Southbound motorists on Interstate 25 pass a sign about Colorado's chain law Friday, Jan. 5, 2007, as a storm, the third in three weeks, slowed traffic and deposited eight inches of snow overnight in the Denver area.
Dehru Cromer, left, and Christian Klein help push a stuck vehicle during yet another heavy snowfall in the Boulder, Colo. area on Friday, Jan. 5, 2007. Local roads, which haven't been completely cleared from earlier storms, were made even more treacherous by the new snowfall.
Staff Sgt. Douglas Bailey left signals from the ground while members of the Kansas National Guard use a Black Hawk helicopter to drop hay in for cattle south of Goodland, Kan., Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007, after a major snowstorm hit the state six days earlier, leaving many residents without power and unable to feed their cattle for days.
A cow gets stuck in snow north of Clayton, N.M., Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2007. With another winter storm expected to hit New Mexico by week's end, emergency officials scurried to help snowed-in ranchers who were facing a fifth day without feed for their cattle. National Guard helicopters ferried supplies to homes and dropped hay to isolated livestock.
Pronghorn antelope walk across a snow-covered field south of Sharon Springs, Kan., Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2007, after a major snowstorm hit the state last week.
U.S. Army National Guard Crew Chief Sgt. 1st Class Dennis Cahill, right, helps load hay onto a Black Hawk helicopter Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2007, north of Clayton, N.M. With another winter storm expected to hit by week's end, emergency officials ferried supplies to homes and dropped hay to isolated livestock to help snowed-in ranchers.
Colorado National Guard Crew Chief Tom Castillo drops hay from a UH-1 helicopter as the guard feeds stranded cattle near Lamar, Colo., Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2007. Eight Guard helicopters and a C-130 cargo plane were dispatched in the campaign to save the livestock herds that are vital to the region's economy.
Cattle belonging to Elias Hurtado and his son-in-law Marty Marrujo gather in a plowed roadway Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2007, near Bernal, N.M. The animals were stranded until Wednesday, when the owners were able to plow out a road on national forest land. With another winter storm expected to hit New Mexico by week's end, emergency officials hurried to help snowed-in ranchers facing a fifth day without feed for their cattle.
U.S. Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Ian Weiger, left, helps rancher Joel Gilbert, right, distribute hay Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2007, for cattle that have been cut off from food due to a winter storm north of Clayton, N.M. Ranchers, pilots and snowmobilers searched for thousands of cattle trapped by heavy snow and high drifts in Colorado, Kansas and New Mexico.
Rancher Nick Peterson walks past a dead cow on his way back to a Colorado National Guard helicopter after breaking open ice in a creek bed on a ranch near Lamar, Colo., on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2007. The National Guard is flying hay to stranded cattle in an effort to save the livestock herds that are vital to the region's economy.
A car still sits in a snow drift along Highway 27 near Johnson City, Kan., Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2007, after a major snowstorm hit the state last week.
CEO of Pioneer Electric Dave Jesse, left, looks at storm photos while Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, front right, and Rep. Jerry Moran, center, talk with local residents in Ulysses, Kan., Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2007. Thousands of western Kansas residents remained without electricity Wednesday, raising concerns of possible water shortages in some areas following a winter storm that left a thick blanket of snow.
Vicki Leiker from Wallace, Kan. walks through the path cut through the snow leading up to the Wallace County Courthouse in Sharon Springs, Kan., Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2007 after a major snowstorm hit the state Dec. 28, 2006, leaving residents without power for days.
An isolated house in Santa Fe County, N.M., is surrounded by snow Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2007. With another winter storm expected to hit New Mexico by week's end, emergency officials scurried to help snowed-in ranchers who were facing a fifth day without feed for their cattle.
A stranded family watches as an Army National Guard Black Hawk helicopter prepares to land north of Clayton, N.M., Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2007. With another winter storm expected to hit New Mexico by week's end, emergency officials rushed to help snowed-in ranchers who were facing a fifth day without feed for their cattle.
Army National Guard Black Hawk helicopter crews walk through the snow to deliver supplies to a stranded family near Clayton, N.M., Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2007. With another winter storm expected to hit New Mexico by week's end, emergency officials scurried to help snowed-in ranchers who were facing a fifth day without feed for their cattle.