DENVER (April 11) - Travelers slept in airport corridors, truck drivers were forced to hunker down at truck stops and Denver-area commuters braced for a snowy morning rush-hour as a spring blizzard pounded parts of Colorado.
Most airlines had delayed or canceled flights, including United Airlines, the biggest carrier at Denver International Airport, officials said. Flights also were canceled out of Colorado Springs, and whiteout conditions shut down highways.
Up to two feet of heavy, wet snow blew across eastern Colorado on Sunday, cutting power to thousands in the heavily populated Front Range region. Trees and shrubs drooped with the weight of the snow and limbs crashed to the ground within hours.
There were no immediate reports of injuries or deaths.
Almost a foot of snow fell in Denver and 2 feet in Greenland, about 20 miles north of Colorado Springs, the National Weather Service said. Heavy snow was still coming down early Monday but was expected to taper off later in the day. Classes were canceled Monday for thousands of schoolchildren.
Alister Cleland, of England, was among hundreds stuck at Denver's airport. His family was trying to get home after spending a week at the Beaver Creek ski resort near Vail.
''We liked the snow there, but there's too much here,'' Cleland said as his 7-year-old twin boys, Rauridh and Euan, passed the time playing video games.
Other travelers watched personal DVD players or stretched out on couches and the floor, using coats for pillows. As the wind howled outside, people waited in slow-moving lines at the terminal's fast-food eateries.
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Poor Nathan and Cody who have to put up with the winter storm in April
Most airlines had delayed or canceled flights, including United Airlines, the biggest carrier at Denver International Airport, officials said. Flights also were canceled out of Colorado Springs, and whiteout conditions shut down highways.
Up to two feet of heavy, wet snow blew across eastern Colorado on Sunday, cutting power to thousands in the heavily populated Front Range region. Trees and shrubs drooped with the weight of the snow and limbs crashed to the ground within hours.
There were no immediate reports of injuries or deaths.
Almost a foot of snow fell in Denver and 2 feet in Greenland, about 20 miles north of Colorado Springs, the National Weather Service said. Heavy snow was still coming down early Monday but was expected to taper off later in the day. Classes were canceled Monday for thousands of schoolchildren.
Alister Cleland, of England, was among hundreds stuck at Denver's airport. His family was trying to get home after spending a week at the Beaver Creek ski resort near Vail.
''We liked the snow there, but there's too much here,'' Cleland said as his 7-year-old twin boys, Rauridh and Euan, passed the time playing video games.
Other travelers watched personal DVD players or stretched out on couches and the floor, using coats for pillows. As the wind howled outside, people waited in slow-moving lines at the terminal's fast-food eateries.
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Poor Nathan and Cody who have to put up with the winter storm in April
YIKE!! good thing it's not in Ohio...
It would be fun for Cheri to shovel the snow.
, Mississippi sound good, move down here?.... 
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