Colorado - the Blizzard of 2009

It's Friday March 27th, 2009, and I must say, March came in like a lamb, (60's here in the Rocky mountains), and it is most certainly going out with the roar of a very loud lion! March 26th, 2009 marks the date of Colorado's spring blizzard of 2009, and it was a whopper!

Thursday March 26th, 2009, brought a huge storm, (the blizzard of 2009), into Colorado from the West. This storm packed a big punched, and arrived a bit earlier than most of us had expected. I woke around 5:00 am Thursday morning to find about 4-6 inches of snow already on the ground, and more snow falling real good at that point. The day progressed with the snow falling lightly at times, and at other times falling so heavy that visibility fell dangerously short! With blizzard conditions over more than half the state of Colorado on Thursday, the Governor isasued a state wide disaster declaration.

Of course you are to expect an accident here and there in these conditions, but on I-25 near the Wyoming border, they saw a 40+ car pile up according to the Colorado State Highway Patrol. You can read more about the pile up by going to, AOL News Also at CBS For Denver you can view other videos showing the blizzard of 2009, and it's effects on Colorado and her residents.

Airports in Colorado had their troubles as well. Denver International Airport as well as Colorado Springs airports had serious delay issues. According to KKTV.COM the Colorado Springs Airport website on Friday posted the following: "Colorado Springs Airport is open, however, we are experiencing some delays and cancellations with the latest winter storm. Please contact the appropriate airline for the latest information on your flight. " CBS4DENVER.COM, also reported numerous delays at Colorado Springs, and Denver International airports. Denver International Airport is also experiencing delays. An estimated 400 travelers were stranded at Denver International Airport Thursday night after the cancellation of 500 flights. You can view their delays here.

Besides the pile up, and airline cancellation's, there were numerous other cancellation's, all over the state of Colorado yesterday, from restaurants, and schools, to Church' s, and many other business.

According to the Colorado Springs Gazette, total snow falls for the blizzard of 2009 range from 2-6 inches in the city of Colorado Springs, to 19 inches and more in other parts of the state.

As for myself and my family, we are LOVING this! We woke Friday morning to more than a foot of snow on the ground, and it looked like a winter wonderland outside! Considering we live in the mountains, and it has been in the 50's and 60's for the better part of the winter with no snow to speak of for the most part, this snow was a welcome sight, and much needed too!

The blizzard of 2009 has certainly slowed life down here in Colorado, and in some areas, actually stopped daily activity for more than 24 hours. We all must look at the bright side of this blizzard though. Up until this week, we were way below our annual precipitation, (we still are, but it is certainly better than last week). This is not only bad for our state where water is concerned, it is also bad for our state, (especially the West side), where forest fires are concerned. Already this year we have had to fight forest fires here in the mountains. This weeks snow was very much needed, and we still need a lot more moisture to be at our average for the year!