Yes, we don’t get hurricanes, just High Wind Advisories. This one only has gusts up to 80 MPH. It’s one way to keep the yard cleared. This morning the tumbleweed I saw wasn’t tumbling; it was screaming like a bat out hell, straight across the fields.<\/p>\n
Nothing to do for this except don’t go out in it or be prepared to be sand-blasted. This is probably why 75% of all windshields in Colorado are replaced every two years. Hard to drive into the sun with a sand-blasted windshield. The other 25% is for the rocks kicked up after snow-melt.<\/p>\n
This is a weather adivisory. I emboldened the parts of interest to me.<\/p>\n
National Weather Service Zone – COZ084<\/p>\n
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URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
\nNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
\n848 AM MST THU NOV 3 2005<\/p>\n
DAMAGING WINDS OCCURRING ACROSS THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE
\nSOUTHERN MOUNTAINS IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO.<\/p>\n
.A STRONG JET STREAM MOVING OVER THE REGION IS CAUSING STRONG TO
\nLOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF SOUTHEAST
\nCOLORADO.<\/p>\n
COZ072>075-078>088-040000- THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND STRONG WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 80 MPH WILL CONTINUE FOR AREAS FROM PUEBLO COUNTY SOUTH TO THE NEW MEXICO BORDER…<\/p>\n STRONG TO LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON THE WIND PRONE AREAS…ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 25 FROM COLORADO HIGH WIND CAN CAUSE POWER OUTAGES AND CAN DAMAGE OR DESTROY Yes, we don’t get hurricanes, just High Wind Advisories. This one only has gusts up to 80 MPH. It’s one way to keep the yard cleared. This morning the tumbleweed I saw wasn’t tumbling; it was screaming like a bat out hell, straight across the fields. Nothing to do for this except don’t go out … Continue reading What’s the worst that can happen? Wind?<\/span>
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\nNORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT-
\nNORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET-
\nSOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-
\nSOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
\nWET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET-
\nWET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT-
\nWET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
\nTELLER COUNTY\/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT\/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN
\n7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT-
\nCANON CITY VICINITY\/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY-
\nNORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY\/MONUMENT RIDGE\/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
\n7500 FT-<\/strong>
\nCOLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY\/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY\/RAMPART RANGE
\nBELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY\/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT-
\nWALSENBURG VICINITY\/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT-
\nTRINIDAD VICINITY\/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT-
\nINCLUDING…LA VETA PASS…PONCHA PASS…BLANCA PEAK…CUCHARA…
\nSTONEWALL…WESTON…SPANISH PEAKS…SILVER CLIFF…WESTCLIFFE…
\nRYE…GREENHORN MTN…WOODLAND PARK…PIKES PEAK…CANON CITY…
\nPENROSE…BLACK FOREST…AIR FORCE ACADEMY…COLORADO SPRINGS…
\nPUEBLO…WALSENBURG…TRINIDAD
\n848 AM MST THU NOV 3 2005
\n
\nHIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nWARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON.
\n
\nFOR THE PIKES PEAK REGION…<\/p>\n
\nACROSS PARTS OF EASTERN TELLER COUNTY AND FAR WEST EL PASO COUNTY
\nTHROUGH LATE MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR MAINLY WEST
\nOF INTERSTATE 25.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nEAST FACING SLOPES OF THE WET MOUNTAINS…AND THE SANGRE DE CRISTO
\nMOUNTAINS THIS MORNING AND LAST INTO THE AFTERNOON. WEST WINDS OF
\n20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 85 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE.<\/p>\n
\nCITY TO TRINIDAD WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO STRONG TO LOCALLY
\nDAMAGING WINDS.<\/p>\n
\nMOBILE HOMES. LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS CAN BECOME FLYING MISSILES…
\nWHICH CAN BE DANGEROUS OR LIFE THREATENING TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
\nHIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND VEHICLES PULLING TRAILERS CAN BE
\nFLIPPED. BLOWING DUST CAN QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO
\nNEAR OPEN AND PLOWED LAND…WHICH CAN CAUSE VEHICLES TO SLOW DOWN
\nAND CAUSE CHAIN-REACTION ACCIDENTS. BLOWING DUST OR SAND CAN ALSO
\nBE A HEALTH HAZARD FOR THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS. STAY
\nINDOORS IF THERE IS BLOWING DUST OR SAND IN YOUR AREA. SECURE
\nLIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS. CONSIDER NOT TRAVELING ON ROADS WITH
\nCROSSWINDS.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"