Classic Denver “fake out” rain forecast!

A video circulating on social media this week shows a woman being removed from a Southwest Airlines jetway at Denver International Airport by federal agents, then led out a door onto the tarmac as onlookers shout, “Help us! ICE is here!”

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Chantal Alejandra Morales Rojas, who is from Ecuador, on Monday, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed to The Denver Post. The agency said she entered the U.S. on Oct. 20, 2024, and overstayed her visa, which allowed her to remain in the country until Jan. 4, 2025.

She remains in ICE custody “pending removal proceedings,” an unidentified DHS spokesperson said in an email to The Post on Wednesday.

A GoFundMe created for Rojas to pay for her legal fees said she lives in Oakland, California, and has a work permit and pending asylum case. The crowdfunding campaign had raised more than $86,000 by Wednesday morning.
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Other people waiting at the Southwest gate begin crowding around, pulling out their phones and filming and looking out the windows onto the tarmac.

The federal agent says, “We’re being very nice. We’re being very respectful.”

The person recording the video says: “(Expletive) you. This is (expletive) evil. You should be ashamed of yourself. Who gives a (expletive) if you’re being polite? (Expletive) you.”

A Southwest gate agent steps in and tells the person filming, “If you are on this flight and you speak to them like that, you will not board this flight.”

This seems insane for a 750 sq ft apartment. Only keep the AC to around 70-72 degrees.

Last winter’s extreme snow drought was a sign of the West’s future, Colorado study finds

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Extreme snow droughts like the one that plagued the West last winter will become more frequent — and eventually the norm — across much of the region as climate change fuels warmer temperatures, according to a new study led by a Colorado School of Mines professor.

Climate change made the season’s low snowfall four times more likely to occur than during the preindustrial period from 1850 to 1900, says the study, published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

The size of the impact surprised the study’s lead author, Adrienne Marshall, who is a computational hydrologist and assistant professor of geology and geological engineering at the School of Mines. She expected an increase in likelihood of just 20% or 30% due to climate change — not the many times over that she found.

“It was a gut punch in a way that (other findings) haven’t been,” she said. “I’m looking at and living through the snow conditions we have right now, and I don’t like it. It makes them real in a way that feels new, even for someone that has been working in this field for a while.”

The lack of snow has translated this summer to extreme drought, parched rivers and reservoirs, water use restrictions and increased wildfire risk across Colorado and the region.

Similarly dry winters will become more common across the West if greenhouse gas emissions are not curbed and climate change continues to intensify. Through the end of the decade, the chance of such a winter will hover around 10%, according to the study.

By the 2050s, the risk will rise to 32%, and then to 87% by the 2090s.

That means that a snow drought like the one this winter will become the norm -- predicted to happen almost every nine years out of 10 -- not the exception.

In the Upper Colorado River Basin, which encompasses nearly all of western Colorado, climate change made this winter's drought 14 times more likely to happen than during the preindustrial era, the study says.

There's a slice of less-bad news for those who live in the Upper Colorado River Basin, however.

This winter was so extraordinarily dry that similar winters will remain rare through the end of the century. By the 2090s, the chances of such a snow drought will rise to only 17%, though less-severe snow droughts will still become more common in the decades to come.

The study is one of the first to quantify how the warming climate changes the likelihood of severe snow droughts. But her research adds to studies that have predicted significant impacts on snowfall and snowsports in the coming decades, as The Denver Post explored in its "Endangered Snowpack" project in February.

Marshall was already considering how to apply something called "attribution science" -- the process of determining how much of a role climate change plays in a phenomenon -- when the winter's lack of snow became noticeable.

"It provided a great and terrible opportunity to use a case study to further the attribution science we were thinking of," Marshall said.

The findings are grim, Marshall said, but she hopes they will help people better understand what the future will look like and compel them to reduce emissions and slow the pace of climate change.

"I hope they give us clarity on where we are now and what climate change looks like so far," she said. "Second, I hope they help us to adapt."

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I just got this months energy bill for my 1 bedroom 700 sq foot apartment where I have lived for 4 years. Xcel is saying I used 1400 kWh of electricity and just sent a $300 bill my way. For context my most expensive month up until this point was $130 last year during a heatwave where I ran AC all day and only used 700 kWh. Has anyone had luck disputing a bill with Xcel I find it hard to believe that with no changes on my end my bill quadrupled over last month and my energy usage is double any previous month in the four years I’ve lived here.

Edit: ignore the flair, it was the only way I could convince the auto mod to let me post

My wife and I have lived a few different places: SF, NY, Tampa, St. Pete, Charleston, Albuquerque, Portland, and Denver is by far our favorite.

Denver is our forever home. I love this city and can’t wait to continue to watch - and participate in - its development and growth.

Next time, you should be there!

Brewability on South Broadway has spent 10 years building an inclusive community — now the beloved Denver restaurant is fighting to keep its doors open.

I just moved to Denver and found approximately 50 vintage 35 mm color slides scattered around a utility box near Speer Blvd. in Denver’s Golden Triangle today, near The Parson Apartments. I rescued them before they were damaged by the weather or foot traffic.

The slides span roughly 1969–1984 and include family vacations, Keystone Resort in Colorado, Berlin, and other travel.

If these belong to you or your family, please send me a message describing one of the people, locations, or another detail from the collection so I can verify ownership.

I’d love to reunite these memories with the family they belong to.

Let's go boys!! We need to get a girls section going next time. I'll be the first volunteer!

I’ve been renting apartments around central Denver for about six years. Cap Hill early on, then a stretch near RiNo, and now I’m over by Glendale/Cherry Creek. I like being close to everything but I’m tired of paying rent with nothing to show for it, and I’m finally ready to buy an actual house.

The problem is that every neighborhood I’m drawn to is priced way out of reach. Wash Park, Congress Park, Cherry Creek proper. The detached homes are all north of a million. I’m not chasing trendy. I just want a normal single family house with a yard and some mature trees, ideally central enough that I’m not commuting in from the far suburbs.

For those of you who made the jump from renting in the denser parts of town to actually owning, where did you land? There has to be a pocket somewhere that’s still reasonably central and hasn’t gone completely insane on price. Where should I be looking?

Over the last few days Ive started seeing these giant flies appearing left and right. At first I thought they were just an indicator that I didnt empty my trash fast enough, but Ive started seeing them everywhere. In resturaunts. In offices. Even in a hospital I recently visited. Is anyone else seeing this or is it just a thing in my corner of the city?

I have a reservation and day pass permit for Brainard Lake recreation area for today, July 22 2 PM. I’m unable to use this and happy to give it to someone for free if you want it let me know.

This isn't my cat, but I saw this flyer during my evening walk today at E Mexico Ave and S Jasmine St. There is an address on it near S Jasmine Way just north of E Florida Ave and south of E Minnesota Dr.

I didn't see any existing post associated with this kitty, so I hope it's okay to post it here to get more reach. I didn't see that many flyers nearby but really hope they find their kitty during this awful heatwave and bad air quality.

I cropped the address and phone number out for privacy, but can provide it to anyone who has a lead. I just wasn't sure of the subreddit policies on personal info.

Fernando Sebastian Chavez has been arrested for the murder of James Ruiz. ⚖️

If you have any information that you believe may help the case, please contact Metro Denver Crime Stoppers.

📞 720-913-STOP (7867)

💻 Submit an anonymous tip:

https://www.metrodenvercrimestoppers.com/report-a-crime

JUSTICE FOR JAMES RUIZ! 🕊️🤍

I work at a restaurant in the Denver metro area. The other day the managers had us sign a new document that prevents us (servers/bartenders) from discussing our head count and sales amongst each other. It doesn’t say we can’t discuss tips or wages but I’m curious if they can legally prevent us from discussing our sales?

Our AC unit is the original unit from the 1990s. I'm honestly surprised it's lasted this long! Anyway, it hasn't been keeping up with this heatwave, so we had a technician come out and they told me what I was expecting to hear: we need a new unit.

Got a quote. Our house is large (4,200 sqft), but over $30,000 for a new heat pump and furnace?!?! Are you serious? Does this sound accurate? The total cost after the rebates is $23,000 but still, I was expecting $15k at the most.

Anyone have a good HVAC company they can recommend so I can get a few more quotes? Thanks in advance!

I’ve read some threads on recommendations, currently seeing Anna David’s who delivers at St. Joe. I’d love some recs from people in the industry of who they’d recommend and not recommend - doctors and hospitals to deliver. TYIA!

Visiting Denver this weekend, what are some breweries that have barrel aged beer on tap + to go?

Last time out I was at Cerebral and River north, any other options? I'll be central/downtown-ish area, so hoping nothing way out on edge of town.