storm.
Wow! I'd sing the Twilight Zone theme, but I think this story deserves
something a little happier. This is the kind of incident that gives some
people a spiritual awakening!
Joyce
CATherine
Wow! A Heavenly flashlight! Prayer does work. You really had an
ordeal. And was watched over by God.
--
CATherine
CATherine
IMO, no, you don't ask too much. But are the clouds gonna listen? LOL!
I heard this afternoon the storm had lost a lot of its oomph and
moisture, so that is good for Kansas. But even a little is bad if it
is slick. Have care.
Have a lovely holiday vacation at home.
--
CATherine
mlbriggs
We in SLC received about two to three inches last night and more is
expected. It looks beautiful. However, package delivery seems to have
been delayed. MLB
Ginger-lyn
Wow, I'm so sorry you're caught in that mess! Hope you got plenty of
supplies at hand. Stay warm!
Ginger-lyn
John F. Eldredge
<jo...@jfeldredge.com> wrote:
>I am hoping that any snow in this area (Tennessee) holds off until
>after next week. My sister is driving from Virginia to Nashville this
>Friday, and will be here for several days. This is an 11-hour drive
>under good driving conditions, and can easily take much longer under
>icy or snowy conditions.
It looks like the prediction for next week is that Nashville will have
highs in the forties or low fifties, with lows around freezing, and
only minor precipitation.
My sister ended up deciding to drive from Richmond to Nashville
tomorrow morning, in one swell foop, rather than having to find a
hotel room somewhere (not easy at this time of the year).
polonca12000
I hope things have improved by now.
Lots and lots of purrs and best wishes for everyone affected,
Polonca and Soncek
polonca12000
> I was wondering how you were. We had the most heart wrenching posts from
> someone in Colorado Springs last night on the diabetes board. A lady found
> us because her friend had just brought home her cat with insulin yesterday
> morning. The cat began having siezures and because of the blizzard she
> couldn't get out, the friend couldn't get TO her. The vet had said nothing
> to her about hypoglycemia and she had no idea of what to do and
> unfortunately thought that the cat needed more insulin. We tried to help and
> there was a flurry of postings, but Louis died :( So here is this poor
> woman, stuck in a blizzard with her cat dead :( I'm still haunted terribly
> by it today. It makes me SOOOOOO angry. I see people come on the board all
> the time with vets that give lousy instructions on how to treat a cat with
> diabetes. How can you send a cat home with insulin an no instructions about
> recognizing hypoglycemia??? And yet I see it all the time "What's that?" or
> on mega doses of insulin, or well, grrrr. I could go on and on, but this was
> so horrible :(
>
> I'm glad you are ok. It just sounds like it is just awful there. Here in
> eastern NE all we are getting is rain and fog, but it's solid ice turning to
> snow out west.
>
> Hope you guys stay well and warm.
I'm so, so sorry to hear about Louis. How very sad! The vet really
should have told her about hypoglycemia.
Lots and lots of purrs and hugs,
Polonca and Soncek
polonca12000
> That is terrible. Poor little cat. I had a severe hypo last night and
> was sure I was going to die (that's the worst thing about hypos - as
> your BG goes down, your self-esteem also hits rock bottom) and it lasted
> for several hours. I can only imagine how scary and confusing it would
> be for a cat. Purrs for both cat and human, and dirty litterbox
> offerings to the ignorant (?) vet.
>
I hope you are feeling better now, Marina.
Lots of purrs and hugs,
Polonca and Soncek
CATherine
<polonc...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>CATherine wrote:
>
>>
>> I suppose Kansas and Nebraska are getting rain from what i saw on the
>> radar. I just hope the storm loses some of its oomph and moisture
>> before it moves into other states.
>>
>> --
>> CATherine
>
>I hope things have improved by now.
>Lots and lots of purrs and best wishes for everyone affected,
>Polonca and Soncek
The weather has ben mild since the storm moved on. The snow is
shrinking and the cleanup is making headway. At my house, though, the
drifts are so big that Jeff on the tractor with a blade still hasn't
reached it. My driveway is 1/3 mile long and that is now drivable...if
I had a car! The trouble is, a new storm is coming in Thursday with
more snow. All that work to do over again. :-(
--
CATherine
Marina
no risk of having a hypo at the moment. ;o) Quite the contrary.