Snow-blowin' in the wind: Gallup business owner Jim Smith fires up his snow blower Wednesday afternoon to clear the sidewalk in front of his Self-Storage facilities on Historic Rt. 66 in Gallup. [Photo by Jeff Jones/Independent]

ABOVE: A crippled truck sits near the 44 mile marker along i-40 after a quick passing snow storm created slick roads and dumped serveral inches of snow. [Photo by Daniel Zollinger/Independent] BELOW: Gallup firefighter Jeremy Padilla inspects a vehicle that slid off the road into a drainage ditch on Wednesday afternoon in Churchrock. Kit James of Pinedale was traveling north on Highway 566 when his Isuzu SUV slid across the centerline into the ditch on the opposite side of the road. James received only minor injuries. [Photo by Brian Leddy/Independent]

Wind wipped snow off piled and drifted snow wednesday afternoon near a stop sign at exit 47 along Interstate 40. Interstate 40 was closed for several hours while official attended to weather related accidents and cleared snow from a quick passing storm. [Photo by Daniel Zollinger/Independent]