Denver Christmas Blizzard of 2006
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The Denver Christmas Blizzard of 2006 began early on Wednesday December 20, 2006, as a storm blew through the eastern plains of Colorado spilling as much as two feet of snow up and down Interstate-25, from Fort Collins to Pueblo. The entire state was mired in drifts of snow up to 8 feet high and, at some locations, even higher drifts existed. Downtown Denver, in particular, experienced severe economic hardships as a result since so many paths were not clear for potential customers, but it was the same throughout many places. Denver International Airport, one of the busiest airports in the world and one of the busiest places in Colorado, which rarely closes for weather, shut down operations for two days, and in the midst of Christmas traveling, the closing of DIA caused a ripple effect across the United States. Hundreds of flights were canceled, and many upset travelers were stranded in the DIA terminals, and even though the plows' uses were maximized to try and clear the runways, thousands of travelers were forced to extend their stay at DIA. Many roads throughout the state were unpassable, schools and other community functions were canceled immediately, and the general public of Colorado was snowed in.
