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Chilly in Montana

Kachina624 — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 04:34:58 GMT

Re: Chilly in Montana

RedLipstick — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 09:43:58 GMT

Hello,

As a Montana native I know and remember the chill of the weather. As children I wonder how we walked to school in brutle tempatures.

And yet I miss the upcoming holidays and sibling enjoying themselves even with the

temp's.

Merry Christmas to you all.

~A~

Re: Chilly in Montana

meallen616 — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 09:56:35 GMT

I just can't even imagine weather like that! WOW

Re: Chilly in Montana

rockygems123 — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 15:19:45 GMT

@Kachina624

That has our record breaking wind chill of -50 beat out in the Eastern plains of Colorado in Sterling. Wow.

Re: Chilly in Montana

Cakers3 — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 15:23:55 GMT

Do people live in Elk Park? Or is it just a mountain pass?

I am not familiar with that area so any posters from Montana?

Either way, that temp is just brutal; almost apocalyptic!

Re: Chilly in Montana

Kachina624 — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 17:20:12 GMT

@Cakers3 Probably a lot of elk but they obviously have a weather reporting station, and a volunteer fire department. Maybe a suburb of Butte?

Re: Chilly in Montana

occasionalrain — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 17:46:26 GMT

I'm in the NE, the temperature is zero but wind chill -24. I got up early to make sure the bird feeders were filled and to remove the snow/ice. The birds have been constant at them all morning. Took care of the stray yard cats too. I have electric heat and the wires are underground so, unlike so many others, I shouldn't lose power.

Re: Chilly in Montana

songbird — Sat, 24 Dec 2022 15:55:51 GMT

@Cakers3 Western states are not heavily populated. The largest city in Wyoming is just over 65,000 people. Looking at photos, it looks more like a large town. The most people are in Colorado. This may change in the future as more and more people leave California for Idaho, Montanna, etc.

Cheyenne

Re: Chilly in Montana

Parischic — Sat, 24 Dec 2022 19:14:48 GMT

Ohhh nooo not for this Californian native.

Re: Chilly in Montana

Icegoddess — Sat, 24 Dec 2022 19:43:00 GMT

@songbird wrote:
@Cakers3 Western states are not heavily populated. The largest city in Wyoming is just over 65,000 people. Looking at photos, it looks more like a large town. The most people are in Colorado. This may change in the future as more and more people leave California for Idaho, Montanna, etc.

Cheyenne

That would not be good for the water situation.

Re: Chilly in Montana

songbird — Sun, 25 Dec 2022 15:41:26 GMT

@Icegoddess Well they can't live in California much longer. Housing is too expensive to live in a decent neighborhood. Cost of living, etc. increasingly the very poor live there with the very rich. Middle class has no where to go. Biggest problem in California is the lack of available land. So many people, not enough land

Re: Chilly in Montana

just bee — Sun, 25 Dec 2022 15:49:41 GMT

@Icegoddess wrote:
@songbird wrote:
@Cakers3 Western states are not heavily populated. The largest city in Wyoming is just over 65,000 people. Looking at photos, it looks more like a large town. The most people are in Colorado. This may change in the future as more and more people leave California for Idaho, Montanna, etc.

Cheyenne
That would not be good for the water situation.

@Icegoddess

Water? What water?

(I'm in New Mexico.)

Re: Chilly in Montana

Icegoddess — Sun, 25 Dec 2022 22:22:58 GMT

@songbird wrote:
@Icegoddess Well they can't live in California much longer. Housing is too expensive to live in a decent neighborhood. Cost of living, etc. increasingly the very poor live there with the very rich. Middle class has no where to go. Biggest problem in California is the lack of available land. So many people, not enough land

CA also has a water availability problem. They're the ones that came up with those stupid water restrictors that come on all shower heads now. I wasted more water trying to get the hot water to my shower running it in the sink too since the water heater is at the other end of the house. And then, it took forever to get the shampoo out of my hair. Reamed that little device out real quick.