Janel's Place

Windsor is about 80 miles (129 km) north of Denver. The agency said said one person died at a park between Windsor and the county seat of Greeley, but no details of the death were available. Weld County fire spokeswoman Brenda Stroman said the storm hit "several other areas" of the county as well, and a new round of possible tornadoes was reported about two hours later.
Weld County sheriff's Cmdr. Ken Poncelow said the storm went through a neighborhood in Windsor, and the number of homes damaged "could be 100 or better." Also, CNN confirmed that another tornado has touched down in Laramie, Wyoming, hitting a high school, a middle school, a Wal-Mart store and houses.

In Fort Collins, Colorado, the Larimer County Sheriff's Office had several reports of damage, including one home destroyed and another in which residents were trapped by a fallen tree, spokesman Don Nadow said. And witnesses reported funnel clouds over parts of Loveland, about 13 miles south of Fort Collins, he said. Several power outages were reported due to downed power lines, but there were no reports of injuries in Larimer County, said Capt. Steve Fleming of the Poudre Fire Authority. The storm struck about noon MT. Scofield said he was at a golf tournament in Windsor when the weather turned threatening. "Initially, it started off with light rains and very quickly, within a few minutes, turned into heavy rains, large hail, over golf ball-size," he said. Inspector Dan Engelhardt, a Loveland Fire Department spokesman, said "multiple" funnel clouds had been reported in that area and several touched down. Loveland and other area fire departments have contributed engine companies and rescue teams to Windsor, he said. Windsor, Fort Collins and Loveland lie in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains, where the Great Plains give way to steep hills. "It's very unusual to see this by a mountain range. It's kind of a freak thing," Fleming said. The storm, moving northwest, dissipated quickly after the tornado struck. But watches and warnings remained posted for northeastern Colorado.
"We are expecting some more pretty severe weather until about 8 o'clock," Engelhardt said.

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I was actually busy helping professional New Zealand llama/alpaca shearers, clipping toenails, pulling ropes and picking up fleece. I popped out of the VTH every 15 min or so and stared up at the scary clouds wondering if a twister could pop out of nowhere and suck me up. We usually didn't bother to turn off the clippers for the CSU announcements -- a mass race to the lockers would have been noticed.

Anyway, freshman year is over, trip to Montana/Yellowstone is over, 8 hours of llama/alpaca wrangling is over, and I'm kind of tired. Hopefully my house is still standing.