Meeker, Stories

“War zone” left behind after early snowstorm

by editor on October 10, 2013

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The cottonwoods around the courthouse lost branches under the weight of 5-8 inches of wet, heavy snow.

MEEKER I Last week’s early snowstorm swept through the Meeker area and swathed trees still laden with summer leaves under up to 6 inches of heavy, wet snow, breaking numerous limbs and branches and causing multiple power outages. Cleaning up the mess is going to take awhile.
For longtime resident Libby Morton, cleaning up includes saying goodbye to…

2 Comments

Raelene Galvin
October 10, 2013 at 6:01 am

Ya know….it happened in Rangely too.
Mitch Bettis
October 10, 2013 at 6:26 am

Greetings:
I suspect the story on the impact to Rangely will be “live” soon. All our stories publish in intervals throughout the week. There were stories this week in the print edition on the impacts to both Rangely and Meeker.