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HubCap: Citizen journalists have blizzard covered


Well, by now, we're just kind of waiting for the snow to stop so we can dig ourselves out, aren't we? "Two feet of untracked powder" is a phrase often used to describe a major storm at Wolf Creek, not at the Colorado State Capitol Building. But I can see it from YourHub.com World Headquarters, where we're getting snow reports and photos from all over the metro area

Here's what's been posted on YourHub.com sites since the beginning of what I think is now known as "The Blizzard of '06." Click here to post yours.

Joe McDaniel, of Parker, got his wife, Jan, an early Christmas present: An ergonomic snow shovel!

Paige Dailey, 2, of Aurora, was out shoveling early. Early in life, that is.

Rod Fiore, of Centennial, says the teens in his neighborhood aren't spolied rotten. Here's why.

Sharon Wheatley, of Golden reports, "Woody's is still open!" Sharon, I can tell you didn't leave your condo to take these photos. Not that you should or anything. (Editor's note: Sharon got up at 4:30 the next morning and posted 99 more snow photos.)

Historian Richard Gardner, of Golden, compares this year's blizzard with massive snowfalls of the past. How does it stack up?

Nick Bohnenkamp, of Denver, actually had the audacity to drive up to Eldora and go snowboarding on Thursday.

Dani Young, of Roxborough, actually enjoyed the snow day she got.

Meagan Savage, of Parker, made it home from college just before the blizzard hit.

Brian Phillips, of Highlands Ranch, says he'll take a Colorado winter over a Midwest winter any day. So will I.

Courtney Erker, of Lakewood, took on an epic journey during the storm.

Nine-year-old yellow Lab Bucky, of Lafayette, had a heck of a time getting out of a snow drift.

Mile-Hi Dad Mike Bates, of Castle Rock, shoveled his driveway four times, rather than one big time.

Josh Shafron, of Boulder, caught a nice shot of the Flatirons.

Carla Shepherd, of Columbine, has her 3-year-old out 'shubling' the driveway.

YourHub.com Community Journalist Eric Lubbers caught some good photos of a couple of RTD buses that were abandoned on Capitol Hill sometimeWednesday night orThursday morning.

Sandy Clifton, of Lone Tree, snapped photos of the blizzard, which has dropped snow up to her windows all the way around her apartment:

Ann Himel, of Littleton, perhaps getting a touch of cabin fever, interviews herself. Also, she's got a plumbing problem that's going to necessitate digging up the yard before the snow melts. It's covered in four parts, starting here.

Gene Wieneke, of Northglenn, has a winter wonderland outside his house.

Julie Robinson, of Castle Rock, documented the 30 inches of snow in her yard.

Carol Forbes, of Niwot, shared her snow report and photos, including one of Flipper the cat trying to plow through the deep stuff.

Best dog photo of the Blizzard of '06? So far, I like Patti Ahern's, of her dog Lucy.

YourHub.com Community Assistant Kevin Villegas isn't afraid to shovel snow in a women's coat.

Bike guy Tom Tobiassen, of Aurora, snapped these cycle-themed photos during the blizzard.

Megan Isberg, of Thornton, posted these photos of her neighborhood neard 136th Avenue.

YourHub.com Community Journalist Karen Groves watched Jim Browne snowblow his driveway. No word on whether he cleared Karen's driveway, too. Here, she interviewed Axel Von Kleydorff on shoveling strategy and technique.

It took Barbara Neff, of Castle Rock, five hours to get from Park Meadows to her home in Castle Pines Village on Wednesday. But on Thursday, everyone in the neighborhood pitched in to help dig out their neighbors.

They were riding snowmobileson the streets of Westminster. Antonia Murphy got some nice photos Thursday.

Gladys Mercier, of Arvada, watched her son Ron try to dig out her driveway, and almost disappear in the snow.

YourHub.com Community Assistant Erin Williams got her White Christmas, but will be staying in Colorado instead of visiting family in Wisconsin. But she's dealing with it.

Nan Wigington, owner of Miss Prothero's Books on Santa Fe Drive in Denver, shares a verse from Dylan Thomas and updates us on what it's like to own a business in all this mess.

YourHub.com Community Journalist Jeff Thomas snapped these photos outside the Double Happy restaurant in Louisville. And he spent some time at the sledding hill in Lafayette. Check out the collision in photo No. 2.

Weather guy Rick Smith, of Arvada, keeps us up to date with this coverage.

YourHub.com Community Journalist Charmaine Robledo's trek home Wednesday took 2 1/2 hours via the light rail.

Stan Dyer snapped 20 photos of the pileup near his home in Arvada.

YourHub.com Community Assistant Rebecca Zimmerman watched her neighbors dig their jeep out. She didn't help, but she took a lot of photos. And she blogged about why Dec. 21 is always a special day for her, complete with photos (of her husband shoveling).

Alek Komarnitsky took photos of the 25 inches of snow in his yard in Lafayette.

Here's the story of my commute this morning, via snowshoe down Colfax Avenue.

And the epic story of the restructuring of my travel plans after my flight out of DIA was canceled yesterday.

YourHub.com Community Journalist Karen Groves is surrounded by snow at her home in Evergreen.

Kim Price, of Sedgwick (our first and only Sedgwick user so far), shares some photos from the eastern plains.Here's more from after the snow stopped.

YourHub.com Community Journalist Erin Feese didn't make it to work on Wednesday, but she braved the cold and snow to bring us this report.

Here are some pre-storm photos from Tuesday night, from Michael Rule, of Larkspur.

These are photos of the whiteout that is downtown Denver, from Gabriel Martinez' rooftop at Stadium Lofts next to Coors Field.

Richard Orf
, of Centennial, got us the earliest photos, from 1:30 Wednesday morning.

Are you getting around the metro area at all? Here are some horror stories our staff shared:

Managing Editor Fairlight Baer, who lives near 38th and Federal ( click here for the expanded version and her photos):
"More hilarious than horrific is that I got home around 7:30 last night to find someone's car stuck outside my garage. I squeezed/shoveled my way in, but couldn't conquer the mound of snow and the stuck car this morning. So, I walked to work. 38th & Federal to 15th & Cleveland in 78 minutes without falling once. I'm feelin' good." (Fairlight's walk to work: 3.25 miles)

Community Journalist Erin Feese, who lives in Littleton:
"I've been lucky -- I've just been at home since Wednesday morning, watching the snow pile up. I did brave the winds yesterday to take a few pictures, but the wind was gusty and kept blowing snow in my face and my hands got numb, so that didn't last long. However, I've heard a few doozies: My boyfriend's co-worker got stuck at the airport, finally got a bus to Denver (it took three hours) and had to walk from Civic Center station to my boyfriend's loft by Coors Field, dragging two suitcases down the middle of the street because the sidewalks weren't plowed. A family friend got stuck for 7 hours on U.S. 36 trying to pick her daughter up from CU, and she is now stuck in the dorms. And I just watched the neighbors across the street dug out their SUV after it got stuck."

Community Journalist Jeff Thomas, who lives in Lafayette:
"I went to the county clerk about 10 a.m. and found out the county was closing. Went to my noon spinning class, it was cancelled. Worked out on treadmill in front of television watching the weather reports.
Went home. Haven't moved my car since."

Community Journalist John Eisel, who lives all the way out near Montbello (but still made it to the office on Thursday):
"I got stuck on an RTD bus for an hour and a half in Montbello. Two other RTD buses wound up stuck behind us. My wife had to come pick me up and we took three other people home. Then it took me an hour to dig myself out so I could get to work on Thursday."

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I am from Texas so it still amazes me to wake up in a snow globe! Great bog to everyones snow issues.

It was a scary time for me. I was only able to walk three-fourths of the way to my apartment when I started feeling faint from the cold. Fortunately, a nice man in an SUV drove me the last block to my apartment.
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