BBCNEWS BBC News December 31, 2021 11:15:00
Friend in chicago and said it was a blustery day. i face timed him and showed him the wind and he said, well, is that bad? in colorado, these are what are called the chinook winds and they come off the mountains at 5000 feet of altitude and the mountains go to 111,000 feet, and the mountains go to 111,000 feet, and so they go and gust up to 100 miles an hour when we have this. that knocked over power lines and we are in the middle of the drought, we haven't had any appreciable rain for several months and there is no snow on the ground right now. all that combined, those power lines in heavily ...
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