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Winter makes an appearance
By Nicole Chillino
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Winter is here and already has made itself heard, loud and clear.
Snow struck northern El Paso County quickly and powerfully Oct. 28-29, managed to give kids in school districts 20 and 38 two days off, with D-38 taking Oct. 30 off, too, and gave road crews a couple long days of clearing the streets.
By 9 a.m. Oct. 28 road conditions already were deteriorating, and the farther north one traveled, the worse they got.
The Black Forest Fire Rescue Protection District canceled a training exercise the evening of Oct. 28 because of the snow.
Monument’s crews started at 4 a.m. Oct. 28 and worked around the clock throughout the storm, said Rich Landreth, public works director. Each day there were two to three plows and as many as five pieces of equipment out on the roads.
Although crews had to fight with the wind to clear the streets, they did a great job, he said.
“We can keep up with the snow, but the wind just drifts behind us,” Landreth said.
Robert Denboske, Tri-Lakes Monument Fire Protection District chief, said things had been pretty quiet as of the afternoon on Oct. 29. Crews had responded to a couple incidents, but only one traffic accident.
Road conditions declined beginning at 4 p.m. Oct. 28 and got worse after whiteout conditions from midnight to 5 p.m. on Oct. 29, he said. The department’s crews always prepare for weather when they hear it is expected, and it already had made sure its equipment was ready.
Helping the department were the residents who did not drive, unless they needed to, Denboske said.
“The drivers that were out seemed to take their time,” he said. “I hope that the rest of our winter season goes the way this one did.”
Winter is here and already has made itself heard, loud and clear.
Snow struck northern El Paso County quickly and powerfully Oct. 28-29, managed to give kids in school districts 20 and 38 two days off, with D-38 taking Oct. 30 off, too, and gave road crews a couple long days of clearing the streets.
By 9 a.m. Oct. 28 road conditions already were deteriorating, and the farther north one traveled, the worse they got.
The Black Forest Fire Rescue Protection District canceled a training exercise the evening of Oct. 28 because of the snow.
Monument’s crews started at 4 a.m. Oct. 28 and worked around the clock throughout the storm, said Rich Landreth, public works director. Each day there were two to three plows and as many as five pieces of equipment out on the roads.
Although crews had to fight with the wind to clear the streets, they did a great job, he said.
“We can keep up with the snow, but the wind just drifts behind us,” Landreth said.
Robert Denboske, Tri-Lakes Monument Fire Protection District chief, said things had been pretty quiet as of the afternoon on Oct. 29. Crews had responded to a couple incidents, but only one traffic accident.
Road conditions declined beginning at 4 p.m. Oct. 28 and got worse after whiteout conditions from midnight to 5 p.m. on Oct. 29, he said. The department’s crews always prepare for weather when they hear it is expected, and it already had made sure its equipment was ready.
Helping the department were the residents who did not drive, unless they needed to, Denboske said.
“The drivers that were out seemed to take their time,” he said. “I hope that the rest of our winter season goes the way this one did.”
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