The winter windstorm on Tuesday was the first of its kind this winter season, and semi-truck drivers bore the brunt of it.

The Wyoming Highway Patrol (WHP) is still collecting reports from troopers who responded to incidents on I-80, I-90 and I-25 on Tuesday, but the number of vehicles reported to have been blown over so far show the severity of the hurricane-force winds.

"We've had 21 blowovers confirmed on Tuesday, so far," WHP spokesman Aaron Brown told Cowboy State Daily. "Some sort of injury was reported in nine of those incidents, but there are no reports of serious injuries."

Most of Wyoming's busiest highways were closed to high-profile vehicles under 40,000 pounds (40,000 GVW, gross vehicle weight) for most of Tuesday and Wednesday. WHP troopers don't proactively enforce th

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