On December 20, 2006 a rather severe Blizzard hit Colorado and surrounding states. It pretty much ground Colorado to a full stop. Please go to <a href="http://orrn.wordpress.com/2007/01/19/christmas-blizzard-of-2006-fort-collins-co/" target= "_blank">my trail blogging site</a> (opens a new window) for a full description of the event. http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210138/123380694_PVrTV-Ti.jpg http://geoffw.smugmug.com/gallery/2356105_edAoy/ 2007-01-15T04:13:11Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com">Geoff Weatherford (geoffw)</a><br />I took these pictures right after I got home (loosely speaking : ). So, it's much worse now (which is why they sent us home early). They are expecting winds up to 35 mph and 2-3 feet of sn ...</p><p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/2356105_edAoy#123372492_VwxN5" title="I took these pictures right after I got home (loosely speaking : ). So, it's much worse now (which is why they sent us home early). They are expecting winds up to 35 mph and 2-3 feet of sn ..."><img src="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC200126/123372492_VwxN5-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="I took these pictures right after I got home (loosely speaking : ). So, it's much worse now (which is why they sent us home early). They are expecting winds up to 35 mph and 2-3 feet of sn ..." title="I took these pictures right after I got home (loosely speaking : ). So, it's much worse now (which is why they sent us home early). They are expecting winds up to 35 mph and 2-3 feet of sn ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-12T08:54:03Z Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) http://geoffw.smugmug.com http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC200126/123372492_VwxN5-Th.jpg 2006-12-20 13:04:03 <p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com">Geoff Weatherford (geoffw)</a><br />OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</p><p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/2356105_edAoy#123372102_2qf3n" title="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA"><img src="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC200128/123372102_2qf3n-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA" title="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-12T08:48:02Z Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) http://geoffw.smugmug.com http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC200128/123372102_2qf3n-Th.jpg 2006-12-20 13:11:46 <p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com">Geoff Weatherford (geoffw)</a><br />Christmas Blizzard of 2006, Fort Collins, Colorado. So, this is what it looked like from just outside my apartment on Thursday morning (the first 4 photos are all prior to sunrise). Pretty ...</p><p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/2356105_edAoy#123380694_PVrTV" title="Christmas Blizzard of 2006, Fort Collins, Colorado. So, this is what it looked like from just outside my apartment on Thursday morning (the first 4 photos are all prior to sunrise). Pretty ..."><img src="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210138/123380694_PVrTV-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="Christmas Blizzard of 2006, Fort Collins, Colorado. So, this is what it looked like from just outside my apartment on Thursday morning (the first 4 photos are all prior to sunrise). Pretty ..." title="Christmas Blizzard of 2006, Fort Collins, Colorado. So, this is what it looked like from just outside my apartment on Thursday morning (the first 4 photos are all prior to sunrise). Pretty ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-14T18:53:05Z Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) http://geoffw.smugmug.com http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210138/123380694_PVrTV-Th.jpg 2006-12-21 07:21:56 40.58640241360000 -105.07985115100000 0 <p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com">Geoff Weatherford (geoffw)</a><br />And this is what Drake looked like. They had been able to keep it plowed, but there was not much in the way of traffic for 2 reasons. First, look at the above picture. Next, except for th ...</p><p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/2356105_edAoy#123381022_nbrBG" title="And this is what Drake looked like. They had been able to keep it plowed, but there was not much in the way of traffic for 2 reasons. First, look at the above picture. Next, except for th ..."><img src="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210141/123381022_nbrBG-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="And this is what Drake looked like. They had been able to keep it plowed, but there was not much in the way of traffic for 2 reasons. First, look at the above picture. Next, except for th ..." title="And this is what Drake looked like. They had been able to keep it plowed, but there was not much in the way of traffic for 2 reasons. First, look at the above picture. Next, except for th ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-12T09:02:57Z Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) http://geoffw.smugmug.com http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210141/123381022_nbrBG-Th.jpg 2006-12-21 07:24:16 <p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com">Geoff Weatherford (geoffw)</a><br />Another shot. Some nice snow sculptures. Most of what you see here stayed that way pretty much all day (and most of the next). Some people spent the entire day attempting to get out. Onl ...</p><p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/2356105_edAoy#123381498_PNmXd" title="Another shot. Some nice snow sculptures. Most of what you see here stayed that way pretty much all day (and most of the next). Some people spent the entire day attempting to get out. Onl ..."><img src="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210144/123381498_PNmXd-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="Another shot. Some nice snow sculptures. Most of what you see here stayed that way pretty much all day (and most of the next). Some people spent the entire day attempting to get out. Onl ..." title="Another shot. Some nice snow sculptures. Most of what you see here stayed that way pretty much all day (and most of the next). Some people spent the entire day attempting to get out. Onl ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-12T08:46:22Z Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) http://geoffw.smugmug.com http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210144/123381498_PNmXd-Th.jpg 2006-12-21 07:29:39 <p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com">Geoff Weatherford (geoffw)</a><br />Bike with Ms Santa Claus in the background with dog.</p><p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/2356105_edAoy#123381817_qrao4" title="Bike with Ms Santa Claus in the background with dog."><img src="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210148/123381817_qrao4-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="Bike with Ms Santa Claus in the background with dog." title="Bike with Ms Santa Claus in the background with dog." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-12T08:55:02Z Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) http://geoffw.smugmug.com http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210148/123381817_qrao4-Th.jpg 2006-12-21 07:31:46 <p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com">Geoff Weatherford (geoffw)</a><br />The only exit out of the entire apartment complex. There are another couple of big pickups with 4 wheel drive and really big snow tires. Also, they got out early when the snow was not as w ...</p><p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/2356105_edAoy#123382380_jrkAf" title="The only exit out of the entire apartment complex. There are another couple of big pickups with 4 wheel drive and really big snow tires. Also, they got out early when the snow was not as w ..."><img src="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210149/123382380_jrkAf-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="The only exit out of the entire apartment complex. There are another couple of big pickups with 4 wheel drive and really big snow tires. Also, they got out early when the snow was not as w ..." title="The only exit out of the entire apartment complex. There are another couple of big pickups with 4 wheel drive and really big snow tires. Also, they got out early when the snow was not as w ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-12T08:49:04Z Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) http://geoffw.smugmug.com http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210149/123382380_jrkAf-Th.jpg 2006-12-21 09:41:42 <p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com">Geoff Weatherford (geoffw)</a><br />Here is what the Sunflower market parking area looked like. So, not exactly clean of snow, but they got a few places scraped clean. No, no stores opened here all day.</p><p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/2356105_edAoy#123383854_tvHk9" title="Here is what the Sunflower market parking area looked like. So, not exactly clean of snow, but they got a few places scraped clean. No, no stores opened here all day."><img src="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210154/123383854_tvHk9-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="Here is what the Sunflower market parking area looked like. So, not exactly clean of snow, but they got a few places scraped clean. No, no stores opened here all day." title="Here is what the Sunflower market parking area looked like. So, not exactly clean of snow, but they got a few places scraped clean. No, no stores opened here all day." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-14T18:53:27Z Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) http://geoffw.smugmug.com http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210154/123383854_tvHk9-Th.jpg 2006-12-21 09:44:57 <p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com">Geoff Weatherford (geoffw)</a><br />Looking down the road between Sunflower market area (on the left) and the apartments (on the right). People attempted to go down the road, but they did not get very far. More on that later ...</p><p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/2356105_edAoy#123382975_m7QgW" title="Looking down the road between Sunflower market area (on the left) and the apartments (on the right). People attempted to go down the road, but they did not get very far. More on that later ..."><img src="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210151/123382975_m7QgW-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="Looking down the road between Sunflower market area (on the left) and the apartments (on the right). People attempted to go down the road, but they did not get very far. More on that later ..." title="Looking down the road between Sunflower market area (on the left) and the apartments (on the right). People attempted to go down the road, but they did not get very far. More on that later ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-12T09:05:58Z Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) http://geoffw.smugmug.com http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210151/123382975_m7QgW-Th.jpg 2006-12-21 09:42:58 <p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com">Geoff Weatherford (geoffw)</a><br />Here is a zoom shot. I think one person made it through and so others tried to follow.</p><p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/2356105_edAoy#123383489_9iByU" title="Here is a zoom shot. I think one person made it through and so others tried to follow."><img src="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210153/123383489_9iByU-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="Here is a zoom shot. I think one person made it through and so others tried to follow." title="Here is a zoom shot. I think one person made it through and so others tried to follow." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-14T18:55:24Z Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) http://geoffw.smugmug.com http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210153/123383489_9iByU-Th.jpg 2006-12-21 09:43:09 <p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com">Geoff Weatherford (geoffw)</a><br />A shot down Lemay at around 10-11am. Hmmm. Not too busy. Oh look. I see some traffic coming that I better watch out for..............</p><p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/2356105_edAoy#123384226_JpVCh" title="A shot down Lemay at around 10-11am. Hmmm. Not too busy. Oh look. I see some traffic coming that I better watch out for.............."><img src="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210155/123384226_JpVCh-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="A shot down Lemay at around 10-11am. Hmmm. Not too busy. Oh look. I see some traffic coming that I better watch out for.............." title="A shot down Lemay at around 10-11am. Hmmm. Not too busy. Oh look. I see some traffic coming that I better watch out for.............." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-14T05:36:20Z Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) http://geoffw.smugmug.com http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210155/123384226_JpVCh-Th.jpg 2006-12-21 09:50:06 <p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com">Geoff Weatherford (geoffw)</a><br />Ooops. My zoom in shows me it's only a jogger : )</p><p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/2356105_edAoy#123384600_MX8h8" title="Ooops. My zoom in shows me it's only a jogger : )"><img src="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210156/123384600_MX8h8-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="Ooops. My zoom in shows me it's only a jogger : )" title="Ooops. My zoom in shows me it's only a jogger : )" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-14T18:56:46Z Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) http://geoffw.smugmug.com http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210156/123384600_MX8h8-Th.jpg 2006-12-21 09:50:13 <p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com">Geoff Weatherford (geoffw)</a><br />Anyway, continuing on my walk ( I was making a large circle through the neighborhood). Actually, it was kinda pretty. No problem with having a white Christmas this year. If you peak throu ...</p><p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/2356105_edAoy#123384974_kcRQS" title="Anyway, continuing on my walk ( I was making a large circle through the neighborhood). Actually, it was kinda pretty. No problem with having a white Christmas this year. If you peak throu ..."><img src="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210160/123384974_kcRQS-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="Anyway, continuing on my walk ( I was making a large circle through the neighborhood). Actually, it was kinda pretty. No problem with having a white Christmas this year. If you peak throu ..." title="Anyway, continuing on my walk ( I was making a large circle through the neighborhood). Actually, it was kinda pretty. No problem with having a white Christmas this year. If you peak throu ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-12T09:00:40Z Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) http://geoffw.smugmug.com http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210160/123384974_kcRQS-Th.jpg 2006-12-21 09:52:53 <p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com">Geoff Weatherford (geoffw)</a><br />...........cars. They are not covered as thoroughly as the blizzard did when Josie was here. But, they ain't going nowhere for a while : )</p><p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/2356105_edAoy#123385326_EuUnZ" title="...........cars. They are not covered as thoroughly as the blizzard did when Josie was here. But, they ain't going nowhere for a while : )"><img src="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210161/123385326_EuUnZ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="...........cars. They are not covered as thoroughly as the blizzard did when Josie was here. But, they ain't going nowhere for a while : )" title="...........cars. They are not covered as thoroughly as the blizzard did when Josie was here. But, they ain't going nowhere for a while : )" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-14T18:53:53Z Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) http://geoffw.smugmug.com http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210161/123385326_EuUnZ-Th.jpg 2006-12-21 09:53:24 <p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com">Geoff Weatherford (geoffw)</a><br />Woodward Govenor's (across from the apartments) main entrance. Not much activity there today : )</p><p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/2356105_edAoy#123376859_P5t2M" title="Woodward Govenor's (across from the apartments) main entrance. Not much activity there today : )"><img src="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210191/123376859_P5t2M-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="Woodward Govenor's (across from the apartments) main entrance. Not much activity there today : )" title="Woodward Govenor's (across from the apartments) main entrance. Not much activity there today : )" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-14T18:55:45Z Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) http://geoffw.smugmug.com http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210191/123376859_P5t2M-Th.jpg 2006-12-21 10:25:19 <p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com">Geoff Weatherford (geoffw)</a><br />Lots of people did not even bother coming outside at first. Stuck in front of the TV, I guess.</p><p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/2356105_edAoy#123385771_WFeux" title="Lots of people did not even bother coming outside at first. Stuck in front of the TV, I guess."><img src="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210162/123385771_WFeux-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="Lots of people did not even bother coming outside at first. Stuck in front of the TV, I guess." title="Lots of people did not even bother coming outside at first. Stuck in front of the TV, I guess." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-12T09:01:29Z Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) http://geoffw.smugmug.com http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210162/123385771_WFeux-Th.jpg 2006-12-21 09:55:22 <p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com">Geoff Weatherford (geoffw)</a><br />Another shot. This particular intersection caused a lot of trouble for 2 days. More on that.</p><p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/2356105_edAoy#123386195_Y3spt" title="Another shot. This particular intersection caused a lot of trouble for 2 days. More on that."><img src="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210163/123386195_Y3spt-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="Another shot. This particular intersection caused a lot of trouble for 2 days. More on that." title="Another shot. This particular intersection caused a lot of trouble for 2 days. More on that." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-12T08:46:06Z Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) http://geoffw.smugmug.com http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210163/123386195_Y3spt-Th.jpg 2006-12-21 09:58:03 <p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com">Geoff Weatherford (geoffw)</a><br />Some people did have the ability to plow the sidewalks. Even though they couldn't drive their cars I guess it was better than nothing. Gave them a good feeling for having spent a lot of mo ...</p><p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/2356105_edAoy#123386567_StSWd" title="Some people did have the ability to plow the sidewalks. Even though they couldn't drive their cars I guess it was better than nothing. Gave them a good feeling for having spent a lot of mo ..."><img src="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210164/123386567_StSWd-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="Some people did have the ability to plow the sidewalks. Even though they couldn't drive their cars I guess it was better than nothing. Gave them a good feeling for having spent a lot of mo ..." title="Some people did have the ability to plow the sidewalks. Even though they couldn't drive their cars I guess it was better than nothing. Gave them a good feeling for having spent a lot of mo ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-14T05:18:37Z Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) http://geoffw.smugmug.com http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210164/123386567_StSWd-Th.jpg 2006-12-21 09:59:27 <p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com">Geoff Weatherford (geoffw)</a><br />There's one in action.</p><p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/2356105_edAoy#123373059_oDqED" title="There's one in action."><img src="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210165/123373059_oDqED-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="There's one in action." title="There's one in action." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-12T09:15:43Z Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) http://geoffw.smugmug.com http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210165/123373059_oDqED-Th.jpg 2006-12-21 10:05:55 <p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com">Geoff Weatherford (geoffw)</a><br />Yah. Here's Stover. That vehicle on the right was trying to make it down the street and decided to just back up, park, and walk the rest of the way.</p><p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/2356105_edAoy#123373567_9Y9C7" title="Yah. Here's Stover. That vehicle on the right was trying to make it down the street and decided to just back up, park, and walk the rest of the way."><img src="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210168/123373567_9Y9C7-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="Yah. Here's Stover. That vehicle on the right was trying to make it down the street and decided to just back up, park, and walk the rest of the way." title="Yah. Here's Stover. That vehicle on the right was trying to make it down the street and decided to just back up, park, and walk the rest of the way." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-12T08:53:15Z Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) http://geoffw.smugmug.com http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210168/123373567_9Y9C7-Th.jpg 2006-12-21 10:09:47 <p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com">Geoff Weatherford (geoffw)</a><br />Of course, for a lot of people, there was at least one reason why they had to go outside once or twice a day.</p><p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/2356105_edAoy#123373960_gE2Ph" title="Of course, for a lot of people, there was at least one reason why they had to go outside once or twice a day."><img src="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210169/123373960_gE2Ph-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="Of course, for a lot of people, there was at least one reason why they had to go outside once or twice a day." title="Of course, for a lot of people, there was at least one reason why they had to go outside once or twice a day." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-14T18:57:32Z Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) http://geoffw.smugmug.com http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210169/123373960_gE2Ph-Th.jpg 2006-12-21 10:13:14 <p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com">Geoff Weatherford (geoffw)</a><br />Another apartment complex just down the road from us.</p><p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/2356105_edAoy#123374364_sTR6H" title="Another apartment complex just down the road from us."><img src="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210171/123374364_sTR6H-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="Another apartment complex just down the road from us." title="Another apartment complex just down the road from us." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-12T08:52:26Z Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) http://geoffw.smugmug.com http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210171/123374364_sTR6H-Th.jpg 2006-12-21 10:13:42 <p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com">Geoff Weatherford (geoffw)</a><br />This thing isn't going anywhere for a while : )</p><p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/2356105_edAoy#123374868_agstW" title="This thing isn't going anywhere for a while : )"><img src="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210174/123374868_agstW-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="This thing isn't going anywhere for a while : )" title="This thing isn't going anywhere for a while : )" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-12T08:55:39Z Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) http://geoffw.smugmug.com http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210174/123374868_agstW-Th.jpg 2006-12-21 10:15:20 <p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com">Geoff Weatherford (geoffw)</a><br />And here I am back at Lemay. I got so "into" taking this picture that I forgot I needed to step away from the road or get covered with snow : ) Luckily he slowed down till I backed up.</p><p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/2356105_edAoy#123375377_fWh8Y" title="And here I am back at Lemay. I got so "into" taking this picture that I forgot I needed to step away from the road or get covered with snow : ) Luckily he slowed down till I backed up."><img src="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210178/123375377_fWh8Y-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="And here I am back at Lemay. I got so "into" taking this picture that I forgot I needed to step away from the road or get covered with snow : ) Luckily he slowed down till I backed up." title="And here I am back at Lemay. I got so "into" taking this picture that I forgot I needed to step away from the road or get covered with snow : ) Luckily he slowed down till I backed up." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-12T09:02:52Z Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) http://geoffw.smugmug.com http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210178/123375377_fWh8Y-Th.jpg 2006-12-21 10:16:47 <p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com">Geoff Weatherford (geoffw)</a><br />After the snow plow had passed I took a zoomed photo down Drake (looking west obviously : ) The traffic pattern you see is what was pretty normal all day. Mostly made up of people walking ...</p><p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/2356105_edAoy#123375835_jNtev" title="After the snow plow had passed I took a zoomed photo down Drake (looking west obviously : ) The traffic pattern you see is what was pretty normal all day. Mostly made up of people walking ..."><img src="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210181/123375835_jNtev-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="After the snow plow had passed I took a zoomed photo down Drake (looking west obviously : ) The traffic pattern you see is what was pretty normal all day. Mostly made up of people walking ..." title="After the snow plow had passed I took a zoomed photo down Drake (looking west obviously : ) The traffic pattern you see is what was pretty normal all day. Mostly made up of people walking ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-14T05:44:52Z Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) http://geoffw.smugmug.com http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210181/123375835_jNtev-Th.jpg 2006-12-21 10:17:24 <p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com">Geoff Weatherford (geoffw)</a><br />They had everything that could move snow out and working. This one is having a little trouble making a u-turn : )</p><p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/2356105_edAoy#123376431_7jkZc" title="They had everything that could move snow out and working. This one is having a little trouble making a u-turn : )"><img src="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210187/123376431_7jkZc-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="They had everything that could move snow out and working. This one is having a little trouble making a u-turn : )" title="They had everything that could move snow out and working. This one is having a little trouble making a u-turn : )" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-12T08:47:47Z Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) http://geoffw.smugmug.com http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210187/123376431_7jkZc-Th.jpg 2006-12-21 10:19:59 <p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com">Geoff Weatherford (geoffw)</a><br />Well, I'm almost back to the entrance to the apartments. Oops. What's that parked at the non-entrance to the apartments?</p><p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/2356105_edAoy#123377390_zWAiN" title="Well, I'm almost back to the entrance to the apartments. Oops. What's that parked at the non-entrance to the apartments?"><img src="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210193/123377390_zWAiN-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="Well, I'm almost back to the entrance to the apartments. Oops. What's that parked at the non-entrance to the apartments?" title="Well, I'm almost back to the entrance to the apartments. Oops. What's that parked at the non-entrance to the apartments?" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-14T05:27:13Z Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) http://geoffw.smugmug.com http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210193/123377390_zWAiN-Th.jpg 2006-12-21 10:25:59 <p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com">Geoff Weatherford (geoffw)</a><br />All right. We are going to be saved!</p><p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/2356105_edAoy#123377814_eFy57" title="All right. We are going to be saved!"><img src="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210194/123377814_eFy57-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="All right. We are going to be saved!" title="All right. We are going to be saved!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-14T05:34:47Z Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) http://geoffw.smugmug.com http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210194/123377814_eFy57-Th.jpg 2006-12-21 10:26:12 <p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com">Geoff Weatherford (geoffw)</a><br />Uh, rescuing a little old lady? Actually, no. One of their buddy's vehicle is stuck in the apartment's parking lot (guess he lives there). So, they arrived to dig him out (took around an ...</p><p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/2356105_edAoy#123378252_SAWmu" title="Uh, rescuing a little old lady? Actually, no. One of their buddy's vehicle is stuck in the apartment's parking lot (guess he lives there). So, they arrived to dig him out (took around an ..."><img src="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210196/123378252_SAWmu-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="Uh, rescuing a little old lady? Actually, no. One of their buddy's vehicle is stuck in the apartment's parking lot (guess he lives there). So, they arrived to dig him out (took around an ..." title="Uh, rescuing a little old lady? Actually, no. One of their buddy's vehicle is stuck in the apartment's parking lot (guess he lives there). So, they arrived to dig him out (took around an ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-12T09:04:16Z Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) http://geoffw.smugmug.com http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210196/123378252_SAWmu-Th.jpg 2006-12-21 10:26:22 <p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com">Geoff Weatherford (geoffw)</a><br />A little later on that afternoon I dug out my truck. Most of the time was spent just digging out around the front tires to get the chains on. Here it is parked over in Sunflower's parking ...</p><p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/2356105_edAoy#123378815_3HhnX" title="A little later on that afternoon I dug out my truck. Most of the time was spent just digging out around the front tires to get the chains on. Here it is parked over in Sunflower's parking ..."><img src="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210198/123378815_3HhnX-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="A little later on that afternoon I dug out my truck. Most of the time was spent just digging out around the front tires to get the chains on. Here it is parked over in Sunflower's parking ..." title="A little later on that afternoon I dug out my truck. Most of the time was spent just digging out around the front tires to get the chains on. Here it is parked over in Sunflower's parking ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-12T08:43:01Z Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) http://geoffw.smugmug.com http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210198/123378815_3HhnX-Th.jpg 2006-12-21 15:36:06 <p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com">Geoff Weatherford (geoffw)</a><br />Close up of the chains. So, I need another set of chains. Some better tires when I get these replace (mud and snow maybe). And lockers. If I'd been prepared, I could have made some money ...</p><p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/2356105_edAoy#123379431_YnUWn" title="Close up of the chains. So, I need another set of chains. Some better tires when I get these replace (mud and snow maybe). And lockers. If I'd been prepared, I could have made some money ..."><img src="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210199/123379431_YnUWn-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="Close up of the chains. So, I need another set of chains. Some better tires when I get these replace (mud and snow maybe). And lockers. If I'd been prepared, I could have made some money ..." title="Close up of the chains. So, I need another set of chains. Some better tires when I get these replace (mud and snow maybe). And lockers. If I'd been prepared, I could have made some money ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-12T08:51:51Z Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) http://geoffw.smugmug.com http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210199/123379431_YnUWn-Th.jpg 2006-12-21 15:36:16 <p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com">Geoff Weatherford (geoffw)</a><br />Some people decided that since the snow was available, enjoy it : )</p><p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/2356105_edAoy#123380115_Z33ib" title="Some people decided that since the snow was available, enjoy it : )"><img src="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210203/123380115_Z33ib-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="Some people decided that since the snow was available, enjoy it : )" title="Some people decided that since the snow was available, enjoy it : )" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-12T08:48:49Z Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) http://geoffw.smugmug.com http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC210203/123380115_Z33ib-Th.jpg 2006-12-21 15:40:47 <p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com">Geoff Weatherford (geoffw)</a><br />Anyway, about that intersection/street I kept saying "more later"? Well, it was now Friday and people are expecting to be able to drive where they want to. Problem is, NONE of the streets h ...</p><p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/2356105_edAoy#123389602_aebzU" title="Anyway, about that intersection/street I kept saying "more later"? Well, it was now Friday and people are expecting to be able to drive where they want to. Problem is, NONE of the streets h ..."><img src="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC220001/123389602_aebzU-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="Anyway, about that intersection/street I kept saying "more later"? Well, it was now Friday and people are expecting to be able to drive where they want to. Problem is, NONE of the streets h ..." title="Anyway, about that intersection/street I kept saying "more later"? Well, it was now Friday and people are expecting to be able to drive where they want to. Problem is, NONE of the streets h ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-12T09:02:42Z Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) http://geoffw.smugmug.com http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC220001/123389602_aebzU-Th.jpg 2006-12-22 12:53:42 <p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com">Geoff Weatherford (geoffw)</a><br />Here is a zoomed-in photo of people having fun : ) To be honest, I did not see anyone (not one single person) get upset the entire 2 days. They just got stuck, worked it out, then went on ...</p><p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/2356105_edAoy#123390184_c6wdg" title="Here is a zoomed-in photo of people having fun : ) To be honest, I did not see anyone (not one single person) get upset the entire 2 days. They just got stuck, worked it out, then went on ..."><img src="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC220002/123390184_c6wdg-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="Here is a zoomed-in photo of people having fun : ) To be honest, I did not see anyone (not one single person) get upset the entire 2 days. They just got stuck, worked it out, then went on ..." title="Here is a zoomed-in photo of people having fun : ) To be honest, I did not see anyone (not one single person) get upset the entire 2 days. They just got stuck, worked it out, then went on ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-14T05:26:17Z Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) http://geoffw.smugmug.com http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC220002/123390184_c6wdg-Th.jpg 2006-12-22 12:54:02 <p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com">Geoff Weatherford (geoffw)</a><br />Not sure where they located the tractor, but whatever works : )</p><p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/2356105_edAoy#123390815_dPm22" title="Not sure where they located the tractor, but whatever works : )"><img src="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC220005/123390815_dPm22-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="Not sure where they located the tractor, but whatever works : )" title="Not sure where they located the tractor, but whatever works : )" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-14T05:29:40Z Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) http://geoffw.smugmug.com http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC220005/123390815_dPm22-Th.jpg 2006-12-22 13:05:08 <p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com">Geoff Weatherford (geoffw)</a><br />Normal looking neighborhood street. By now there was usually a set of tracks down the middle of a street. You still saw people sliding off into the deep stuff and getting stuck. Delivery ...</p><p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/2356105_edAoy#123387061_MTazj" title="Normal looking neighborhood street. By now there was usually a set of tracks down the middle of a street. You still saw people sliding off into the deep stuff and getting stuck. Delivery ..."><img src="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC220006/123387061_MTazj-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="Normal looking neighborhood street. By now there was usually a set of tracks down the middle of a street. You still saw people sliding off into the deep stuff and getting stuck. Delivery ..." title="Normal looking neighborhood street. By now there was usually a set of tracks down the middle of a street. You still saw people sliding off into the deep stuff and getting stuck. Delivery ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-12T08:53:41Z Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) http://geoffw.smugmug.com http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC220006/123387061_MTazj-Th.jpg 2006-12-22 13:12:20 <p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com">Geoff Weatherford (geoffw)</a><br />Really nice fort.</p><p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/2356105_edAoy#123387565_JUUmG" title="Really nice fort."><img src="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC220007/123387565_JUUmG-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="Really nice fort." title="Really nice fort." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-12T08:47:30Z Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) http://geoffw.smugmug.com http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC220007/123387565_JUUmG-Th.jpg 2006-12-22 13:16:22 <p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com">Geoff Weatherford (geoffw)</a><br />It was actually pretty warm (around 30 degrees F). This was a popular spot for both squirrels and birds. I managed to catch that one bird perfectly : ) Darn, just saw that there are not o ...</p><p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/2356105_edAoy#123388107_nUmvK" title="It was actually pretty warm (around 30 degrees F). This was a popular spot for both squirrels and birds. I managed to catch that one bird perfectly : ) Darn, just saw that there are not o ..."><img src="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC220009/123388107_nUmvK-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="It was actually pretty warm (around 30 degrees F). This was a popular spot for both squirrels and birds. I managed to catch that one bird perfectly : ) Darn, just saw that there are not o ..." title="It was actually pretty warm (around 30 degrees F). This was a popular spot for both squirrels and birds. I managed to catch that one bird perfectly : ) Darn, just saw that there are not o ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-12T08:42:21Z Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) http://geoffw.smugmug.com http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC220009/123388107_nUmvK-Th.jpg 2006-12-22 13:46:38 <p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com">Geoff Weatherford (geoffw)</a><br />I think he was having fun.</p><p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/2356105_edAoy#123388626_9jQmD" title="I think he was having fun."><img src="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC220016/123388626_9jQmD-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="I think he was having fun." title="I think he was having fun." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-12T09:06:15Z Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) http://geoffw.smugmug.com http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC220016/123388626_9jQmD-Th.jpg 2006-12-22 13:48:35 <p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com">Geoff Weatherford (geoffw)</a><br />There's a pattern in all this.</p><p><a href="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/2356105_edAoy#123389076_VbQ95" title="There's a pattern in all this."><img src="http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC220020/123389076_VbQ95-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="There's a pattern in all this." title="There's a pattern in all this." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-12T08:42:50Z Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) http://geoffw.smugmug.com http://geoffw.smugmug.com/Fort-Collins-Colorado/Christmas-Blizzard-of-2006/PC220020/123389076_VbQ95-Th.jpg 2006-12-22 13:50:46