</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Originally posted by sweater:
[qb]I don't want to minimize what Kevin's going through - he's way more BFE than me - but boy do we need this stuff.
[QB]</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Well, part of it is, I've never seen it like this. We've only lived in Colorado for 5 years. Before that, we were in New Mexico and the largest dump we got was 3 feet in about 12 hours.

I'm enjoying this, but there is a bit of fear to go with it. I dont think we are in danger at all, we have food, water and lots of blankets. I guess what is really bugging me is that the town we live in only has a population of 500 and my closest neighbor is about a half mile away. Earlier, I could see their kids out playing.

We really need the moisture, I just dont like being trapped. I could probably make it to the city if I tried, but the highway is closed as well as icy and very low visibility. The wind is just insane!!! At the worst, visibility was down to around 50 feet.

When the wind died earlier, I got outside and got some good pictures, including one of my wife between the fence (in the lee) and a HUGE snowbank on the other side. The way the wind was blowing, there was a gap about 2 feet wide between the fence and the snow. It was over her head and she is 5'7".

Its kinda cool to be snowed in. Glad we always keep plenty of food, oil lamps and stuff like that on hand. I guess its part of living out in the middle of BFE. You are prepared for most anything.

Its 6PM, and the weather map shows more snow moving in.

Kevin