2009-10-28 09:07:06 UTC
Front Range braces for snow as forecast calls for big storm
By Tom McGhee and Victoria Barbatelli
The Denver Post
Posted: 10/28/2009 01:00:00 AM MDT
Updated: 10/28/2009 05:53:20 AM MDT
They're snow excited Alex Semanko, 20, holds on as her boyfriend, Evan Jinks, 22, pulls off a snowboard boot Tuesday at Colorado Ski & Golf in Arvada. Like a lot of other skiers and snowboarders, they were gearing up to enjoy the season's first big snowstorm. (Joe Amon, The Denver Post)
Weather observers could be measuring snowfall in feet in parts of Colorado over the next two days, with as much as 18 inches expected in parts of metro Denver.
The alarming early-season forecast placed local governments and airlines at Denver International Airport on notice. City vehicles were fitted with plows Tuesday in advance of the storm, and some airlines offered limited fee waivers to travelers worried about possible flight cancellations.
In the foothills, up to 24 inches of snow is possible. Higher elevations could get 3 feet.
"We'll be working around the clock if it occurs the way it has been predicted," said Charlie Blosten, public services director of the city of Littleton. "We'll be out there whether
it snows or not to hit the ground running; we've got workers showing up before midnight to get crews ready to move to the streets. We'll be as ready as you can get before Mother Nature really tells us she's in charge."
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