For everyone who is considering moving to WY…

[3forks]

Whenever someone posts about moving to Wyoming, someone always posts about the wind.

I don’t think people really grasp what a factor the wind will be in their lives if they decide to move to WY.

Here’s an example of what people are warning others about:

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[ozyclint]

How much wind drift at 800 yards?

 

[go_deep]

I don't think most people have a clue, and that video is shot in town Chugwater with some buildings and bluffs slowing the wind down some too.

 

[North of 60]

HA! Been there, done that, and have no desire whatsoever to live on the high plains again.

Why live in that wind unless it is something akin to a big family ranch handed down generation to generation.

And yes, though much is, not all of WY is that windy.

 

[NRA4LIFE]

You can add a lot of places in MT to this thread. Been there done that. Tents exploding and tore to pieces, then sleeping in the trucks the rest of the trip. Yee-Ha.

 

[Jethro]

Most of us WY transplants have learned to pour our coffee indoors

 

[zekepa]

That's crazy, didn't realize it would be that windy.

 

[EdP]

I was out in eastern Wy in early Oct for a pronghorn hunt. Visited with an old friend that moved to Chugwater from the St Louis area a dozen or so years ago. They were having hurricane force winds today. It was quite pleasant the day we visited in the afternoon of the day I tagged out.

 

[Chris in TN]

Hmmm. Maybe that's why so many scope reticles have 30moa of wind hashes.

 

[peterk123]

You can add a lot of places in MT to this thread. Been there done that. Tents exploding and tore to pieces, then sleeping in the trucks the rest of the trip. Yee-Ha.

I think the wind got to 80 mph here in Livingston MT yesterday. I was told it hit 97 in Big Timber. I think of it as population control

 

[mt terry d]

That wind in the video probably isn't over 40 mph max. The guy is standing up easily.
I'm east of Big Timber @ 20 miles and we probably only had 60 max. but town got
it good.

Gotta love chinooks.