Christmas Wind: Sounded Like ‘Freight Train,’ ‘Hurricane’

By Kelly Werthmann
BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Instead of a white Christmas it was a windy one for much of the state, especially in Boulder County.
“Christmas really blew this year,” Erik Boa, who lives in Eldorado Springs, said Monday.
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According to Xcel Energy’s spokesperson, about 50,000 homes from Douglas County to Boulder lost power in the Christmas Day storm. Winds reached close to 100 miles per hour in some spots in foothills, knocking down pow