What were the temps like?

At one point, while I was at work, we had a "code red" (fire alarm). We had a waiting room full of patients, many of whom were very sick and in wheelchairs. I got them to the door of the exit but it was honestly too cold and windy to take them outside; the wind would have knocked some of them over. It was even cold by the door. I wrapped everyone up in blankets and waited for the "all clear" which seemed like it took forever because all the fire departments close to the clinic were busy with other wind-related accidents. Found out the alarm was caused by dust.

My wife and I were born and raised in Denver, but haven't lived there for 40 some years. I remember those warm chinooks that would come howling through -- always hitting the front range communities like yours much harder. What you got slammed by doesn't sound like any chinook though. (dtrumps Chinese hoax, my ass).

We'll be checking in with our loved ones still there and hope you and yours, LK, are okay.

They'll come through in the spring sometimes and melt the snow so fast.

Hate it when that happens, SHINGLES.

That would be a good title for a book.

When I lived there I'd lie away at night listening to the wind, and then the next morning would learn what the gusts were. I got very good at estimating wind speeds.

One time a good gust of wind knocked my three year old off his feet as we were exiting the grocery store.