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2009
Severe Weather
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Jeff Piotrowski went to Northwestern Oklahoma to document the early spring snowstorm that hit March 27, 2009. His target zone changed quickly that evening to Coldwater, Kansas where 28" of snow fell in the overnight hours. That evening Jeff ran into fellow storm chaser Rocky Rascovich who was already checked into the motel in Coldwater. The next couple of days they shot some incredible video, met some exceptional locals with fascinating stories to tell and felt the heartbreak seeing calves lost to a snowstorm. Here are some of the photos of that event. Photo Left: Snowdrifts in front of motel are taller than Jeff's Avalanche |
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| The Main Street of Coldwater, Kansas in the next several photos had drifts over the store fronts...the city and county crews were on the scene plowing roads. On Saturday, the highways out of Coldwater were closed, Jeff and Rocky would not be going home until Sunday. The guys got a kick (sort of) out of the fact that one highway open and clearly plowed was in Kansas and you get to the Oklahoma border and the highway turned to snow and ice (unplowed) as seen in photos below. At one point Jeff had to help Rocky get his vehicle out from the snow in front of the hotel. And then the last photos are of the cattle. |
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RockyRascovich digging his car out or digging his way to his room?! |
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You look one way toward Oklahoma and the highway is buried and look the other way into Kansas and the highway is clear. |
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The livestock were the ones who really suffered through all of this. |
 For more information about this severe weather event please visit http://spc.noaa.gov |
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