FOUR
FOUR O'CLOCK ON 9NEWS STARTS NOW. IT'S A BIG DAY TO BE DIGGING
OUT IN COLORADO.
THIS FOLLOWING THE FOURTH
LARGEST SNOWSTORM DENVER HAS
EVER SEEN IN THE END OVER TWO
FEET OF SNOW FELL IN THE METRO
AREA WITH SOME PARTS
OF COLORADO GETTING MORE THAN
30 INCHES.
OF COURSE, DENVER INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT HIT HARD AS WELL BUT
FLIGHTS ARE FINALLY MOVING IN
OUT AGAIN OF DéDé.
THIS AFTER BEING PAUSED FOR
MORE THAN TWENTY FOUR HOURS.
THE CREWS WORKED HARD
OVERNIGHT.
THEY CLEARED ALL THE SNOW FROM
THE RUNWAYS AND A COUPLE
OF HOURS AGO THEY STARTED
WORKING AGAIN.
BUT THOUSANDS OF FLIGHTS HAVE
BEEN CANCELED.
MANY PEOPLE STRANDED AT
THE AIRPORT AND THAT IS WHERE
WE FIND NEWS REPORTER VICTORIA
DILLION VICTORIA I GUESS
GUESSING THAT THINGS ARE
PICKING UP OUT THERE NOW.
YEAH, TOM, THINGS ARE
DEFINITELY BACK UP AND RUNNING
.
WHEN WE GOT HERE AROUND NOON
THERE WERE MAYBE ABOUT TWO
PEOPLE GOING THROUGH
THE SECURITY LINE AND NOW IT'S
UP THE LINE IS MOVING BUT IT'S
A LONG LINE AND IT ACTUALLY
GOES AROUND THE CORNER TOWARDS
BAGGAGE CLAIM.
BUT I GUESS IT'S BETTER TO BE
MOVING THAN TO BE STRANDED LIKE
SO MANY PEOPLE WERE WHEN THEIR
FLIGHTS WERE GETTING CANCELED
OVER THE WEEKEND TO FAMILIES
I SPOKE WITH ACTUALLY CAME TO
COLORADO FOR VACATION BUT NOW
THEY ARE MORE THAN READY TO BE
BACK HOME BEING SNOWED IN AT
THE AIRPORT.
YEAH, IT'S NOT REAL PLEASANT.
WASN'T PART OF MY CARRINGTON'S
PLAN.
HIS FAMILY WAS IN COLORADO FOR
A SKI TRIP WHEN IT WAS TIME TO
GO BACK TO DETROIT.
WE'VE BEEN HERE OVER 24 HOURS
NOW.
MOTHER NATURE WASN'T ON BOARD.
WE THOUGHT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO
BEAT IT OUT, YOU KNOW, GET OUT
OF HERE BEFORE IT HIT AND
UNFORTUNATELY IT DIDN'T HAPPEN
THAT WAY DOWN THE AISLE IT'S
THE SAME STORY FOR
THE HERSHBERGER FAMILY.
THEY FLEW IN TO GO SNOWBOARDING
IN BRECKENRIDGE AND MADE SOME
PRETTY GREAT MEMORIES BUT THEIR
TRIP WAS SUPPOSED TO ON
SATURDAY GETTING OUT OF THE
MOUNTAINS IN A MINIVAN WAS AS
INTERESTING.
BUT WHERE ARE THEY?
WE MADE IT NOW WE CAN FLY JOE
MOLLY AND THEIR KIDS ALMOST
MADE IT OUT TO WE ACTUALLY GOT
ON THE PLANE.
WE WERE ONE OF THREE NOT TO BE
CANCELED BUT MOTHER NATURE
DIDN'T LET THEM OFF THE HOOK
EITHER.
CONDITIONS WORSENED AND THEIR
FLIGHT WAS CANCELED SO THEY
DECIDED TO KEEP MAKING MEMORIES
AT CAMP HERSHBERGER THE FLOOR
BECAME THEIR CAMPGROUND AND
THE ESCALATOR CAME ENTERTAINING
WHAT WE DO AT THE AIRPORT
SHIWHC BUT THE KIDS ARE READY
FOR VACATION TO BE OVER
THE ACTUAL COLORADO YOU KNOW
THE SNOWBOARDING PART'S REALLY
FUN THIS NOT SO MUCH.
BOTH FAMILIES CAME TO MAKE
MEMORIES AND BOY DID WE WON'T
FORGET THIS ONE FOR SURE.
AND YOU KNOW, AFTER SITTING ON
THE GROUND FOR THREE HOURS
WHILE WORKING, WE CAN TELL YOU
THAT THIS FLOOR IS DEFINITELY
NOT COMFORTABLE.
SO WE KNOW THOSE FAMILIES WERE
STRUGGLING BUT AGAIN
THE AIRPROT IS BACK UP AND
RUNNING BUT THEY TOLD ME THAT
THEY CAN'T GET FLIGHTS OUT TILL
THURSDAY SO THEY'LL BE SPENDING
A LITTLE MORE TIME IN COLORADO.
THE CATCH UP DAYS ARE
ON
ON THE
ON THE AIRLINES AND OF COURSE THE PASSENGER AS WELL.
ALL RIGHT, VICTORIA, THANKS
VERY MUCH.
SO THE MASSIVE PILES OF SNOW
ALSO BROUGHT OUR TED TRAINS TO
A HALT.
LIMITED LIGHT RAIL AND COMMUTER
RAIL SERVICE RESUMED AROUND
NOON TODAY.
THE AIRLINE IS NOT OPERATING
STILL BECAUSE THERE IS TOO MUCH
SNOW OUT ON THE TRACK AND
YOU'LL HAVE TO GET TO THE RTD
STATIONS ON FOOT.
BUS SERVICE IS NOT RUNNING AT
ALL TODAY.
TV SAYS THEY ARE STILL
EVALUATING WHEN THEY MIGHT BE
ABLE TO SAFELY RUN THE BUSSES
AGAIN.
NEARLY 200 CDOT PLOWS ARE STILL
OUT ON THE ROADS THIS AFTERNOON
.
THEY ARE WORKING LONG SHIFTS
TRYING TO CLEAR THE SNOW AND
THE ICE ROADS.
SOON THEY'LL BE SHIFTING THEIR
EFFORTS TO THE SIDE STREETS
DENVERS DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION AND
INFRASTRUCTURE TOLD US TODAY
THE CITY'S SNOWPLOW OPERATIONS
WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO
TOMORROW MORNING WITH DRIVERS
ON DUTY ADDRESSING BOTH
THE MAIN STREETS AS WELL AS
THE RESIDENTIAL STREETS.
EVEN THOUGH THE SNOW ISN'T
FALLING ANYMORE, WE'RE STILL
FEELING THE IMPACT OF THIS ONE
AND WILL BE FOUR DAYS.
PEOPLE ARE STILL DIGGING OUT
ALL OVER THE METRO AREA.
EVERYONE SHOVEL BUT SOME
EXPERTS SAY YOUR DRIVEWAY, YOUR
SIDEWALK THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY
THINGS YOU SHOULD BE THINKING
ABOUT 90 SUPPORTED NELSON
GARCIA JOINS US LIVE FROM
LAKEWOOD WITH MORE ON THE DAY
AFTER NELSON KIM, THE PENALTY
FOR MOST PEOPLE WHEN DIGGING
OUT AFTER MORE THAN TWENTY PLUS
INCHES OF SNOW OR ARE WALKWAYS
AND DRIVEWAYS AND THAT'S YOU
KNOW, THAT MAKES A LOT
OF SENSE.
YOU WANT TO MAKE THIS PART ALL
CLEAR BUT THERE ARE OTHER
THINGS AROUND THE HOUSE THAT
YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF AS
WELL.
I TALKED WITH HOME INSPECTOR
MIKE MENDOZA ABOUT MAKING SURE
EVENTS ARE CLEAR FROM SNOW,
ESPECIALLY ONES THAT LEAD TO
YOUR FURNACE OR ANOTHER
COMBUSTIBLE APPLIANCE
CARBON MONOXIDE COULD BE AN
ISSUE, HE SAID MAKE SURE TREES
AREN'T COMING DOWN ON POWER
LINES AND KEEP ALL DRAINAGE
CLEAR SO MOISTURE DOESN'T END
UP IN YOUR BASEMENT.
LIEUTENANT SAGANSKY WITH WEST
METRO FIRE SAYS DON'T OVEREXERT
YOURSELF WHEN SHOVELING SNOW
AND WATCH OUT FOR FALLING SNOW
OR BRANCHES BE MINDFUL OF YOUR
HOUSE.
THE POTENTIAL SNOW CORNICES
THAT CAN BUILD UP POTENTIAL
THAT THAT COULD COME DOWN ALL
AT ONCE.
THERE'S A LOT OF WEIGHT BEHIND
THE SNOW.
TAKE A WALK AROUND THE INSIDE
OF YOUR HOUSE.
LOOK AT ALL YOUR CEILINGS.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU STARTING TO
SEE ANY WATER STANDING THEN
YOU'LL KNOW THAT YOU MAY HAVE
ROOF LEAK WITHIN THE NEXT TWO
TO THREE DAYS FOLLOWING
THE STORM WINDOWS OF THE HOME
INSPECTOR SAYS IF YOU CAN ALSO
CLEAR OUT A COUPLE FEET OF SNOW
IF YOU'RE AWAY FROM YOUR
FOUNDATION.
THAT WOULD ALSO KEEP MOISTURE
FROM COMING INSIDE, LIEUTENANT
MCCASKEY SAYS MAKING SURE THAT
FIRE HYDRANTS AND GAS METERS
ARE CLEAR ARE IMPORTANT IN CASE
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DOES NEED
TO RESPOND TO YOUR HOUSE.
SO MUCH MORE TO THINK ABOUT AND
I'M GLAD YOU POINTED OUT MANY
OF THOSE THINGS WE'LL BE
HEARING ABOUT THEM IN THE DAYS
TO COME.
OTHERWISE.
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, NELSON.
AND TAKING A LIVE LOOK OUTSIDE
WHERE THE SUN IS OUT.
I MEAN IT'S GORGEOUS UP THERE
TODAY AND THE SNOW IS MELTING
BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF IT.
LAUREN ROBINSON IS HERE WITH
OUR FIRST LOOK AT THE FORECAST.
AND I OVERHEARD YOU SAY MAYBE A
LITTLE MORE.
YES.
AND THAT'S THE EXACT PERFECT
WAY TO PUT IT A LITTLE.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET ANOTHER
HUGE STORM TO MOVE THROUGH BUT
WE DO HAVE MORE SNOW CHANCES
THAT MOVE IN TOMORROW NIGHT.
FIRST LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A
LOOK AT OUR SATELLITE SATELLITE
RADAR.
THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN SEE WE DO
JUST HAVE SOME THIN HIGH CLOUDS
MOVING THROUGH THE AREA OVERALL
WE ARE MOSTLY DRY.
WE HAVE SOME LINGERING SNOW
SHOWERS THE FAR NORTHEASTERN
PORTIONS OF THE STATE.
BUT OVERALL THIS IS A PERFECT
AFTERNOON TO DIG YOURSELF OUT
OF THAT SNOW CAVE THAT MAY BE
OUTSIDE OF YOUR HOME.
IT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY NICE
WITH THOSE SUPPORTERS IN
THE MID 30S.
SO THAT'S NOT GOING TO MAKE FOR
A LOT OF MELTING THOUGH,
ESPECIALLY SINCE WE ARE
EXPECTING MORE SNOW TO MOVE IN
TOMORROW NIGHT AS WE TAKE A
LOOK AT TEMPERATURES ALL ACROSS
THE STATE.
WE'RE MOSTLY SEEING THEM IN
THE MID 30S ALONG THE FRONT
RANGE WE'RE GETTING INTO
THE 40S IN THE EASTERN PLAINS
IT LOOKS LIKE 50 RIGHT NOW
LAMAR AND THEN MOUNTAIN IS NOT
DOING TO BAD 30S AND 40S THERE
AS WELL.
SO ALL IN ALL, TEMPERATURES NOT
TOO BAD AS COMPARED TO WHAT WE
SAW WHEN ALL OF THE SNOW MOVED
THROUGH.
BUT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
SEE THOSE HIGHS MAYBE IN
THE MID 30S TODAY THEN
EVENTUALLY GET INTO THE 20S
LATER THIS EVENING BEFORE WE
SEE FOG MOVE IN LATE TONIGHT
AND INTO EARLY TOMORROW MORNING
.
SO IF YOU'RE A TUESDAY MORNING
COMMUTER YOU'RE GOING TO WANT
TO WATCH FOR FOGGY AREAS.
WE DO HAVE A DENSE FOG ADVISORY
THAT WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR
THOSE HOURS AS WELL AS MAYBE
SOME BLACK ICE OR SOME REFREEZE
OR THINGS LIKE THAT IN THOSE
EARLY MORNING HOURS WHEN THOSE
TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING
AND WE DO HAVE THAT DENSE FOG
OUT THERE.
SO SOMETHING TO KEEP NOTE OF AS
YOU HEAD OUT EARLY TOMORROW
MORNING.
BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT MAJOR
STORM HAS MOVED OUT.
WE ARE EXPECTING A LITTLE MORE
SNOW LATE TUESDAY AND INTO
EARLY WEDNESDAY BUT THEN WE GET
SOME LATE WEEK WARMING AND
THAT'S WHEN THE MAJORITY OF OUR
MELTING WILL HAPPEN.
WE'LL HAVE MORE DETAILS ON ALL
THAT PLUS YOUR FULL SEVEN DAY
FORECAST JUST AHEAD.
MAYBE WE'LL SEE SOME GREEN MATT
WHITE.
OK, THANK YOU.
BIG MARCH STORMS WE ALL KNOW
THEY'RE JUST NOT IN COLORADO.
IT HAPPENS A LOT.
SIX MARKHOR STORMS ARE IN
DENVERS TOP EIGHT LARGEST IN
ALL INCLUDING THIS ONE WHICH IS
NOW THE SECOND LARGEST MARCH
STORM IN DENVERS HISTORY.
NEARLY THIRTY TWO INCHES
OF SNOW DROPPED ONTO DENVER
DURING A MARCH STORM IN MARCH
OF 2003.
THIRTY TWO THAT IS THE SECOND
LARGEST STORM IN THE CITY'S
HISTORY IN MARCH 18, 1983,
NEARLY 19 INCHES FELL ON
THE CITY.
A STORM IN MARCH OF NINETEEN
FORTY FOUR CLOCKED IN AT 18 AND
A HALF.
18 INCHES FELL IN A MARCH
EIGHTEEN NINETY ONE STORM AND
NEARLY 17 INCHES FELL IN MARCH
OF NINETEEN FIFTY TWO.
OF COURSE ONE MAJOR DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THIS STORM AND ALL
OF THE OTHERS IS THIS ONE
HAPPENED DURING A GLOBAL
PANDEMIC AND THE CLEANUP TODAY
IS PUTTING A PAUSE ON SOME
OF THE COVID-19 VEXATION
VACCINATION EFFORTS.
KAISER PERMANENTE IS POSTPONING
VACCINE APPOINTMENTS SCHEDULED
FOR TODAY.
THE HEALTH CARE COMPANY DIDN'T
OPEN ITS CLINICS OVER
THE WEEKEND EITHER.
THERE IS RESCHEDULING TODAY'S
APPOINTMENTS.
CBS IS ALSO MAKING SURE PEOPLE
GET A SHOT THAT THEY DON'T.
THOSE THAT NEEDED ONE DON'T
HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE WEATHER.
THE PHARMACY IS NOT MAKING HAS
NOT MADE FIRST DOSE