Posts Tagged ‘blizzard’
Wednesday, October 24th, 2012 5:59am MDT
As we often experience, high winds in Colorado can cause conditions to deteriorate rapidly. They present a very real danger to life and property, especially when coupled with other winter conditions like snow. Why does it seem like we get so much wind in the winter? What causes this? How can you prepare and protect [...]
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Tags: blizzard, emergency preparedness, high winds, winter weather, winter weather driving
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Monday, October 22nd, 2012 8:45am MDT
Before hitting the road, Coloradans need to ensure that they and their vehicles are prepared should inclement weather strike. ThorntonWeather.com presents the first in a series from the National Weather Service (NWS) as part of Winter Weather Preparedness Week has declared by Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper. Check back throughout the week for more winter preparedness stories. Today’s message [...]
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Tags: blizzard, Colorado Weather, emergency preparedness, national weather service, snow storm
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Sunday, October 21st, 2012 6:52am MDT
Winter weather in Colorado can be an inconvenience but more than that it can be deadly. Emergency preparedness for major winter storms – as well as for other types of severe weather – is an important part of living in a state where conditions can change wildly from one moment to the next. To help [...]
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Tags: blizzard, Colorado Weather, emergency preparedness, national weather service, snow storm
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Sunday, September 4th, 2011 8:10am MDT
According to the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), the U.S. has seen a record number of billion dollar disasters in 2011. Thus far this year the nation has seen 10 such disasters and with hurricane season far from over, it seems likely the number will grow. The events range from the Groundhog Day Blizzard to [...]
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Tags: blizzard, Drought, earthquake, flooding, hurricane, NCDC, tornadoes
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Friday, December 31st, 2010 6:18am MDT
There is a lot that can be said about the weather in Colorado but ‘boring’ is not usually a term associated with it. Anyone who has lived in the Centennial State for very long quickly experiences a weather-related event that will give them memories for a lifetime. From major snowstorms and blizzards to tornadoes, wildfires, [...]
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Tags: blizzard, Drought, Hailstorm, record temperatures, Record Weather, snowstorm, tornadoes, wildfires, winter weather
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Monday, December 27th, 2010 4:52pm MDT
From the southern United States to the mid-Atlantic and New England a major winter storm has had a wide impact in recent days. Some areas of the south recorded their first Christmas snow in decades and as the storm moved further northeast it turned into a major blizzard. Snow fell as far south as Jacksonville, [...]
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Tags: blizzard, december weather, Denver Weather Examiner, Examiner.com, Natural Disasters Examiner, New York, Pennsylvania, winter weather
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Monday, December 20th, 2010 5:00pm MDT
As Christmas approaches everyone reflects on the past and for longtime Denver residents that oftentimes means remembering one of the most significant winter storms in the Mile High City’s history – the Christmas Eve Blizzard of 1982. This major winter storm has become the one by which all others are compared not only due to [...]
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Tags: blizzard, Christmas Eve Blizzard of 1982, december weather, Weather History, winter weather
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Sunday, March 28th, 2010 6:24am MDT
The northeastern United States has seen a winter of historical proportions as a seemingly endless stream of storms brought record setting levels of snowfall. NASA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) captured a series of these storms as they struck in February. The amazing time lapse video released by NASA covers the period from February 1st [...]
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Tags: blizzard, nasa, snowstorm
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Monday, February 15th, 2010 12:56pm MDT
Whether it is called ‘Snowmageddon’, ‘Snowpocalypse’ or any other array of the names, the amazing series of winter storms that have struck the Mid-Atlantic States has been nothing short of astounding. Two storms struck the region in less than a week and NASA satellites have captured images of what the scene looks like from space [...]
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Tags: Baltimore, blizzard, February weather, nasa, New York City, Philadelphia, snow, Washington DC, winter weather
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Thursday, February 11th, 2010 4:39pm MDT
The history making snowstorm that pushed many East Coast cities’ snow totals into the record books has moved out. Now residents begin the monumental task of digging out from snow depths the likes of which have never been seen. Philadelphia, Washington D.C., and Baltimore were just some of the major cities on the east coast [...]
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Tags: blizzard, Examiner.com, February weather, Natural Disasters Examiner, snowstorm, winter weather
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