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.

 

[Sawitrightoff]

They should show the wind blowing the sheets, to uncover WYOGA in bed with G&F commission. Or, how the wind is making so much noise, no one can hear how ignorant it is to allow NR hikers to enjoy the wilderness, without a guide, but not a NR hunter.

 

[NRA4LIFE]

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

I stopped in Livingston a few years ago to get something to eat. The traffic had come to a crawl on I90 as the trucks were getting brutalized. I got out of my truck and the wind was blowing particles off the parking lot into my face. I had to take my glasses off and cover my face until I got inside. It can be nuts there.

 

[peterk123]

I stopped in Livingston a few years ago to get something to eat. The traffic had come to a crawl on I90 as the trucks were getting brutalized. I got out of my truck and the wind was blowing particles off the parking lot into my face. I had to take my glasses off and cover my face until I got inside. It can be nuts there.

Fly fishing the river can be extra special here.

 

[WyoKid]

Wind is brutal there....just came back from Cheyenne and going up this AM on I-25 there were 4 semi truck blown over and by this afternoon it doubled. 70+ mph winds is not uncommon.

 

[S.Clancy]

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

We had 101 mph on the Front. Was driving back from Billings last night and there was a tipped over camper in the middle of the interstate @HWY 89 exit.

 

[NRA4LIFE]

Fly fishing the river can be extra special here.

I bet. "extra special". That got a chuckle out of me. The first time I ever stayed there, I couldn't help thinking, how can anyone live here?

 

[NRA4LIFE]

The next morning when I was leaving, the wind was bad. I was loading some of my stuff into the pickup and the wind blew the door shot on me and damned near broke both my legs.

 

[Jethro]

What I have found fascinating is how it starts and stops. Like an on/off switch. Dead calm, but can hear it coming, and minute later trees are bending sideways. When it’s done, moves out just as quickly.

 

[KurtR]

60 mph winds in Sodak the other day. It’s just another day