Monday, April 11th, 2005 — 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. 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.