Tell me why I shouldn't move to wyoming...

[NRA4LIFE]

Won’t date barrel racers. Never again, never again

Kinda like red heads. Those women are nuts. OK a bit off topic.

Seriously, like others have said, travel out there a number of times at different times of year and see if you think you could tolerate it. Winters are brutal and summers can be hotter than hell. The skiing at JH is marvelous though.

 

[manitou1]

Have been without power today for several hours now.
Power company says that some main power lines have blown over.
Out here in our area they are buried… but somewhere between the source and us there is a disrupt.

Just noticed we lost the covers on some of our basement access window wells since yesterday.

The first year after we built this house we had to have roofers back seven times to replace lost shingles. Was originally roof in cool weather.
Three times for facia blowing off.

Granted we can have winds 2x as strong out here than in town five miles away. Terrain/geography has a lot of influence.

 

[cnelk]

Sundance WY yesterday morning

 

[grfox92]

Screenshot of a video from within 30 miles of Cody two days ago.

This was a finished shop. Wind took the roof off. Every single panel gone. Then the structure just folded. The building was 60 days old.

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[BRTreedogs]

Screenshot of a video from within 30 miles of Cody two days ago.

This was a finished shop. Wind took the roof off. Every single panel gone. Then the structure just folded. The building was 60 days old.

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Soooo your saying I can get it pretty cheap???

 

[Maxhunter]

I live here and you have to get conditioned to the wind. Also in the summer we have lots of large hail storms.

 

[LostArra]

It is almost 18 months later. 16 pages of discussion.

What is your decision?

Poop or get off the pot.

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He ain't moving.

 

[3forks]

He ain't moving.

Agreed.

To the OP, what’s the point of continuing this discussion?

Either move or don’t, but at this point you’ve obviously assessed your situation and feel you’ve gathered enough information that you feel like you can counter any data points that others/residents offer.

If you’re trying to find a perfect scenario in order to move, let me save you the suspense and tell you that it probably doesn’t exist, and waiting for that ideal situation is going to stop you from even moving at all (which may be what you know is the right decision).

I wish you the best if you do move, but if there’s doubt in your mind about the move at all; what’s the point of putting yourself or family through it? Moving just to prove to some people who’ve chimed in on this discussion that you can do it is dumb. If you do move, are you planning to continue updating this discussion with posts and evidence of just how happy you are?

 

[Maverick1]

He ain't moving.

Exactly.

 

[StuckInTheEast]

Maybe, maybe not. This whole thing was intended as a search for valid input and discussion on this matter. Stayed pretty well on track until about now. I simply posted to update how the search had gone recently.
I dont need validation from any of the interweb keyboard warriors that got it all figured out for them and everyone else. I figured it'd get to that point with some of that type around here.
Don't wanna read anymore or think Im out to lunch? Move on
You piss in my wheaties I'll just throw them out and pour another bowl and roll on.
Gotta love the internet sometimes.
Happy to engage in conversation, but not going to waste time to argue with anyone who thinks they got me and my situation all figured out.

Anyways, I see the turn this is taking so maybe Ill update it again, maybe not.
Hopefully some folks other than me have found some good info through the thread. I'm amazed it didn't take a wrong turn earlier.

 

[bowkill]

Have been without power today for several hours now.
Power company says that some main power lines have blown over.
Out here in our area they are buried… but somewhere between the source and us there is a disrupt.

Just noticed we lost the covers on some of our basement access window wells since yesterday.

The first year after we built this house we had to have roofers back seven times to replace lost shingles. Was originally roof in cool weather.
Three times for facia blowing off.

Granted we can have winds 2x as strong out here than in town five miles away. Terrain/geography has a lot of influence.

I thought we were actually going to get a "it's so windy in Wyoming that even our buried power lines go down!"

 

[go_deep]

I thought we were actually going to get a "it's so windy in Wyoming that even our buried power lines go down!"

Ironically, we've lost numerous buried facilities to landslides, or land shifts.

 

[Floated_down]

I dont need validation from any of the interweb keyboard warriors that got it all figured out for them and everyone else.

Says the guy who came to an interwebz forum known for it's keyboard warriors to start a thread looking for validation.

It seems you chose a fitting handle for yourself. Best of luck!

 

[StuckInTheEast]

Says the guy who came to an interwebz forum known for it's keyboard warriors to start a thread looking for validation.

It seems you chose a fitting handle for yourself. Best of luck!

....whatever makes you feel like the big man boss. Glad you you got it all figured out.

 

[grfox92]

Its kind of weird that a bunch of guys are attacking this guy for not having moved yet. Hes actively making offers on real-estate.

Its only been a year and a half since he toyed with the idea of packing his life up and moving 2k+ miles away.



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[medvedyt]

Says the guy who came to an interwebz forum known for it's keyboard warriors to start a thread looking for validation.

It seems you chose a fitting handle for yourself. Best of luck!

Its kind of weird that a bunch of guys are attacking this guy for not having moved yet. Hes actively making offers on real-estate.

Its only been a year and a half since he toyed with the idea of packing his life up and moving 2k+ miles away.



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everybody is different but when we moved from europe 20 years ago i did not ask advices on internet nor when we moved from quebec to the yukon 16 years ago ... we just did it ...