Spring Storm Buries Denver – Conifer And Evergreen Lose Power

Conifer and Evergreen Snow Storm and Power Restoration update as of 5:00 AM Tuesday Morning

This directly from IREA as of 5 AM this morning– It is important that if your electricity is still out to report it to IREA at 303-688-3100.
Current Known Outages
We are still experiencing several outages in the Conifer district. The areas included are along the 285 corridor including Pine Junction, Conifer. We also still have outages in the Brookforest and down to the Evergreen area also. Crews will continue to work until all power has been restored.
The area with the largest number of consumer outages are in the following Conifer District subdivisions:
Aspen Meadows, Bergen Park Estates, Brook Forest, Conifer Meadows, Peaceful Hills.
Other areas that still have some Isolated outages are:
Angel Acres, Aspen Park, Bear Mountain Vista, Beeler Subdivision, Black Mountain Ranch Estates, Blue Valley Acres, Burland Ranchettes – Sleepy Hollow, Conifer Mountain, Conifer Park Estates, Crosley’s Subdivision, Elk Ridge Subdivision, Evergreen Highlands, French Springs, Golden Meadows, Helker Subdivision, Hill & Dale, Hilldale Pines, Hillview, Homestead (The), Indian Mountain, Monte Verde, Oehlmann, Park 80 West, Pine Valley Subdivision, Pleasant Park, Saddleback Heights, Skyhill Road Subdivision, Soda Creek, Soda Creek @ Bergen Park, Sphinx Park, Spring Creek Ranch, Stagestop, Summit Ranch, Wamblee Valley, Wamblee Valley Park, Wandcrest Estates, Wandcrest Park, Woodside.
We are also still experiencing several outages in our Sedalia District. Areas included are Highway 67. We also have some isolated outages in Deer Creek Canyon, Blue Jay Gulch area. We do have crews working on these outages also.
There may be other individual outages that we are already aware of and others that we still need to be notified about. If you have any information reguarding trees in lines or down power lines please give us a call at 303-688-3100 and leave a message on our automated outage system. Thank you again.

Conifer and Evergreen Snow Storm update as of 6:00 PM Monday night

A few of my clients near the top of Conifer Mountain hadn’t returned my calls to check up on them. So This afternoon I drove up to extract them if they were still snowed in.   Kennedy Gulch Road is in excellent shape, a little narrower than usual because of the snow banks but it’s almost completely dry. Trees limbs and some small rocks have fallen into the road in a few places but it’s very drivable.  I notice a few of the steepest driveways still impassable, but no signs with pleas for help! At the very top of Conifer Mountain (Beas Road) I found my highest (about 10,000 feet) client doing just fine.   He only recently had electricity restored and although both cell and his land line phone had been down, both were functioning by the time I got there.

As of Monday April 20, 2009 at 1:31 PM local electric company for the 285 corridor including Conifer, Pine Bailey as well as Evergreen (IREA) posted the following statement regarding the status of power outages: Outage Alerts Current Known Outages We are still experiencing wide [spread] outages in the Conifer district. The areas included are along the 285 corridor including Pine Junction, Conifer & Aspen Park and we still have some outages in the Brookforest and the Evergreen area also. Crews will continue to work until all power has been restored. We hope to have most areas back on by late Sunday but some areas may still be experiencing isolated outages through Monday and possibly even Tuesday. Some subdivisions that we know are still experiencing outages in the Conifer area include: Angel Acres, Beeler Subdivision, Black Mountain Ranch Estates, Brook Forest, Crosley’s Subdivision, Elk Ridge Subdivision, Evergreen Highlands, Evergreen Meadows, French Springs, Golden Meadows, Hill and Dale, Hillview, The Homestead, Monteverde, Oehlmann Park, Peaceful Hills, Pine Ridge, Pleasant Park, Saddleback Heights, Saddleback Mountain, Skyhill Road Subdivision, Smith Property, Soda Creek, Summit Ranch, Valley Hi Ranch Estates. Other areas that still have some Isolated outages are: Aspen Meadows, Bear Mountain Vista, Bergen Park Estates, Blue Valley Acres, Conifer Meadows,Hilldale Pines, and Pine Valley Subdivision. There may be other individual outages that we are aware of and others that we still need to be notified about. If you have any information reguarding trees in lines or power lines down please give us a call at 303-688-3100 and leave a message on our automated outage system. We are also still experiencing several outages in our Sedalia District. Areas included are Highway 67 & Jackson Creek. We also have some isolated outages in Deer Creek Canyon, Blue Jay Gulch area. We do have crews working on these outages also. Thank you for your patience, we are working as quickly as we can. If you have information regarding trees in the lines or other information that would help pin point the cause in different areas please call and leave a message with our automated system. Thank you again.

April 18 and I’m writing from my little horse ranch in Conifer at about 8000 feet. We are snowed in! I was able to keep my driveway open for most  of yesterday but I eventually got stuck– even with chains. And now the snow has accumulated to a depth well beyond the capacity of my Ford F350 or it’s captain.

We lost power some time after 2 AM as did all of Conifer and most, if not all of Evergreen. According to IREA we can expect to the power loss to last through the weekend and possibly as late as Monday.

I’ve called my neighbors who usually rely on me for plowing and they are all okay, hunkered down and waiting it out. Maybe we’ll have a neighborhood Monopoly match later. One Belle Meade neighbor has a generator so we may head over there– eventually. He’s a Scotch drinker though so it could get interesting.

Anyway, it’s springtime in Denver! It will be in the sixties by Tuesday and soon all this snow will be a distant memory. But for now it’s time to play in the snow.

I have started to see signs of cabin fever in my wife though! It’s been 3 hours since we noticed the power outage–she’s starting to show some minor insanity. Most recently she asked if I would snowshoe to Starbucks to get her a latte. It’s only 2.5 miles but I just don’t see it happening. Maybe I’ll make a run to Sushi Hai–I suspect they don’t need power to make a big plate of raw fish!

Well we all survived! IREA had the power up at our place by Saturday evening. It was fully restored to all of Conifer later that night. Sunday morning I was able to dig out my plow and open up the road. Several LARGE trees came down around me while I was plowing. In fact one tree leaned over and caused a fire in my neighbors yard. The fire was contained without any help, the Elk Creek fire department scouted it but wasn’t very impressed! All in all it was a great weekend. The snow provided a nice reprieve from the constant connection, whirls and buzzing, that we’re so used to. At least for the Maioccos  it was a weekend of bonding over the Monopoly board! By the way, the picture above is my wife’s car!

Happy days!

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