EVERYONE
EVERYONE SUPPOSED TO BE SNOWED BY NOW. BUT YOU KNOW WEATHER SCIENCE
DOESN'T CARE ABOUT OUR PLANS OR
OUR FEELINGS AND THE STORM HAS
SLOWED DOWN.
IT IS STILL COMING.
I'M IN DENVER FOR NOW BUT WE'RE
STILL TALKING MORE THAN A FOOT
OF SNOW IN THE CITY BY THE END
OF THE WEEKEND AND EVEN MORE IN
THE FOOTHILLS.
THE FIRST BAND OF SNOW ARRIVES
OVERNIGHT AND THE STORM REALLY
GETS GOING BY TOMORROW EVENING.
SO WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THAT
STORM MOVE INTO COLORADO IS
JUST HAPPENING VERY SLOWLY.
LET'S CHECK IN WITH CHIEF
METEOROLOGIST KATHY SABEEN.
YOU'VE BEEN TRACKING IT ALL
WEEK AND WE'RE GETTING CLOSER
SOMETIMES THE WAITING IS
THE BEST PART RIGHT?
I CAN'T BE YOU ALL THE SNACKS
THAT YOU BOUGHT FOR THE WEEKEND
.
EXACTLY.
. EXACTLY. AND THEN WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO
DO?
OH, IT'S SUCH GREAT MOISTURE
COMING OUR WAY, ALEX.
ONE TO FIVE INCHES OF LIQUID
PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM
OF RAIN OR SNOW OR FREEZING
DRIZZLE.
AND WHILE THE STORM MAY HAVE
SLOWED DOWN, IT IS STILL ON
TRACK TO BRING HEAVY SNOW OVER
THE WEEKEND.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK.
WE ARE SEEING SOME SNOW SHOWERS
DEVELOP IN THE FOOTHILLS AND
MOUNTAINS.
NOTHING REALLY IN DENVER.
IT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT
OF FREEZING DRIZZLE OVERNIGHT
TONIGHT AS THE SYSTEM COMES OUT
OF ARIZONA AND MOVES INTO
PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA.
HEADS FOR THE FOUR CORNERS
TOMORROW AND SETS UP IN
SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.
COUNTERCLOCKWISE FLOW WILL PULL
IN THAT WARM OF MOISTURE THAT
WILL INTENSIFY IT.
WE'LL START TO SEE THE HEAVIER
SNOW BANDS AFTER ABOUT ONE
O'CLOCK TOMORROW WITH SNOWFALL
RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER
HOUR.
HIGHER RATES POSSIBLE IN
THE FOOTHILLS.
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS
IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION
OF NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
INCLUDING THE DENVER METRO AREA
WHERE WE'RE IN THAT 12 TO 18
INCH RANGE.
BUT SOME AREAS WILL SEE 12 TO
24 INCHES AND THE AREAS IN
THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN
FOOTHILL AND SUBURB AREAS ARE
IN THE TWO TO FOUR FOOT RANGE.
A DEEP UPSLOPE EVENT BUT NOT A
SUPER COLD STORM.
SOME OF THAT MOISTURE MAY COME
IN THE FORM OF RAIN INITIALLY.
SO COMING UP, WE'RE GOING TO
BREAK DOWN THE WEEKEND FORCAST
INCLUDING THE UPDATED WEEKEND
SNOW ESTIMATES CDOTS ASKING
PEOPLE TO HANG HOME THIS
WEEKEND IF THEY CAN.
THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE DRIVERS
GET STRANDED LIKE TWO YEARS AGO
DURING THE BOMB CYCLONE
NATIONAL GUARD HAD TO HELP GET
PEOPLE OUT.
AND ELIZABETH, FIREFIGHTERS USE
THEIR SNOWCAT TO REACH PEOPLE
STUCK IN SNOW.
THE NATIONAL GUARD AND A
SNOWCAT ARE ON STANDBY FOR THIS
WEEKEND.
THAT SAME STORM STRANDED
TRAVELERS DéDé AND ON PENYA
BOULEVARD TWO YEARS AGO TONIGHT
WE SEE AIRLINES CANCELING
FLIGHTS PREEMPTIVELY, MORE THAN
17 HUNDRED OF THEM AND COUNTING
.
MY FAVORITE PART OF STORM
COVERAGE ON LOCAL NEWS IS WHEN
WE TELL YOU THAT THEY ARE GOING
TO PLOW.
I WOULD HOPE THAT THEY'RE GOING
TO PLOW.
BUT A REMINDER FOR YOU DENVER
SIDE STREET PLOWS DO NOT
ACTUALLY HIT THE PAVEMENT AND
THEY DON'T PUT DOWN DICER.
THEY JUST CLEAR SNOW IN A
SINGLE RIP UP THE CENTER OF THE
STREET.
SO GOOD LUCK FOOTHILLS MIGHT
SEE SOME REAL TASTY ACTION FROM
THIS STORM FOR BUSINESSES IN
BOULDER THAT MEANS SOME OF THEM
WILL GET NO BUSINESS AND OTHERS
WILL GET A RUSH.
HERE'S NEWS REPORTER MARK
ZELINGER.
BOULDER COULD SEE SOME OF THE
HIGHEST SNOW TOTALS ON
THE FRONT RANGE.
FOR SOME THAT MEANS A SNOW DAY
.
FOR OTHERS THAT MEANS BUSINESS
IS JUST GETTING STARTED.
IT'S COLD OUT HERE.
A HOT WITH THE SIGHT OF THREE
FEET OF SNOW SHUT DOWN WON'T BE
ON THE MENU.
FREDDIE'S HOT DOG STAND IN
BOULDER.
IF THERE'S NO PEOPLE OUT HERE
THEN THERE'S NO BUSINESS.
MIKE KHODARY AND MIKE HOROWITZ.
YEAH, WE'RE BOTH LIKES TO KEEP
IT SIMPLE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO
RUN THE BUSINESS.
THE TROLLEY HAS BEEN OUT ON
PEARL STREET FOR 41 YEARS
EXCEPT FOR DAYS LIKE TOMORROW
EVEN TRYING TO PUSH IT A HALF A
BLOCK AND THE SNOW IS ALMOST
IMPOSSIBLE.
THE MITES ARE PRETTY GOOD AT
SELLING HOT DOGS.
YOU HAVE A NICE DAY GUYS, BUT
THEY'LL ADMIT THEY HAVE
ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHAT THEY'RE
TALKING ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO
METEOROLOGY.
BUT WITH A STORM LIKE THIS,
EVERYONE HAS AN OPINION.
I HEAR A LOT OF DIFFERENT
THINGS.
I DON'T BELIEVE ANY OF THEM.
I BET YOU WE DON'T GET MUCH
ACROSS TOWN AND UP THE HILL.
WE'RE GETTING READY FOR
THE APOCALYPSE HERE BEHIND
THE ORDERS IT BOSS LADY PIZZA
ARE STACKING UP DEEPER IN
THE SNOW TOTALS.
OH YEAH.
I MEAN IT'S COMFORT FOOD, YOU
KNOW, PURE COMFORT FOOD.
YOU JUST IT'S PERFECT FOR LIKE
A WINTER STORM NICE AND HOT
SCOTUING YOU THINK A COUPLE
FEET OF SNOW WILL STOP COLLEGE
STUDENTS FROM CHANTAE PIZZA
AMBONESE PAUL IS READY FOR
ANYTHING IF THE POWER GOES OUT.
WE'VE GOT FIVE HEADLAMPS.
IT'S HAPPENED BEFORE
THE POWER'S GONE OUT AND WE
LITERALLY WILL HAVE COOKS
COOKING PIZZA WITH THEIR
HEADLAMPS WITH A FULL KITCHEN
AND EMPTY STOMACH IN THE LINE
OF DRIVERS READY TO DELIVER.
THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT LEFT TO
DO BUT GRAB A PIZZA I'VE HEARD
THAT IT'S GOING TO BE CRAZY AND
WAIT FOR THIS SNOW IN BOULDER,
I'M MARK ZELINGER MCR9NEWS.
WHEN HOMLESS ADVOCATES FIRST
HEARD OF THIS WEEKEND'S STORM
THEY IMMEDIATELY GOT TO WORK
BETWEEN THE ON THE GROUND
RESEARCH.
OUR OUTREACH AND SHELTER PREP
CREWS ARE MAKING SURE PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS HAVE
A PLACE TO GO.
OUR LIST KYLECLARK HAS MORE
PROVIDING SHELTER FOR THOSE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS
DURING A SNOW EVENT IS NO SMALL
TASK.
COORDINATION IS KEY AND THAT'S
WHY VOLUNTEERS HAVE BEEN
WORKING ALONGSIDE PAID STAFF TO
MAKE SURE PLACES LIKE DENVER
ST. CHARLES REC CENTER ARE
READY.
WE ALWAYS WANT TO BE ABLE TO
RECEIE PEOPLE WITH THAT
HOSPITALITY AND THE ULTIMATE
SHOW OF HOSPITALITY IN
THE THROES OF A WINTER STORM IS
PROVIDING SHELTER FOR THE UN
EHOUSE WITH A WARM PLACE TO
SLEEP IN HERE WE'LL BE PUTTING
ABOUT FPARTS ON THIS BASKETBALL
COURT 50 CDOTS ON THE ONE
ACROSS THE HALL.
CHRIS CONNOR IS THE DIRECTOR
OF HOMELESSNESS RESOLUTION WITH
DENVER'S DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING
STABILITY STAFF WORKING HARD TO
MAKE IT HAPPEN.
HE KNOWS TO GET PEOPLE HERE A
LOT HAS TO BE DONE FROM MAKING
ROOM IN THE MAIN SHELTERS.
WE DID THAT BY MOVING SOME
OF OUR WOMEN GUESTS INTO MOTEL
OPTIONS SO THAT THEY COULD BE
ACCOMMODATED THROUGH THIS ONE
TO INFORMING THOSE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS THAT A STORM IS ON
ITS WAY.
WE INITIALLY SEIZE UPON
EIGHTEEN PERSON TEAM
OF OUTREACH WORKERS AS WELL AS
ANOTHER TEAM OF ABOUT
20 FIREFIGHTER AND HUMAN
SERVICES PROFESSIONALS WHO GO
DIRECTLY INTO ENCAMP SPACES TO
ADVISE PEOPLE OF WHAT'S COMING
AND ORIENT THEM TO INDOOR
FACILITY BASED OPTIONS FOR FOR
HOSPITALITY.
THE CITY HAS HELPED COORDINATE
TRANSPORTATION FOR PEOPLE WHO
NEED SHELTER TAKING THEM TO ANY
LOCATION THAT HAS OPEN BEDS.
THIS FACILITY WILL BE USED AS A
BACKUP LOCATIONS OVERFLOW NOT
LIKELY BUT STILL WORKERS WILL
BE READY BECAUSE HELED IS A LOT
OF GRATITUDE FOR A BROAD CITY
TEAM THAT WILL JUMP IN AND
ASSIST THE MOST VULNERABLE IN
THE CITY OF DENVER WHEN
THE STORM HITS, FIRST
RESPONDERS AND OUTREACH
COORDINATORS WILL STILL BE ON
THE GROUND MAKING SURE ANYONE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS KNOWS
THEIR SHELTER OPTIONS AND
THE CITY OF DENVER IS ASKING
THAT ANYONE IN THE COMMUNITY
WHO SEE SOMEONE IN AN EMERGENCY
SITUATION OUT THERE IMMEDIATELY
CALL NINE ONE ONE IN DENVER,
I'M LIZ CALLICK.
9NEWS SHELTERS STILL HAVE TO
PLAN FOR THE PANDEMIC BUSSES
TRANSPORTING PEOPLE TO SHELTERS
WILL BE AT HALF CAPACITY AND
CDOTS