So for those of you wondering why these cars are all abandoned with so little snow on the ground , the reason is that visibility was practically ZERO for hours on this road and not much better anywhere else during the blizzard. This road is located east of Colorado Springs and I believe it is considered to be in the "plains", meaning the particular location of this road can make it very susceptible to poor visibility, snow drifts etc. Quick Explanation of the events: th-cam.com/video/KOg3t7XeALg/w-d-xo.html Example of visibility: th-cam.com/video/9h9_WUYuWDw/w-d-xo.html Rescue Footage: th-cam.com/video/Ee-hvHVaSc8/w-d-xo.html
Many simply don't understand blizzards because they've never experienced one. We had a blizzard here in Minnesota with blue sunny skies not even snowing but a blizzard warning. Blizzard = high winds blowing snow whether it's snowing or not
Ya as a canadian we deal with this not easy but how did everyone get home i dont get how so many abandoned cars but so little people what did they do walk?
Would the parallel President Trumps assertions that global warming, is fake news ? I cried when I departed Colorado, in 89'. That 'Rocky Mountain High,' was jus too far from family in New England.
These comments are priceless!!!! Real Coloradans know to stay home, make sure you have the essentials on hand 24 hours before the snow shows up, curl up with your dog, get the fireplace going, and read a good book, or watch a movie if you haven’t lost power.
This is why you buy groceries, something to drink, something to smoke, charge up the batteries and bring in some wood for the fire and just stay home for a few days. Let it snow and blow itself out and melt away in a couple of days Gotta love Colorado!
Thats what i was thinking. Im in ohio and we get extreme winters and extreme summers. Whrn we get snow and below 0 temps we know its coming so we hit the grocery store and call off work because no job is worth me risking my life over, and hunker down at home. I wouldnt be out on some dam highway.
@@noahpalmblad8121 doesn't matter where ur from... blizzards are blizzards and are dangerous to drive in them. Wisest thing to do is stay home while it's snowing and blowing. Period.
I sure don't miss that road when I use to live in blackforest I took that road so many times.. Makes your nuts get tight durning those snows storms.. Lol. Good video.
Wow! We have really rough winters here but I’ve still never seen anything quite like this! We’ve actually had a mild winter this year (knock on wood). Thank you for sharing.
I was mesmerized with that drive and glad you shared the stillness of abandonment on that blustery day . It was interesting to see where people decided to abandon their vehicles and how you wound your way around the ones in the road. I think I will watch it again.
Thats the same day I decided to go solo camping near estes park. got down to -10 outside my tent. went ice fishing in the morning and had a great time. what's the problem here?
I was in the middle of this up in Monument. What a mess. There are still cars stuck and blocking roads. The whiteout was so bad, I literally could not see the end of my car during some wind gusts. Never seen anything like it.
I lived in COS for 20 years. Moved back east 6 years ago. Videos like this make me feel so much better about my choice. I don’t miss that crap at all...
We survived...barely...but that was nothing compared to the Blizzard in Oct 1997. Same type of wind just add 3 more of feet of snow and then that's what the 97 was.
This one BAD STORM, I live in Ellicott and I could not even see the mobile next to me. 30 feet away... I hope everyone made it out of there ok.. Thanks for showing this one!!
Why do people try to drive in those conditions? You knew there was a blizzard coming, They told you not to drive, They said it would be extremely dangerous if not deadly. Life lesson for these people.
So those cars are abandoned. I’m guessing after the storm that an evacuation plan was in place. Where did the drivers/occupants flee to? did they walk or did the local/state police help evacuate these people?
Lived in Falcon during this. Our neighbor's side-paneling got blown off and the snow in our backyards was well over the fence, the end of the block had snow well above the fenceline. I remember slowly shoveling the snow out into the field with my dog running around in it, the neighbor's dog came into our yard because the snow was so high lol.
This is why so many of us in Peyton/Falcon took the weather reports seriously, stocked up and stayed home. It was amazing watching this unfold from my home...until the snow literally caked onto my windows!!
I’m guessing they purposely abandoned the truck there due to lack of visibility. Also if they couldn’t keep the momentum of the truck going while plowing the truck stood no chance.
WOW !!! I live close to Buffalo, we get alot of snow but our roads never look like this with cars all over. Didn't the people have any warning that a storm was coming so they could stay indoors?? We get notified a week in advance, plenty of time to stock up on food and supplies so we can hibernate for a few days. Why were so many on the roads??
hartsy50 they were warned a week in advanced. Schools were closed, military bases were closed (except for Fort Carson which started letting people go at 0920) and the city shut down BEFORE the storm hit. No excuse for people on the road. My family was at home when the storm hit because we were smart about it. Colorado is the ONLY state I have lived in where drivers drive 10 miles UNDER the speed limit, so I am not surprised that there were lots of non-smart people on the road during the storm. 1100 motorist were stranded in the storm just in the springs.
I can understand these drivers couldn't see to drive and stopped. Most of those cars are not stuck. My question is how did they get away from their cars? Was there a snowcat or something that carried them away?
I heard that after several hours, as the wind began lessening in strength, the highway patrol, local police, roads department, and community volunteers entered began rescuing the stranded people, transporting them in a school bus and their own vehicles, and taking them to shelter to ride out the rest of the storm.
obviously this is east of I-25. We got some great snow here in South Park, people pulling out the old snowmobile to have fun in it. Too many people in cars not fit for this weather on the road (non 4x4 or AWD).
My shitty little fiat made it in worse snow than this, I live in Colorado. These people are sad. You see that brand new WRX? how did THEY get stuck? Come on
@@paulcarmi8130 All that matters is tires-they're the only thing connecting us to the road. I see all-wheel drive vehicles with nearly bald tires all the time these days. AWD is useless unless there's some tread on those tires. I drove an '80 Fiat Spider for years-I could swap four studded snows on that thing in 15 minutes the night before a predicted storm and never have a problem.
Looks like the drive into Colorado Springs from Falcon, especially at the end where you see the mountains. The winds there are awful. I remember coming home in 2005 or 2006 almost getting stuck driving into Black Forest. The visibility was awful.
I'm guessing this was the day after. I was surprised to hear that woodmen still had cars stuck because on my side of town, pretty much all the snow melted right away and the roads were great
I stayed home like I was told. Only thing, was, we must've been in the eye of the storm bc we only got a mild blizzard in downtown Colorado Springs. Nothing like this. The roads never really got bad. If I hadn't seen this video, I never would've believed it. Lol.
We stayed in an RV through this in Calhan, Co and couldn't even make to the landlords house 15 ft away because it was truly 0% visibility with high winds and snow drifts forming quickly...glad we got our own apartment now lol
ya no shit. my outback and f150 do not stop for less than 12" of snow on the road i have plowed snow with the Subaru a few times during truly epic winters.
I was in that. I lived 37 in between Milwaukee and Chicago. I thought I had a idea what winter storms were. I moved to Colorado my first year changed my mind. I felt my own mortality that day. It was incredible. And pretty scary if you were in it.
@@paulsuprono7225 I just read that there was zero visibility for hours. So I wonder where did all the people go if it was zero visibility. They couldn't just walk away. And if someone drive them out why could that person see but the car drivers couldn't? I also wonder why these idiots were out driving when this was forecasted? I have so many questions...
How do all those cars get home. There aren’t enough tow trucks in the world to toll those cars .( don’t mind my ignorance , i’m from Florida ) we don’t see too much of this .
@@happymerchant2385 It probably has more to do with the way the camera is recording the image. You can record ten different images of the sun through ten different windshields and no two will look the same. It's all about the exposure settings.
@@GlensFallsRich Tried that with my phone on two different cars man: even on a clear sky the exposure wasn't that big to create such bloom effect. Really weird. It was a phone all right, but well...
Reminds me of something my dad used to say; “I walked 20 miles to school both ways every day in the snow, backwards, uphill, blindfolded, with my hands tied behind my back.”
When people were getting ready for work, it was only raining so they went to work. Our company, probably like a lot of others, had a 12:00 office closure so a lot of people hit the road right in the middle of heavy snow and 90 mph winds. This is what happened when people were trying to get home. I was lucky and worked from home, until the power went out at 1:00 anyway. It's hard to tell when this was filmed because the wind has stopped and the road is plowed, but you could not tell where the road was and you'd just run off the side and get stuck in the snow or a ditch.
This is the exact road I take home. I got stuck at a grocery store for 7 hours on the east side of the springs. Woodmen looked just the same when I drove it home.
Storm was publicized as exactly this for about a week. 1,300 ish stranded motorist in this storm in El Paso county alone. Estimated 300-400 on this road.
Local law enforcement and National Guard came and rescued and pull these people out of the car and took him to like warming places and whatnot that were set up for such an event ahead of the storm I live in Colorado Springs / Denver
Blizzards are tough to navigate for sure. I got caught in a blizzard when I was younger and wasn't paying attention to weather forecasts. Was at night and all I could see was tire ruts few feet ahead. Drove probably 20 -30 mph all the way home. But made it because others made tracks to follow. It was scary as f***.
I experienced this blizzard, it was a doozy for sure. When the snow was coming down it was almost all going sideways and couldn't see very far in front of you.
@@miketritch7563 don't take the scientist word for it. Three entities you can follow that will give you your answer on global warming. Insurance companies, Oil companies and the US Military are all doing things right now that should be tipping you off.
Air down to about 15 psi. Go into 4Lo and turn on all lights and plow through. Lifted vehicle on 35s locking diffs. No worse than what I do on the weekends on the Colorado trails in winter.
John John Los Angeles County is a very beautiful place. We have the plains, Mountain ranges upon mountain ranges, often snow capped in the winter. L.A. County is agricultural. We do have communities similar to Limon, Hugo, etc. If you are into Limon/Hugo type communities, you would love the Northern regions of L.A. County. The Hispanics throughout this county mind their own business; they also create jobs with the businesses that they start. There are many who stand at desert street intersections with their food, fruit stands. The Hispanics really do hold their own out here. They are only trying to support their families; can't fault a person for that. They call them illegal, but catching rain water is also illegal.
California allows homeowners unlimited rainwater collection. Only this past year has Colorado allowed homeowners to legally collect rainwater. I’m not sure how much....maybe up to 350 gallons? I was surprised about the concept of ‘water rights’ when we moved (a job transfer) to Colorado. Every raindrop is claimed even before it hits the ground.
P Robidoux With all that snow, I think they will be providing Coloradodians(if that's a word) buckets. I wouldn't be surprised if thy made everyone get an above ground swimming pool.
It was a white out all day at my house, no way I would have driven out into that. There are a lot of maniacs on the road in the springs so i am not surprised so many people got themselves stranded.
My entire morning after that blizzard was driving to Falcon PPCC campus to pick people up from the Red Cross shelter. I had to go woodmen because everything else was still closed. It was bad in places still that morning.
In Wyoming,the wind fills up the hole you’re trying to dig to get yourself out faster than you can dig even with a big grain shovel. Like standing in front of a snow blower.
Night shift is when you wanna avoid there. Understaffed. Real talk. Its tough on them after 10pm. But fast food as a whole its all the same. I cant even get fries that aint soggy anymore or a burger that wasnt made like it went through a tornado.
jones jones09 Emergency services went out and rescued them, this area they would have vehicles capable of traveling on snow. I have seen military type vehicles and snow mobiles used, whatever it takes.
So for those of you wondering why these cars are all abandoned with so little snow on the ground , the reason is that visibility was practically ZERO for hours on this road and not much better anywhere else during the blizzard. This road is located east of Colorado Springs and I believe it is considered to be in the "plains", meaning the particular location of this road can make it very susceptible to poor visibility, snow drifts etc.
Quick Explanation of the events: th-cam.com/video/KOg3t7XeALg/w-d-xo.html
Example of visibility: th-cam.com/video/9h9_WUYuWDw/w-d-xo.html
Rescue Footage: th-cam.com/video/Ee-hvHVaSc8/w-d-xo.html
I've driven this road in a blizzard. It's not easy at all. The wind in this area is intense.
Many simply don't understand blizzards because they've never experienced one. We had a blizzard here in Minnesota with blue sunny skies not even snowing but a blizzard warning. Blizzard = high winds blowing snow whether it's snowing or not
Ya as a canadian we deal with this not easy but how did everyone get home i dont get how so many abandoned cars but so little people what did they do walk?
@@raymorin7726 I think they did rescues. In southern Minnesota they had national guard with tanks
I used to live here in falcon and yeah the wind gets intense goo seeing my home town
looks like your driving thru the end of the world.
This is woodmen? Don't even recognise it like that...
Paul Carmi, it is woodman past Marksheffel going toward Falcon.
@@ryanwaters8393 got family near there. Been down there a lot.... Its unrecognizable due to snow
you're
Would the parallel President Trumps assertions that global warming, is fake news ? I cried when I departed Colorado, in 89'. That 'Rocky Mountain High,' was jus too far from family in New England.
These comments are priceless!!!! Real Coloradans know to stay home, make sure you have the essentials on hand 24 hours before the snow shows up, curl up with your dog, get the fireplace going, and read a good book, or watch a movie if you haven’t lost power.
jane maas I’m a transplant from Texas I know not to go out in that kind of weather
True i live in Colorado
Riley Makris This video is apocalyptic
Jane Maas,
We live in northern New England, and we all know about stocking up for bad weather - enjoy!
Wisconsin people are somewhat prepared me being a driver forty years I'm always prepared
This is why you buy groceries, something to drink, something to smoke, charge up the batteries and bring in some wood for the fire and just stay home for a few days. Let it snow and blow itself out and melt away in a couple of days Gotta love Colorado!
Thats what i was thinking. Im in ohio and we get extreme winters and extreme summers. Whrn we get snow and below 0 temps we know its coming so we hit the grocery store and call off work because no job is worth me risking my life over, and hunker down at home. I wouldnt be out on some dam highway.
Just from your comment i know you arent from here. Dear god please dont come back to this state.
@@noahpalmblad8121 - don't be a dick
@@noahpalmblad8121 doesn't matter where ur from... blizzards are blizzards and are dangerous to drive in them. Wisest thing to do is stay home while it's snowing and blowing. Period.
again, you aren't from here. @@DennisMoore664
We found the one person who can drive in the springs
I try........
So that's where my FedEx package ended up at.
If you live in the springs some assh@le probably stole it.
I’m surprised it didn’t flip over due to being a high roof van.
I sure don't miss that road when I use to live in blackforest I took that road so many times.. Makes your nuts get tight durning those snows storms.. Lol. Good video.
Shawn Gifford Try wearing pants.
Wow! We have really rough winters here but I’ve still never seen anything quite like this! We’ve actually had a mild winter this year (knock on wood). Thank you for sharing.
Not really that bad, less that six inches of snow. Today most of it is already melted off.
E Anderson I don’t live there. It might be an average storm but I’ve never seen people abandon their vehicles like this. That’s all.
I was mesmerized with that drive and glad you shared the stillness of abandonment on that blustery day . It was interesting to see where people decided to abandon their vehicles and how you wound your way around the ones in the road. I think I will watch it again.
They didnt really decide to abandon their cars at these locations. They got stuck.
It was definitely mesmerizing... until the wipers came on! Lol
Surreal. I expected to see Denzel Washington or Viggo Mortenson to show up.
But instead
Buck Rogers
Feels like I'm in a real life simulation of Zombie Highway
I was thinking like how they depict any zombie movie first scene kinda !
You nailed it Zachary
How many dispensaries are going to try to patent the name bomb cyclone?
Thats the same day I decided to go solo camping near estes park. got down to -10 outside my tent. went ice fishing in the morning and had a great time. what's the problem here?
He he he he . . . .
I was in the middle of this up in Monument. What a mess. There are still cars stuck and blocking roads. The whiteout was so bad, I literally could not see the end of my car during some wind gusts. Never seen anything like it.
Monument is always where the worst weather is. Learned that in my courier days.
I lived in COS for 20 years. Moved back east 6 years ago. Videos like this make me feel so much better about my choice. I don’t miss that crap at all...
Miss that 'Rocky Mountain High' !
0:36 - 1:05 Tell me i'm not the only one who would drift through this section😂😂😂
We survived...barely...but that was nothing compared to the Blizzard in Oct 1997. Same type of wind just add 3 more of feet of snow and then that's what the 97 was.
That's all Californians that moved here.
Says the Colorado drivers that suck at driving
😂😂
It actually snows more in California. Ever heard of Tahoe?
@@pynkamingo8428 you must never been up i70 on those mountain passes try driving red mountain pass in a white out then talk transplants
@@Aaron-tr4ss I actually have. Tahoe can get 10' in a weekend. Just sayin.
in the middle of a blizzard.. everyone abandoned their cars. where did they go on foot?
Good question?
I believe most were rescued by local authorities during the storm
Thank you for sharing this. I live out by Calhan, it was like driving through an apocalypse. Surreal experience
This one BAD STORM, I live in Ellicott and I could not even see the mobile next to me. 30 feet away... I hope everyone made it out of there ok.. Thanks for showing this one!!
i live in falcon
Why do people try to drive in those conditions? You knew there was a blizzard coming, They told you not to drive, They said it would be extremely dangerous if not deadly. Life lesson for these people.
many of them are trying to get home from work and get stuck, my wife barely made it just before it got real bad.
That is why Suburu's are so popular around these parts lol
Reads comment, looks back at video, sees Subaru's stuck in snow, rolls eyes.
@@jasongotshadowbanned lol yes eventually any and all will get stuck even the plow's
People need to go to work, pick up kids, etc etc. Probably thought they had plenty of time to get back, then got stuck in traffic
So those cars are abandoned. I’m guessing after the storm that an evacuation plan was in place. Where did the drivers/occupants flee to? did they walk or did the local/state police help evacuate these people?
That’s a fast car you drive it makes the other cars look like they’re standing still
0:18 Jeep in the ditch?
Lived in Falcon during this. Our neighbor's side-paneling got blown off and the snow in our backyards was well over the fence, the end of the block had snow well above the fenceline. I remember slowly shoveling the snow out into the field with my dog running around in it, the neighbor's dog came into our yard because the snow was so high lol.
looks like the forty mile bus ride i took to high school every day across route 6 in eastern Maine......
This is why so many of us in Peyton/Falcon took the weather reports seriously, stocked up and stayed home. It was amazing watching this unfold from my home...until the snow literally caked onto my windows!!
3:50 - Pretty bad when even a snow plow truck gets stuck.
I’m guessing they purposely abandoned the truck there due to lack of visibility. Also if they couldn’t keep the momentum of the truck going while plowing the truck stood no chance.
looks like the car right behind it wrecked into it aswell. probably lost traction and ended up in the median.
@@thomaspaquette9991 Inevitably . . . NO, common sense ! Told not to . . . they went, anyways !
Thank you for this experience. It reminds me a lot of our 1977 / 1978 blizzard here in Indiana. Stark and scary.
Are you driving towards Peyton and falcon?
WOW !!!
I live close to Buffalo, we get alot of snow but our roads never look like this with cars all over.
Didn't the people have any warning that a storm was coming so they could stay indoors??
We get notified a week in advance, plenty of time to stock up on food and supplies so we can hibernate for a
few days.
Why were so many on the roads??
hartsy50 they were warned a week in advanced. Schools were closed, military bases were closed (except for Fort Carson which started letting people go at 0920) and the city shut down BEFORE the storm hit. No excuse for people on the road. My family was at home when the storm hit because we were smart about it. Colorado is the ONLY state I have lived in where drivers drive 10 miles UNDER the speed limit, so I am not surprised that there were lots of non-smart people on the road during the storm. 1100 motorist were stranded in the storm just in the springs.
Because they can't understand "stay off the roads, there is a STORM coming"
I can understand these drivers couldn't see to drive and stopped. Most of those cars are not stuck. My question is how did they get away from their cars? Was there a snowcat or something that carried them away?
I heard that after several hours, as the wind began lessening in strength, the highway patrol, local police, roads department, and community volunteers entered began rescuing the stranded people, transporting them in a school bus and their own vehicles, and taking them to shelter to ride out the rest of the storm.
obviously this is east of I-25. We got some great snow here in South Park, people pulling out the old snowmobile to have fun in it. Too many people in cars not fit for this weather on the road (non 4x4 or AWD).
My shitty little fiat made it in worse snow than this, I live in Colorado. These people are sad. You see that brand new WRX? how did THEY get stuck? Come on
@@paulcarmi8130 All that matters is tires-they're the only thing connecting us to the road. I see all-wheel drive vehicles with nearly bald tires all the time these days. AWD is useless unless there's some tread on those tires. I drove an '80 Fiat Spider for years-I could swap four studded snows on that thing in 15 minutes the night before a predicted storm and never have a problem.
I cant help to wonder what part of stay home, go home, before the storm, did everyone, who was out, did not understand? understand?
Looks like the drive into Colorado Springs from Falcon, especially at the end where you see the mountains. The winds there are awful. I remember coming home in 2005 or 2006 almost getting stuck driving into Black Forest. The visibility was awful.
Did everyone walk home?
I'm guessing this was the day after. I was surprised to hear that woodmen still had cars stuck because on my side of town, pretty much all the snow melted right away and the roads were great
Got to love Colorado baby...
I stayed home like I was told. Only thing, was, we must've been in the eye of the storm bc we only got a mild blizzard in downtown Colorado Springs. Nothing like this. The roads never really got bad. If I hadn't seen this video, I never would've believed it. Lol.
RΛLLY.ΤΗΞ .RΞMNΛNT same
We stayed in an RV through this in Calhan, Co and couldn't even make to the landlords house 15 ft away because it was truly 0% visibility with high winds and snow drifts forming quickly...glad we got our own apartment now lol
Lets play a game, how many Texas plates can you find?
Half the people in this are from Texas I bet
I made it through this in a rear wheel drive Challenger. Goes to show you how many people know how to drive.
Exactly, notice how its all soccer mom suvs and hondas
ya no shit. my outback and f150 do not stop for less than 12" of snow on the road i have plowed snow with the Subaru a few times during truly epic winters.
I was in that. I lived 37 in between Milwaukee and Chicago. I thought I had a idea what winter storms were. I moved to Colorado my first year changed my mind. I felt my own mortality that day. It was incredible. And pretty scary if you were in it.
What interstate 🛣 is this
I must have missed something. There is hardly any snow. Why are there so many cars on the side of the road?
Was wonderin the same, myself !
@@paulsuprono7225 I just read that there was zero visibility for hours. So I wonder where did all the people go if it was zero visibility. They couldn't just walk away. And if someone drive them out why could that person see but the car drivers couldn't? I also wonder why these idiots were out driving when this was forecasted? I have so many questions...
Ive driven in that area many times. Always have food, water, shovel, extra warm clothes in a emergency box during winter.
How do all those cars get home. There aren’t enough tow trucks in the world to toll those cars .( don’t mind my ignorance , i’m from Florida ) we don’t see too much of this .
Ikr!!!!
@@lenanoro5427 Inevitably cause there's no to stop the cars . . .
some of those cars dont even look stuck or crashed, why are they still there?
Visibility was practically zero for hours on this road. Most people just waited till the weather cleared.
What type of vehicle are you driving and are you using snow chains?
Doesn't need chains. The surface is cold and flat...good as pavement.
Subaru Forester, all season tires, no chains needed.
Where is the snow?
Suppose nobody has a problem with how are sun looks? Let alone the weather? Just asking. Play nice.
Donald Lorenz the sun and moon are bigger a mile high.
I don't understand the question. Do you mean "how our sun looks?" I still don't follow :/
@@GlensFallsRich He is remarking that the sun looks bigger and shinier than usual man, and he has a point.
@@happymerchant2385 It probably has more to do with the way the camera is recording the image. You can record ten different images of the sun through ten different windshields and no two will look the same. It's all about the exposure settings.
@@GlensFallsRich Tried that with my phone on two different cars man: even on a clear sky the exposure wasn't that big to create such bloom effect. Really weird. It was a phone all right, but well...
Reminds me of something my dad used to say; “I walked 20 miles to school both ways every day in the snow, backwards, uphill, blindfolded, with my hands tied behind my back.”
That's funny.
When people were getting ready for work, it was only raining so they went to work. Our company, probably like a lot of others, had a 12:00 office closure so a lot of people hit the road right in the middle of heavy snow and 90 mph winds. This is what happened when people were trying to get home. I was lucky and worked from home, until the power went out at 1:00 anyway.
It's hard to tell when this was filmed because the wind has stopped and the road is plowed, but you could not tell where the road was and you'd just run off the side and get stuck in the snow or a ditch.
This was filmed at around 8:30 in the morning. There is a date stamp on the bottom right corner of the video.
Ah I see, Thursday morning.
This is the exact road I take home. I got stuck at a grocery store for 7 hours on the east side of the springs. Woodmen looked just the same when I drove it home.
what happened to those people
So did they get out and walk?
I believe most were rescued by local authorities and taken to shelters/businesses to ride out the storm.
Unbelievable!!! This storm was a doozie!
You haven't been here long enough. Wait for a 3 day event and 15' drifts
You're right, I was not here for the '97 blizzard.
I work for the company that owns the tow truck you passed on your left. Our new guy got stuck hard. That was a rough 26hr shift.
MAN !! I'm shocked. I've a dumb question ... didn't any of them kinda know this could get bad? wow :( How did all those people get out of there?
Storm was publicized as exactly this for about a week. 1,300 ish stranded motorist in this storm in El Paso county alone. Estimated 300-400 on this road.
And just an hour south of there we got barely a dusting! I thought they were exaggerating how bad it was, but I’ve never seen like this before! Wow!!
So a normal winter day in Minnesota, eh?
All we got in Fountain was rain ..sleet..and high winds...blew down every wooden fence in my neighborhood.
thelma lou I’m also in Fountain
and didn’t realize people were stuck out there and that it had gotten that bad.
Is it E woodmen rd? Going to Falcon?
Lol I live 2 minutes from woodman, I managed to go to the gym that morning and get some gainz before it was closed early
0:18.... Once you get your jeep "unstuck"... Take it back to the dealer and get a prius. You obviously don't know how to drive a jeep....
Yes. 😁
On this week's episode of The Walking Dead Gnome Alaska...
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Colorado
@@itzpro5951
I know..
I was being a smartass
Shout out to Gnome lol
So just where did the people go?
Local law enforcement and National Guard came and rescued and pull these people out of the car and took him to like warming places and whatnot that were set up for such an event ahead of the storm I live in Colorado Springs / Denver
Blizzards are tough to navigate for sure. I got caught in a blizzard when I was younger and wasn't paying attention to weather forecasts. Was at night and all I could see was tire ruts few feet ahead. Drove probably 20 -30 mph all the way home. But made it because others made tracks to follow. It was scary as f***.
jesus how far out on woodmen were you?
About two miles east of Powers
Looks like the Iraq army retreat in the Gulf war.
April 1, 2019----Okay, so where did all these people go when abandoning their vehicles with no visibility?
The National Guard was activated, they rescued quite a few people.
I experienced this blizzard, it was a doozy for sure. When the snow was coming down it was almost all going sideways and couldn't see very far in front of you.
Where did all drivers go?
Local shelters/businesses , if they were lucky they got another ride home.
Wow! My husband was stranded that day. Looks like the roads are still glassy there. Wonder who the brave soul was who filmed it.
I actually sort of love it when weather kicks our asses. Puts us in our place.
LOL, good one
And just think the liberals think there is global warming. Spend a winter in ND.
Mike Tritch no need to get political
@@miketritch7563 don't take the scientist word for it. Three entities you can follow that will give you your answer on global warming. Insurance companies, Oil companies and the US Military are all doing things right now that should be tipping you off.
@@nitrogaming9300 go fuck yourself
Where did all those people go if they just abandoned their cars?
Some were taking to shelters/local businesses to ride out the storm.
I used to drive that crappy road in a 2WD '88 Ford Ranger truck. Talk about a nightmare trying to get home east of Peyton and Falcon!!!!!!!!
Yup, I was in my house in Calhan, and this storm was no joke!
I heard that some houses had siding and roofing torn away by the wind.
thanks for posting..btw that sun ..is not the same sun from my youth!! crazy !!
Air down to about 15 psi. Go into 4Lo and turn on all lights and plow through. Lifted vehicle on 35s locking diffs. No worse than what I do on the weekends on the Colorado trails in winter.
Even plow trucks ditched. Wow. However here in Michigan that is just an average snowfall.
I Was At my house in Black Forest and didn't have power for 50 hours
I still have my 719 area code, but for this reason, I live in SoCal (L.A. County). No more Limon/Hugo for me.
I'm from Orange County and I take this over"SoCal"
John John Los Angeles County is a very beautiful place. We have the plains, Mountain ranges upon mountain ranges, often snow capped in the winter. L.A. County is agricultural. We do have communities similar to Limon, Hugo, etc. If you are into Limon/Hugo type communities, you would love the Northern regions of L.A. County.
The Hispanics throughout this county mind their own business; they also create jobs with the businesses that they start. There are many who stand at desert street intersections with their food, fruit stands. The Hispanics really do hold their own out here. They are only trying to support their families; can't fault a person for that.
They call them illegal, but catching rain water is also illegal.
California allows homeowners unlimited rainwater collection. Only this past year has Colorado allowed homeowners to legally collect rainwater. I’m not sure how much....maybe up to 350 gallons? I was surprised about the concept of ‘water rights’ when we moved (a job transfer) to Colorado. Every raindrop is claimed even before it hits the ground.
P Robidoux With all that snow, I think they will be providing Coloradodians(if that's a word) buckets. I wouldn't be surprised if thy made everyone get an above ground swimming pool.
Itz Pro You would take a blizzard over Orange County? That would be a hard sell for me.
This storm was crazy but the crazy part is how fast it was clear
Omgosh!! That's horrible.Hope,everyone got home safe(walking?).
Margie Snyder there where rescue crew
You don't walk in a blizzard unless you have a death wish.
am i watching an un edited version from a disaster movie currently in post production?
It was a white out all day at my house, no way I would have driven out into that. There are a lot of maniacs on the road in the springs so i am not surprised so many people got themselves stranded.
So, the real truth comes out :D
What ya driving?
Subaru Forester
My entire morning after that blizzard was driving to Falcon PPCC campus to pick people up from the Red Cross shelter. I had to go woodmen because everything else was still closed. It was bad in places still that morning.
In Wyoming,the wind fills up the hole you’re trying to dig to get yourself out faster than you can dig even with a big grain shovel. Like standing in front of a snow blower.
The sun is gigantic, not a wintersun.....Thank you for your video! :O)
The wind is what made it bad in Fort Collins. The tacobell i work at closed early at 7pm
Ben Dominguez Should close that place permanently the amount of magma ass that it produces!
Youre entitled to your opinion freely. I dont give a fuck. I just work to get paid.
Night shift is when you wanna avoid there. Understaffed. Real talk. Its tough on them after 10pm. But fast food as a whole its all the same. I cant even get fries that aint soggy anymore or a burger that wasnt made like it went through a tornado.
How did all those people get home? 😒
Rescued, placed on school bus, taken to shelter to ride out storm.
Had to be rescued, endangering the rescuers, the smart people stayed at home.
I live in Colorado but s that C.O Springs
I live in berthoud
Yes this is Colorado Springs
As an aussie that is the crazyist thing i have seen in a long time makes me shiver looking at it i hope everybody found a warm place to sit it out
how did all these people get to safety?
jones jones09
Emergency services went out and rescued them, this area they would have vehicles capable of traveling on snow. I have seen military type vehicles and snow mobiles used, whatever it takes.
Here's a good question???
If it was that bad for people to abandon their 4x4 rides, who picked them up? Because I know they didn't walk home...
Yeah , I thought that too.🤔
They had the snow-cats and national guard out during this storm.
sweet jesus, i used to live off of woodman.
Same
Hate to say it but, that looks like a normal snow day in Colorado, though a lot less snow then the state used to get back in the day.
Nice dashcam!
where did all the people go who own these cars??
Local shelters/businesses to ride out the storm