Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Thursday March 20, 2003 - We are in labor!



Looking at each journal entry 10 years later shows me how God was in control.  Even though it felt like our world was falling apart as well as dealing with a historical blizzard, Clarke and I were determined to head off to Ukraine!  We even had someone ask us "are you still going with the war and all?" And my reply back was.  

"There is no stopping us now, we are in LABOR!"


Kris:
The Blizzard of 2003!  We have been snow bound for 3 days.  Our kids, Amanda & Alex (A&A) have had 3 snow days, no electricity, and a fun time playing board games!  We are almost packed and pray that we can get out in time because of the closure of DIA.


News headlines back on March 20, 2003
March 20: U.S. attacks Baghdad, Iraq, with missiles and bombs. U.K. and U.S. ground troops move into Iraq. Military operations begin.


Snow covers United Airlines planes parked at the gates at Denver International Airport, Wednesday, March 19, 2003. Denver's worst blizzard in 90 years shut down the city for a second day and closed one of the nation's busiest airports, stranding thousands of passengers and ripping the terminal's tent-like roof. The storm dumped up to 6 feet of wet, heavy snow in the mountains and paralyzed a large swath of Colorado and Wyoming. The Denver Post, Cyrus McCrimmon)


1. MARCH BLIZZARD OF 2003...MARCH 17-19...2003.  ACCORDING TO THE DENVER MAYOR...THIS STORM IS THE STORM OF THE CENTURY...A BACK BREAKER...A RECORD BREAKER...A ROOF BREAKER.  DENVER EXPERIENCED THE SNOWIEST MARCH IN ITS HISTORY...AND THE STORM BROKE A STREAK OF 19 CONSECUTIVE MONTHS OF BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION IN DENVER.  THE FOOTHILLS AND PALMER DIVIDE RECEIVED 3 TO 8 FEET OF SNOW...WITH 2 TO 3 FEET IN THE URBAN CORRIDOR AND METRO DENVER.  DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS CLOSED...AS WAS INTERSTATE 70 IN BOTH DIRECTIONS FROM DENVER...AND HUNDREDS OF ROOFS  COLLAPSED DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW.

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