Winter Storm: The sky is black and thunder is booming. It will rain until that turns to snow. We are under a blizzard warning in Cheyenne. Forecasts are for something between more than...

Smokypig Loc: Cheyenne, wyoming

The sky is black and thunder is booming. It will rain until that turns to snow. We are under a blizzard warning in Cheyenne. Forecasts are for something between more than you want to Damn! Really?

It is supposed to get so cold that the thermometers will turn blue. I talked with a guy who came through Rock Springs, Wy earlier today (Where Egghead lives). He reported a whole bunchalot of snow there.

Springtime in the Rockies...

Spiritof27 Loc: Lincoln, CA

1983 I was in Denver going to a tech school at Lowery AFB. I had driven there from San Diego and my wife was flying in for my graduation and to drive back with me after Memorial Day weekend. The airport got temporarily closed due to a blizzard and her flight was delayed. Springtime indeed.

Egghead

We were under the same warning this AM, it blows in hard looks big and mean even a little hail it blew thru as fast as it blew in. But then again you are in Cheyenne.lol.

Smokypig Loc: Cheyenne, wyoming

Egghead wrote:

We were under the same warning this AM, it blows in hard looks big and mean even a little hail it blew thru as fast as it blew in. But then again you are in Cheyenne.lol.

Yeah, Cheyenne. The whole state sends its hot air in here. Thought we'd gotten rid of that bunch. Guess not. I hope our blizzard is like the one you described.

Egghead

Smokypig wrote:

The sky is black and thunder is booming. It will rain until that turns to snow. We are under a blizzard warning in Cheyenne. Forecasts are for something between more than you want to Damn! Really?

It is supposed to get so cold that the thermometers will turn blue. I talked with a guy who came through Rock Springs, Wy earlier today (Where Egghead lives). He reported a whole bunchalot of snow there.

Springtime in the Rockies...

Actually Rock springs just got dusted a little, I was in Granger when it blew thru hail 50 mph wind hail snow thaw then mud. I saw it coming do I chained up my truck while waiting on standby. Never even got dirty 😂 got over to where my nephew was hahahaha he was covered in mud soaking wet. Waited until he had to chain up. I was going to tell him but sometimes lessons are taught in a way they won't forget.

oldsalt Loc: Holland Pa

Been to Wyoming once - 1966. Middle of the summer, 80 some degrees on some mountain, standing on a 10 foot high snow drift having a snowball battle. A fond memory from my youth

audigger53 Loc: Severn, MD

Well back in 1967 my ship came back from Nam and I called home from Frisco. First thing my dad said on the phone was,"If your coming home from there, come across from San Diego, Not from L.A."
"Why?"
"Flagstaff had a Snowstorm, 54 inches in 10 hours, 8 feet in 24 hours. people were driving their cars around in a circle once an hour so they would be on top of the snow."
I stayed on the ship all the way back to Norfork, VA. before coming home on Leave. LOL

Robert J Samples Loc: Round Rock, Texas

I spent some of my Air Force active duty in Cheyenne. The wind was so fierce that it would snow several inches in the evening and all be blown away in the morning. Warren AFB had warnings about being careful about exiting your car. If you parked with your car facing with the wind direction, you had to be careful and not hold on to the door handle or you would be jerked out of the car! Static electricity was so bad people carried keys to short out the metal filing cabinets before touching them.

Please keep your winter weather up there, we don't need any of it! Just sayin...RJS

oldsalt Loc: Holland Pa

I was told that back in the day, people in Wyoming would bring their car batteries in doors at night in order to have enough power to start their cars in the morning

Smokypig Loc: Cheyenne, wyoming

oldsalt wrote:

I was told that back in the day, people in Wyoming would bring their car batteries in doors at night in order to have enough power to start their cars in the morning

Nah. We just bring the horses inside.

audigger53 Loc: Severn, MD

Smokypig wrote:

Nah. We just bring the horses inside.

LOL Yep

CamT Loc: La Porte, Texas

Had a friend in wva parked his car facing north at a ski resort on the edge of cliff. Snowstorm blew in during the night. When car wouldn't start he raised the hood and snow was packed tight all under the hood. Lesson learned the hard way

Big A Loc: Mesa, Arizona

oldsalt wrote:

I was told that back in the day, people in Wyoming would bring their car batteries in doors at night in order to have enough power to start their cars in the morning

Not just in Wyoming ! When I returned to N.H. from Arizona back in '03, we had one of the coldest, snowiest winters I can remember ! If you didn't bring
your battery inside the night before, there was about a 90%
chance you'd be freezing your fingers off trying to bring it in
the next morning ! Too many mornings that I took my
chances, I ended up having to bring it in early enough that I
could place it near a heat source for an hour and still get to work
on time !This went on (on and
off) from mid-December to
about mid-February; longest stretch of extreme cold that I
can remember ! There was a whole lot of early-morning
cursing that winter !

Fishing Fool Loc: redding, ca

Hunted in Greybull, Wyoming in the 80's and so cold, but the elk and deer hunting was great. I also provided our camp with about 40 brookies for dinner. I could only let out a few feet of line as the guides froze solid.

Big A Loc: Mesa, Arizona

Fishing Fool wrote:

Hunted in Greybull, Wyoming in the 80's and so cold, but the elk and deer hunting was great. I also provided our camp with about 40 brookies for dinner. I could only let out a few feet of line as the guides froze solid.

That I truly believe about those guides freezing solid ! In the spring of '04 when I tried a little (very) early season trout fishing
and nearly lost a couple of
fingers to frostbite, I no longer tempt fate and never go out if
the temperature is under 45° !
Since moving to Arizona it has become a moot point, as it is no longer a concern !