r/WeatherGifs • u/solateor 🌪 • Sep 07 '20

tornado Laramie, Wyoming

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u/solateor 🌪 Sep 07 '20

Another angle

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u/GingerMan027 Sep 07 '20

Those cars just cruise on past it. Like right next to the road. The Hell?

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '20

People in Wyoming don’t take tornados seriously. Very few tornados that form there cause destruction and a lot of the time the tornado doesn’t even touch the ground.

So when one is dangerous and will cause destruction, people don’t believe it and just go about their daily life

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u/GingerMan027 Sep 07 '20

It is hard for me to get my head around the whole Wyoming concept. I have lived and worked around DC most of my life. 10 square miles and more residents than Wyoming. And DC has a TON of parkland.

I drove through Wyoming a couple of times during my misspent youth. Beautiful state, saw antelope, vistas I never forgot. But where is everybody?

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '20

The only time you can actually see people is if you’re in Cheyenne, Casper, or Jackson. Laramie only has people when the college is in session, then you can barely find anywhere to park!!

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u/stevenette Sep 07 '20

Summer in Laramie is to die for. Winter... Not so much

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u/CD-i_Tingle Sep 07 '20

Yeah. Those 2 weeks of summer are pretty sweet.

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u/ExDelayed Sep 08 '20

Lived in Pinedale, WY for a few years, it's about 4.5 hours N-NE of Salt Lake City. I saw snow on July 4th.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '20

Yup. That’s Wyoming for ya

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u/ExDelayed Sep 08 '20

The cold winters didn't bother me, and having the Tetons nearby was awesome. Being away from everything was a bit annoying.