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BushMasterBoy
04-13-2023, 19:53
Montana is 4th largest state with 1.2 million humans. I prefer Florida, get in a boat and have the ocean to your self. Yesterday Fort Lauderdale got 26 inches of rain, the airport is still closed.
26” of rain in a single day????!!!!!!
buffalobo
04-13-2023, 20:51
NWS reports 20"-25" in 24hrs, 25.9" near one of their reporting stations in far less than 24hrs.
https://weather.com/news/weather/news/2023-04-13-fort-lauderdale-most-extreme-united-states-24-hour-rainfall-records
If you're unarmed, you are a victim.
HBARleatherneck
04-13-2023, 21:04
NWS reports 20"-25" in 24hrs
If you're unarmed, you are a victim.
Where you and I live we get 13 to 14 a YEAR. (total Precipitation)
Ydennekb
04-13-2023, 22:36
Moved to the Denver area from the middle of nowhere in west Texas thinking we could then move to the mountains in the middle of nowhere.
Big mistake, looks like we didn’t go far enough north.
I'm counting down the days until we're officially out of CO and residents of WY. It's not many days. In fact, I can even count them all.
Martinjmpr
04-14-2023, 08:31
26” of rain in a single day????!!!!!!
We used to get rain storms like that in Korea during the monsoon.
It's why I always LOL at people in Colorado talking about "monsoon season" when we get a couple of inches of rain in a day in July or August.
Imagine the most powerful shower you've ever been in. Now double that and it's the whole sky doing that, and it lasts for hours. That's the Monsoon in Asia.
Martinjmpr
04-14-2023, 08:35
Wyoming is friggin COLD though. I lived in Laramie for 5 years (admittedly, Laramie is pretty cold even by Wyoming standards) and the winters were long and miserable. It's not unusual to have winter snowstorms on Memorial Day and even close to Labor day. Then the Summers can be blistering hot.
There are a lot of good things about Wyoming, but I wouldn't want to live there again. TOO. DAMN. COLD.
HBARleatherneck
04-14-2023, 08:39
You are correct, some parts of Wyoming are different than Colorado.
Where we live now, is almost exactly the same as the part of Weld County we moved from.
Laramie AND Cheyenne get more weather due to the elevation.
You are correct, some parts of Wyoming are different than Colorado.
Then there are parts that are very much like Colorado, right down to the politics and wokeness. Talking to you Jackson Hole and Cody.
We used to get rain storms like that in Korea during the monsoon.
It's why I always LOL at people in Colorado talking about "monsoon season" when we get a couple of inches of rain in a day in July or August.
Imagine the most powerful shower you've ever been in. Now double that and it's the whole sky doing that, and it lasts for hours. That's the Monsoon in Asia.
Ya, fuk dat.....
buffalobo
04-14-2023, 12:05
You are correct, some parts of Wyoming are different than Colorado.
Where we live now, is almost exactly the same as the part of Weld County we moved from.
Laramie AND Cheyenne get more weather due to the elevation.Am sure some of our tumbleweeds know each other.
If you're unarmed, you are a victim.
JohnnyDrama
04-14-2023, 19:13
Sure sold me on Wyoming.
But I've spent enough time working there to know I don't want to move there.
Bailey Guns
04-15-2023, 07:13
Wyoming is friggin COLD though. I lived in Laramie for 5 years (admittedly, Laramie is pretty cold even by Wyoming standards) and the winters were long and miserable. It's not unusual to have winter snowstorms on Memorial Day and even close to Labor day. Then the Summers can be blistering hot.
There are a lot of good things about Wyoming, but I wouldn't want to live there again. TOO. DAMN. COLD.
Yep. I'd love to live in WY. But the cold and the non-stop wind in the winter was the deal-killer to me. I lived there and graduated from high school in Casper. Even as a teenager the cold was unbearable. I hated it. But I sure love the lack of people and the vast areas of the state open for outdoor recreation.
And, WY is getting to be just as bad as the other mountain west states in terms of cost of living. Houses are pretty expensive now even in the less desirable parts of the state. No more moving for me, though. I love where we wound up...it's far and away my favorite place I've ever lived.
Stop talking about my state! Cheyenne and Laramie have become Colorado North!!! So much extra traffic in the last 7 years, and the housing market is STUPID compared to 5 years ago.
If you would like any info about cheyenne, ask here or PM me. There are more and more shifting to Wyoming because of what it can offer.
I'm worried that they are, Colorado North, and very liberal, etc.
What are your thoughts on that?
-John
I'll never move back to Wyoming, itz a beautiful state, but can really only be lived in and appreciated by strong willed folk.
Colorado isn't my final destination either...
My wife's been dead-set against moving to my home state of OK, but she's actually made a few favorable noises about it lately. But all the shit we have - need several months and a 30 yard dumpster.....
Bailey Guns
04-19-2023, 05:44
But all the shit we have - need several months and a 30 yard dumpster.....
Just one? Rookie....
[Coffee]
I lived in Wyo in the mid to late 1970's during the heavy construction boom for power plants and soda ash plants. Rock Springs/Green River first and ended up in Bridger Valley. Lots of history but the weather did suck.
battlemidget
04-19-2023, 08:23
If you're in Jackson Hole, get the burger at Million Dollar Cowboy Bar.
Having farmed over 30 years in NW Colorado, I came to realize that the high winter/spring winds happen because Wyoming either sucks or it blows.
Having farmed over 30 years in NW Colorado, I came to realize that the high winter/spring winds happen because Wyoming either sucks or it blows.
That's what we used to say in Oklahoma about Kansas!
Firehaus
04-19-2023, 11:56
That's what we used to say in Oklahoma about Kansas!
Kansas is windy because Nebraska sucks and Oklahoma blows.
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If it wasn't for the colder/longer winters I would move to Cody for retirement. Maybe by that time, global warming will fix that.
Coldest place I've ever been in my life was Gillette, WY. -30f w/-60f wind chill. Thank God I was only there a couple of days to install some telecom equipment - in a little unheated metal shed, with ice on the inside walls and more bullet holes than I could count. No desire to live where the air hurts my face, it's too damn cold HERE for my old ass.
I prefer Florida, get in a boat and have the ocean to your self.
Until the coast guard demands to board your boat.
Sometimes it's truly hard to get away from assholes.
Bailey Guns
04-27-2023, 22:07
Coldest place I've ever been in my life was Gillette, WY. -30f w/-60f wind chill. Thank God I was only there a couple of days to install some telecom equipment - in a little unheated metal shed, with ice on the inside walls and more bullet holes than I could count. No desire to live where the air hurts my face, it's too damn cold HERE for my old ass.
Feb 1979... I spent a week in Gillette opening a new K-Mart store. I worked at the store in Casper and some of us went up there to train the new store employees. I was a senior in HS then and graduated from Kelly Walsh HS in Casper that year. Went into the AF in July. Memories...
Oh, yeah... It was really, really cold there. Probably 1/2" of ice on the window in the bathroom. There was a frost line with really heavy frost in the room from the floor to about 6 or 8 inches up on the walls on the front and back side of the room (exterior walls). I don't think it got above -20 the whole week.
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