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PoindexterOglethorpe

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1. 80 mph is not that unusual along the Front Range.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Mon Dec 26, 2016, 01:52 AM

Dec 2016

I lived in Boulder for a while. Not long after we moved there winds of 105 mph blew down an overpass being built.

My younger son still recalls being blown off his feet by a gust of wind that was maybe 40mph or so.

We learned to pay attention to wind forecasts before putting our garbage out for pick up.

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About 50,000 lose power across Denver area as winds hammer Front Range [View all] TexasTowelie Dec 2016 OP

80 mph is not that unusual along the Front Range. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2016 #1

It wasn't that bad... as weather. Xcel was more useless than normal, though. politicat Jan 2017 #2