Happy St. Patrick's Day! It looks like we are in for a very large storm in Colorado. I could hardly believe what I was hearing on the radio this afternoon. Snow accumulations of 3 to 8 feet are expected in the foothills. I am scheduled to go to Dallas, TX on Wednesday morning, but I suspect that we might not see aircraft coming and going through the Denver airport if all goes according to the current forecast.

Twenty years ago today I was making my way across the country alone in my little Mazda after having packed up my belongings to come out and work for HP. As I traveled across Kansas, the weather began to change, first gradually, and then suddenly. As first it was an unseasonbly warm morning and then got cooler as I headed west, then cold and windy and before I knew it, I was in the middle of a spring blizzard. I was growing weary of trying to hold the car on the road against stiff crosswinds and blowing snow. I began to pass stranded 18-wheelers. I eventually stopped in Colby, Kansas and found a motel since I thought it wouldn't be safe to travel much longer on I-70. I learned later that the Interstate had been closed just a few miles further to the west before the Colorado line and remained that way for more than a day. Perhaps we'll be in for a repeat weather performance in the next few days.