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Electric school buses and winter limits: What physics has to say
Colorado Accountability Project, Approved, Commentary, State

Electric school buses and winter limits: What physics has to say

By Cory Gaines | Commentary, Colorado Accountability Project So, about those electric school busses… It's been so mild here in Colorado, I wonder if this has been noticed, but I saw the NY Post article below and thought I'd share.It details some parental complaints out of New York about the mandated electric busses. Quoting the lede:"Parents in Western New York are raising alarms over cold rides and breakdowns after officials mandated that all school bus purchases must be electric by 2027."The problem's not hard to figure out. It's so fundamental that it goes all the way down to energy conservation (and something I've touched on more than once in the past -- see "Related" below).For an internal combustion engine, the heat in the compartment is either waste heat from t...
Horse rescued after falling into icy pond in Northern Colorado
Approved, CBS Colorado, Local

Horse rescued after falling into icy pond in Northern Colorado

By Jennifer McRae | CBS Colorado Fire crews with Loveland Fire Authority rescued a horse that had fallen into an icy pond in Northern Colorado. Crews rushed to the pond on South County Road 13 on Thursday where a horse found a way through the fence and onto a frozen pond.  Firefighters said the pond could not support the horse's weight and ended up in the icy waters in the middle of the pond. The horse could not get back to shore.  Firefighters donned ice rescue suits and broke apart the ice using axes and sledgehammers. Eventually, they were able to walk the horse to shore after clearing a path.  READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
These were the areas of the state to see the most weekend snowfall accumulation
Approved, CBS Colorado, State

These were the areas of the state to see the most weekend snowfall accumulation

By Maddie Rhodes | Fox 31 News Several inches of snow fell throughout Colorado causing traffic and flight delays for three days in a row. What was expected to be a “record-breaking” amount of traffic on Interstate 70 over the weekend didn’t disappoint as weather impacts and crashes stalled the road to and from the mountains on Friday and into the weekend. Meanwhile, visibility and winter weather caused over a thousand flights at the Denver International Airport to be delayed and several canceled from Friday through Sunday. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 31 NEWS
Some areas of the state saw from a trace to half-a-foot of snowfall on Christmas day
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Some areas of the state saw from a trace to half-a-foot of snowfall on Christmas day

By Maddie Rhodes | Fox 31 News Even though Denver was in the 50s through Christmas, other parts of Colorado saw as much as half a foot of snow on Wednesday. Heading into the holidays, the chances of seeing a white Christmas were unlikely. Denver was warmer than some cities in Texas and California on Christmas Eve, and while there were storms by Christmas day, the city was only left with rain. While Denver didn’t see a white Christmas, other Colorado areas were covered in snow, causing visibility issues, highway crashes and traffic. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 31 NEWS

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