Monthly Archives: December 2008

Ty Cobb’s Birthday

  By tpscolorado | December 18, 2008 - 7:51 pm | Blog 1 Comment

This is TPS-Colorado’s first sports post. Being a huge sports fan, I’m really excited to write this. Ty Cobb, one of the most famous (most would say notorious or at least infamous) and hated professional baseball players in history would be 122 today. He was born Tyrus Raymond Cobb on December 18th, 1886 in Narrows, Georgia and would later be given the nickname “The Georgia Peach”. He was an exceptional outfielder and set over 90 … Read more… →

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Another Denver Weather Post

  By tpscolorado | December 16, 2008 - 11:28 pm | Blog Leave a comment

It’s been really, really cold this week. And not just your average low temps experienced on a given December day either. We’re talkin’ record-breaking low temperatures! We’ve actually set records three straight days now. The record on the 15th obliterated the previous one. Here’s an article from 9news.com about it. I’ll quote the main points below: On Monday morning, the official low temperature plummeted to -19 degrees at Denver International Airport. The coldest temperature on … Read more… →

Denver Blizzard of 1913

  By tpscolorado | December 9, 2008 - 6:55 pm | Blog Leave a comment

It snowed in Denver last night and into this morning. Probably our biggest one of the year, in the metro area at least. It reminded me of how snarled the city becomes when even just a few inches touches down and sticks to the street. People drive either too slow and cautious or not enough and too fast. This snowstorm also reminded me of the Colorado blizzard of 2006 where the city recorded six inches … Read more… →

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