Colorado Springs, CO Historic Winter Storm Slams Roadways
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- Опубліковано 9 лип 2024
- A major winter storm slams into Colorado forcing closures and creating chaos on the roads on Colorado's Front Range on March 14, 2024.
Shot Description
00:00 - Tight Shot, SUV stuck in deep snow, blowing snow, driver tripping over snow.
00:18 - Pan zoom out, good Samaritan attaching tow rope to stuck SUV in blowing snow in Monument, Colorado.
00:35 - Truck pulling stuck SUV with tow rope, tow rope snaps backwards in Monument, Colorado.
00:47 - Tight shot of good Samaritan outside of truck, low visibility, blowing snow in Monument, Colorado.
00:53 - Overview of stuck SUV and blowing snow while good Samaritan attempts to attach a tow rope in Monument, Colorado.
01:03 - Mid shot of stuck SUV as plows pass in Monument, Colorado.
01:10 - Group of people pushing a vehicle up hill as tires spin in Colorado Springs, Colorado .
01:30 - Tight shot of people pushing a stuck vehicle up hill in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
01:50 - Wide shot of chaos and stuck vehicles on road in Colorado Springs.
02:17 - Mid shot of stuck vehicles in Colorado Springs.
02:28 - Plow blocking vehicles from going up hill and getting stuck in Colorado Springs, with a traffic jam behind.
02:50 - Wide shot of multiple stuck vehicles in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
03:02 - Parked semis on shoulder of I-25 near Monument, Colorado.
03:36 - Twilight shot of cars in extremely low visibility on Monument Hill in Monument, Colorado.
04:00 - Blowing snow at twilight of snow being plowed on Monument Hill in Monument, Colorado.
04:18 - Wide shots of semis and their drivers putting on chains in early morning and blowing snowi in Monument, Colorado.
04:27 - Tight shot of semis and their drivers putting on chains in early morning and blowing snow in Monument, Colorado.
04:37 - Mid shot of semis parked for the storm, covered in snow in Monument, Colorado.
04:47 - Mid shot of semis parked for the storm, covered in snow in Monument, Colorado.
05:01 - Tight shot of semi parked for the storm, covered in snow in Monument, Colorado.
05:16 - Snow being plowed on I-25 in Monument, Colorado.
05:38 - Plows on I-25 northbound in Monument, Colorado.
06:01 - I-25 Southbound with extreme whiteout conditions near Colorado Springs, Colorado.
SID: Trevor Cokley
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1:15 A RWD dodge charger with no winter tires in Colorado. How exciting is this lol
The main thing is that he was looking cool ... going nowhere FAST !
You can't fix it.
Not a problem dude. I'm Ole Skool. Remember the 60's & 70's? I got my license in 74'. The days of the Muscle Cars. Imagine a 454, 1969 All Wheel Drive Chevelle. No 4-wheel drive, except on select work trucks & then you had to get out in the elements & lock them in & drive accordingly, they were very touchy. No All-Wheel Drive. No Front-Wheel Drive, unless you had a high horse power El Dorado. Everybody was going up & down the road sideways. That's just the way it was. I was never late for school or work as a kid. We'd show up to school if they were closed, just to throw snow balls at the school.
@@philsmidwestclassiccars150And another item to add to you're list, bias ply tires were the norm until they started filtering into the system in the later 1970's I believe but there were still lots of vehicles and certainly the heavier pickups that still used bias tires for some years yet. Driving on ice with non studded bias course type grip tires without excess weight in the back of the pickup was a challenge and again two wheel drive pickups were by far the norm back then. In the last number of years where I am ( Alberta ), dealerships will NOT bring in any two wheel drive pickups unless it was some special customer order as they would never be able to sell it to the general public.
It amazes me living in Colorado for 24 yrs any of these people are actually on the road. They forecast this storm for days and day and here the cream of the crop driving around like “I didn’t think it was going to snow”. We left to our mountain destination as soon as it began to rain with 4WD and Blizzacks on each vehicle. Unreal.
seriously
it's the new people from Texas and California who don't know any better and don't know how to drive in it. The one guy out in a RWD Charger🙄that's just dumb. I live down near Durango. We didn't get much out of it. More rain than snow. Been a rainy winter here. I mean we've had our share of snow, but most of the big storms the predicted were kind of busts in the end.
@@joeg5414 Lawlz
I love when people blame it on the out of towners, or new folks.
No matter WHERE YOU GO, you'll find these people. I'm willing to bet most of the videos we put out, they're full of long-time locals getting stuck on the same hills.
It is very simple, people who don't maintain their tires get stuck on these hills, or they drive the wrong kind of vehicle and choose to drive up a bad hill right after a heavy band of snow and right before the plows can get to it.
Just because you've lived somewhere and grew up with the road conditions, doesn't make you used to it or immune. And even if you are, you can still get stuck like these folks.
Im in a country where there is no snow.... and I even know not to drive around when snow is pelting me in the face side on....
@@TrevorCokley I plow and 9 out of 10 are out of state plates. The worst are truckers with no chains.
here's a tip. Never tie something to a car that isn't meant for towing and get a "running start". Don't do it with anything made for towing either. That's not going to work out well for you. You drive slowly to get it taunt then you start adding power slowly.
Guy treated it like a kinetic rope - and it wasn't a kinetic rope.
For sure!
Not me buddy, always a running start, & then bo- - -ng....
@@Cowicide You don't want to do this with ANY kind of rope. That much energy being created is going to go into something and if that energy isn't dissipated from the rope snapping, it's going to go into the frames of the car. It's just a dumb way to do it.
@@Suplyndmnd Kinetic rope is literally meant to do this as long as the recovery points are used properly and the rope is rated for the load. Obviously, the car would have someone giving it acceleration while doing it instead of just trying to pull an empty vehicle.
However, pulling a kinetic rope in that manner is exactly what they are made for and it's used that way every day by people that know what they're doing. The guy in the video obviously wouldn't know what he's doing with any type of rope kinetic or otherwise, much less a tow strap.
Winter tires are not overrated.
Slow down folks. It's better to be 5 min. late for an appointment than20years early for your funeral.
Or just stay off the roads during a historic blizzard
Excellent!!
it's like a Willie Nelson song - I'm OFF road again😅
@@user-rl9wy2ek9m In 1981 that was our ship song for the USS CLIFTON SPRAGUE FFG 16. because we were underway quite often. I am a plank owner of that ship.
People! For the love of all that is holy….STAY HOME when the weather is like this!!!
Kind of reminds me of my Florida neighbors. Hurricane season starts in late June...let's not prepare anything until a hurricane is on your doorstep. Now could be the time to keep extra food on hand, buy bottled water, get that plywood for the windows, buy that generator. But no...I'm my own big thinker. The last FROST DATE in the mountains is May 1. Huh...so it could snow - and a LOT - until May 1. Just sayin'. Brains left at home.
Unfortunately, not everyone can do that.
but mcdonalds closes in 10 minutes
Said no boss ever 😂
This has been the best advice!!!
People don't know how to drive in this weather, I have been living here for years. Even 4wheel drive have issues. Good luck folks, carry kitty litter in your trunk, or chain up!!
That's an okie trick , always carry kitty litter. Especially way out in the country.
Oh yea, they forgot to tell you that you need a good set of winter tires with that 4 Wheel Drive.
@@philsmidwestclassiccars150 4 Wheel Drive and traction control work well when you can get traction. Ice is ice and you can have 30 wheels on it, it's not going to help if there is zero grip. You just have 30 wheels spinning. Chain up or stay home.
There is nothing remotely “historic” about this little storm. I lived in the Black Forest north of Colorado Springs for 18 years. We had storms that dropped a full 48” of snow in one storm; the only things moving were vehicles from Ft. Carson on rescue missions. This here is a run of the mill storm and most of the people having trouble moving in it are just completely unaware, unprepared, unfamiliar with snow driving. Just more “disaster” reporting to ramp up clicks. Pitiful.
Exactly!
gotta sell that climate change
Weather like this can be navigated with proper snow tires, proper snow chains on your tires, adequate vehicle ground clearance and a proper brain engaged. With storms like this stay home and watch videos on how to drive in these type of winter condition and what it takes to navigate.
It is not like winter storms never happened before and they will happen again, if you live to see them.
Helpful hint for the Good Samaritans assisting the stuck vehicles. If the owner of the stuck vehicle, weighs more than all three of the guys pushing(combined), SWAP drivers.If he has to expend HIS energy, pushing HIS vehicle HE chose to drive, maybe next time he will think twice.
Mercedes too
What does his weight have to do w/ it?
@benjamincresswell3713 because it's harder to push. [NM he didn't know how to drive out of a stuck situation. Someone who knew how to steer should have been in the driver's seat.
I detest fat shaming but this is physics
We were advised to stay off the roads unless we absolutely had to drive. Obviously some employers think profit is more important than the safety of the people they employee.
I was out trying to find me some chicken fingers, but Everything was closed.
Watching the end of the video of the person desperately trying to get on the interstate. I was thinking to myself, if I was them, driving home from work that I would be so pissed that my employer didn't let me off early. Of course my employer would. I've had those that wouldn't though!
I lived in Colorado Springs in 1997 thru 1999, sure do miss it. From locals learned that typically the winter storms hit the western slopes of Pike's Peak, sort bounce up and fall beyond Colorado Springs. So all the heavy snow falls to the east of the city, burying prairie towns. There were pictures on the local news of snow drifts covering the second floor of a motel! But back in the city, it was no more than 6 inches and lots of slushy icy conditions. I've experience with that sort of thing so I got into my little Toyota Tercel SR5 wagon with push-button 4WD and tooled around getting cars unstuck on the city streets. Just take tire pressures down, keep it in 4WD, use the light duty tow hitch and an old length of retired Mountain Rescue rope. Couple of shovels too. Had a lot of fun seeing the amazed look on people's faces when a little car like that Toyota could help full size sedans and pickups get going again.
Lemme just take my rear wheel drive charger out because i need my Starbucks
😅😅😅
I admit I blew a little coffee out my nose when strap went, “Ping!”
Oops!! Funny if no one gets hurt. I've seen where a tow hook went through the back window of the towing pickup truck. Can get dangerous REALLY FAST.
As a trucker, with winter experience, I don't mind pushing a little powder, if I'm loaded and there's no ice underneath of a high crosswind. Otherwise, if you can park it, park it. It's just not worth the danger and aggravation, being stuck behind stuck vehicles until whenever. I'll have another cup of coffee please!! "Eagle Claw" on the flip.
I need a good laugh. Show me Fillmore hill.
Stay safe, everyone. 🍀
Thank you Trevor. Excellent footage.
Looks like not everyone has Matt's Off Road Recover ropes!!!!!!
Yank em ropes, cassey ladelle
I'm finding myself screaming "Turn of traction controls!!!!"
@@Plutogalaxy turn off traction control. it limits horsepower and wheel speed.
That white car spinning its wheels should have had chains on all four tires!
This is the best advertising ever, for people to get themselves a set of decent Snow Tires. I recommend either Blizzacks (running those on my Jeep Grand Cherokee 4XE now) or Michelin Ice-X2 snowies. Don’t buy the X-Ice3 tires unless you drive a minivan or a Buick marquis. X-Ice 3s are for people who value comfortable ride over “road feel”, and X-Ice2s are for people who actually like to drive. The difference that snow tires will make for anyone is remarkable.
I knew to stay off the roads and I’m in California!😆
I would imagine you stay hunkered down in your house 365 days a year in California if you want to be safe.
I am from Colorado, it’s like “ I have a 4 wheel drive it’s ok to be out here” Ice is Ice, it’s slick! Why so many trucks? Is is that important to get the load there on time, same as on Donners Pass in California, full of stuck trucks !
The trucking dispatchers tend to schedule their problematic drivers into these storms.
I have family living in Colorado Springs. Wow.
1. Do they not have snow plows?
2. As far as getting stuck in the snow while driving, keep a container of cat litter in the car now. I got stuck in the snow a couple years ago and a woman came out with cat litter, she saved the day! It apparently helps the car gain traction.
Know this: If you're stuck, rear wheel drive becomes front wheel drive the moment you throw it in reverse.
No it doesn’t, the most weight is still at the front of the car where the engine is.
@@eddiecarlson7444 Not if you got my girl friend sitting in the truck.
in the first rescue that bumper could have ripped right off!! never get a running start,,gently pull the rope tight and tell the stuck person to give it some gas,,this was a newbie that wanted to help and I give lots of credit to the guy...
damn glad we moved back to phoenix before this hit. truly amusing with the mentality around there, so glad to be back home.
do they all have their Summer Slicks on ?
why are so many cars on the roads? Are all these people homeless?
It's kinda strange seeing so many 2WD vehicles in that area. People think they can't survive six inches of light powder without AWD here in Michigan.
Honestly, FWD in the snow isn't that bad if you have appropriate tires. I lived in New England for a year (during "Super Storm Sandy" and the following blizzard) and had absolutely no issues with FWD cars.
100%.
If you use your brain it's not that bad driving in these conditions.
Or at least front wheel drive, but it all comes down to take it sloooow and easy. And stay home if you can.
@@boogeyrattthat's what I have, but my first car was a RWD Toyota truck. Good tires and an LSD worked great.
Most were probably the liberal Californians moving in
WHY ARE THESE PEOPLE DRIVING IN THIS WEATHER ? ? ?
Because rich people want us to risk our lives for them, of course!
@@jshhmr OK GOOD ANSWER.........
They’re simply not thinking and ill equipped to do so.
@@roberthenderson4466 No rich person has ever asked me to drive in a blizzard. Why would you have a rich person tell you to drive in a blizzard?
Guy out there no coat on! YIKES
Don't worry, it'll melt next week. It's not called Bipolarado for nothing!
Summer tire club
Dude in that white 2-wheel, rear-wheel drive Dodge is a transplant!
Get the bungee style tow straps people, those solid straps will damage your vehicle.
We are still dealing with winter weather the same way we did 50-70 years ago. Municipalities need to heed weather reports and prepare by acquiring and staging resources as needed. The rest of us should relearn how to prepare for weather events. Start with better tires and if you really don't have to be out there, then don't.
This snowstorm was historic,indeed! How many inches of snow ⛄️ fell in Colorado Springs?? I bet there was a lot-seeing the traffic on the roads all tied up on it! 😮😮😮😮😅😅
Two feet. So far.
Rookies.
Now….that’s a snow storm. Best to stay home if you can or use a sick day. Dude!! You gotta go slow when pulling another car till you get tension nice try anyways
Why would anyone be out in that? Can't they see? Or think? This wasn't a surprise.
Fifty plus years of driving in that late season snow - don’t miss it and the transplants learning to drive. CDOT and the cops have to risk their lives because you think you can drive.
This is crazy. Find the closest exit and find a truckstop or a hotel.
1:21 this guy is actually just trolling his friends turning left into the curb
Ask the idiots out there if they even have snow tires when you live in an area like this. These all weather things are great compared to what you had even 30 years ago to choose from, but I am still a big fan of putting snow tires on every year in place like this.
What don't people get about, "Stay home?" Oh...I know...I am ALWAYS right.
Did this for 10 years in the Springs….. never again
Muito frio ❄️❄️❄️❄️
Give the "NEWCOMERS" shovels and tell them to get busy
If you venture out into snow, you'd better have a shovel with you. You never know when you'll need it.
Ah, for the want of Snow Tires or chains! 🤣
I love mother nature. It weeds out the strong from the weak. Living in Idaho for 20 years taught me to be wary but i can muddle through it all.
50ft visibility. Cars getting stuck....
"iTs NoT tHaT bAd. JuSt DrIvE gUd. mE lIvE bAhStIn".
The only piece of concrete in Long Beach covered in barnacles and not needles and feces.
This needs Yakkity sax music.
This is how we spot people from California that decided to move here and ignored the warning "you are going to need to get snow tires and learn to drive in this stuff!
The people of California who moved to Colorado are going to band together, out number the regulars, & are going to force the vehicles that maneuver through these blizzards out of service because of their emissions. The only thing Colorado has going for it is their freedom to smoke dope. So now you have all these high idiots aimlessly wondering around out in a massive blizzard, laughing, while trying to chase, catch, & count snow flakes. I'm on my way....
I have met and seen some Colorado twinkle toes on the road. I am not from California.
A RWD HAS It at Christmas why does it have to be a blizzard warning????
Yup those "All Weather" tires just don't have the tread and and engineering that snow tires do, for driving on roads this packed with snow and ice. Then there are also snow chains for tires for the Winter months, that should be in the trunk of the car .Of course you have to have learned how to put them safely on the tires of your vehicle. Because you have 4X4 or all wheel drive, also means that the forces of the Physics of Friction and Inertia still apply to moving that vehicle safely about the road.
Personally I stay off the roads and sidewalks on days when storms unleash the winds and waters their clouds may hold. You can too easily become stranded with no place to go for hours if not days on end. If you can't safely get out the door to buy something you may need, chances are good there will be no delivery services in your are either.
Historic regular storm
IF PEOPLE ONLY USED PROPER WINTER TIRES NONE OF THIS WOULD HAPPEN!
lot of snow!
Lmfao😂 why would you even be out in this stuff knowing it was coming? Dolts
Why in the world are all these people on the road?!?? Snowstorm? Stay home. I grew up in the northeast. Plenty of snow. We bought food, rented movies and hunkered down - at home.
If the accumulation is wet & heavy it's a hole different thing driving on wet heavy snow , dry flaky snow is easy to drive on as long as there is no ice underneath the snow pac.
I bargain to differ with you there. 1/10th of an inch of dry, flaky snow can turn your highway into an ice skating rink.
@@philsmidwestclassiccars150 I used to live in florissant Colorado for more than 17 years & I never spun out on hwy 24 or I 25 driving on dry flaky snow .
The snow we get out here in the Pacific North West is wet heavy snow & it's a hole different situation driving on it .
what makes the difference is the tires one uses to traverse these conditions blizzak tires are one of the best ,
Michelin cross climate 2 are another really good all season tire .
Although blizzak are a winter tire.
I drove the roads in Colorado pretty much all over the state for the time I lived there & like I said I never had issues with driving in inclimate weather.
The fact that some of the drivers in Colorado have absolutely no business at all driving in icy conditions.
one should respect the dangers of traversing icy road conditions, panic is what causes problems when one is driving on icy roads in a storm / blizzard.
I can't believe that they don't have winter tires living in Colorado.
Their originally from California
Agreed. Lived here for 24 yrs. It’s unbelievable. Pure entertainment.
Because ya girl can't afford to ship her winter tires from Minnesota. So I stayed home today lol
Snownado
Oh,don’t be so dramatic!! 😂😂😂😂😂
2:15 that Chevrolet was going nowhere and yet these little cars with front wheel drive are getting around it lol a true testament to what they build
And it was so nice the day before.
I has a 1990 Jeep Cherokee before. It went right thru this snow.. Easy .
Mature Nature Give it to Colorado Good. Go Get em
Never heard about winter tires?
good tires go a long ways.
WHY? Don’t People STAY HOME!!!😢
Millions cross inro usa every day live in. Cars no dwelling. So day night. Are major congested. Even in middle of nowhere. Govt is drastically altering racial demographics in usa more than anywhere in worlds history.
No empathy. Everyone knew this storm was coming. Stupid is as stupid does.
Why in the hell would you go out in weather like this.
They needed a Matt’s off road recovery rope.
Better yet, just venture out into the blizzard, get stuck, & call Matt. He'll come a running to yank you out. I love his video's.
Armatures !
Let your newcomers dig out! 😂
WOW!! But nope😮
Cannot believe this is Colorado and these drivers are having this much trouble. Is mankind getting dumber?
Yes
Welcome to Colorado Springs just drive normal and you will do just fine.
Are you serious?
@@seniormanyan3314 actually i was being serious. Depending on the capabilities of driver behind the wheel in control of a vehicle. But let's just start with some common sense as rule number 1. #2 would be understanding the capabilities of the equipment being operated in all weather conditions and on public roadways. Now comes the hard part :you are not the only person on the road so there are gonna be obstacles to contend with and chances are those obstacles have never driven a fully loaded semi and trailer nor have they ever tried qualifying for Daytona 500 in a nascar or even drafted in a pack of cars at 170 mph inches apart take it one step farther I bet the obstacle also has never driven a 1970 Mopar to high school in the rain or snow or even to a keg party out in the mountains on un maintained dirt roads at night with no headlights on. So obstacles have no life experience in real world scenarios and I would even say chances are they can't change a spare tire by them selfs on a hot friday afternoon summer day on interstate 25 /i-25 with rush hour traffic just flying by you. Point being some people don't have the true understanding of what they actually are doing when they try to do what ever it is that brought them to drive in conditions like what we have in this video. Some people such as myself have a bit more knowledge of the do and don't do area when it comes to driving normal in the conditions and we have the experience in the fast pace of hurry up and get there safely as some of us are trained professionals that have to get the mission accomplished and return to home base with no damage or having to be rescued. And sometimes I just like to push the limits of man and machine to keep my skills at peak performance.
Big tip Slow Down
"Historic" winter storm? Really?
Colorado Springs only got a total of 12.5 in. of snow. Not a big deal, certainly *not* “historic.”
Lord have mercy, I miss Colorado. LMAO.
I knew the forecast --- so did they ---- WHY, WHY DRIVE ??????
OK here's to all of the idiots that turn their flash's on and the hard rain or the heavy snow don't you're just making it worse
Its a snow storm.
They should ALL GET SERIOUS TICKETS
Baby making weather!
There should be a lot of babies born in December of this year!
Yee ha!
Darwin was right about everything!😂
Spinning your tires is worse than useless. Driving with your flashers on only shows your incompetence.
Obviously all season tires that don't do squat in snow.
Don't go out that's right you're bound to take a life. Didn't ccr address this?
There is nothing historic about this event. Everyone forgot last year about this time. About the same of not slightly worse. Colorado usually gets most of its snow this time of year anyways.
Quit doing stupid clickbait!
Stay home!!! 😂😂😂
From. Canada. when. I ever. went. through there in. the. winter. month’s. with. an 18 wheeler. , If. the storm. got. bad, I would. pull. over. out. of. everyone’s. way. and. snow. plows. way. in. a safe. place. , phone. dispatch. about. road. condition’s. and. crawl. in. the. bunk. , Leave. engine. idle. at. around. 1000. rpm and. park. Light’s. Left. on. and. this. was. back. in. the. 1970s and. Leave. brakes. off. truck. and. trailer. ( so. they. won’t. freeze) park. on. truck. and trailer. on. Level ground. and. use. wood. block’s. too keep. tire’s. from. rolling. ahead. or. back. secure’s. it / have. a good. day. , keep. on trucking. / Bill S. Canada
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 If You Stayed Home off the Roads You'd still be Home Safe!!! Sucks to be You!!
Rwd
😂🤣😆