On April 7th 2005, we were starting to get the first indications that there might be a significant weather event in store for Colorado Springs, Colorado. Most of the time, these weather events are hit or miss in which they may or may not have that much of an impact on our location. We don’t actually live in Colorado Springs. We’re about 8 miles east in the town of Falcon and due to the geography, we fall in the “rain shadow” of Black Forest and the Palmer divide. This means any storms that come from the north (as most winter storms do) produce very little snow fall by the time it reaches us. However, the wind can be ferocious.
