Re: [CH] Way off topic, but a great idea.

Sue Bonar (sbonar@nmsu.edu)
Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:27:02 -0600 

Hi Dave,
I'm here in Las Cruces, and as far as the tire chains go, if they  
don't fit, that'd be the reason to get rid of them. 99% of the time  
I'd say you wouldn't need them, but the weather has been weird this  
past year. Record breaking rainfall before August last year,  
tornadoes touched down in September, and a very cold winter with a  
lot more snow than 2". And Hatch looked like New Orleans after  
Katrina hit - the entire town was under 4 ft of water, El Paso  
flooded, Rio Grande spilled over its banks - you get the idea.
On the whole we have great weather, but when it's bad it's really  
bad, and it generally hits all at once, i.e. torrential downpours,  
snow and ice storms. The upside is that it usually only lasts a few  
days at most.
Give Ray and I a holler when you get moved - there's a lot of good  
chow to be sampled. Once you try the good southern NM mexican food,  
you'll notice that even the northern NM food doesn't quite hold up  
(even though it can be okay).... *grin*

Sue

On Apr 26, 2007, at 7:41 PM, Dave Anderson wrote:

> I have a couple of problems with keeping the tire chains. The first  
> is that they're for 13 or 14" tires and my truck has 18" tires. The  
> other is that according to mapquest, we're going to be 210 miles  
> south of ABQ and more importanly, 1200' lower in altitude. Been in  
> ABQ in January and the weather is as bad as it is here at 5200'.  
> According to the Las Cruces Chamber, average snow fall is 2". Rael,  
> I took the measurement from the Frontier Restaurant on Central. Is  
> the food as good as they say? With a 75 mph speed limit, Mapquest  
> says I can get there in 2 hours 59 minutes.
>
> Dave
>> Rael64 wrote:
>>> I'd keep those tire chains.  You just never know what
>>> may come in New Mexico.  And don't make the mistake I
>>> did of getting rid of all your cold gear thinking NM
>>> is a sunny paradise.  It ain't.
>>>
>>> 'Course, you're moving a bit further south than ABQ;
>>> my travels down there were more pleasant.  Don't
>>> forget to make regular trips to Truth or Consequence. Groovy  
>>> place, there.
>>>
>>> Peace, Hendrix, and Chiles.......
>>> Rael64
>>>
>>>
>>> --- Dave Anderson <chilehead@tough-love.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> (Remember those?) and some
>>>> tire chains. Lots of people in need out there.
>>>>
>>>> Dave
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>> I would listen to Don, Dave! One time in mid fall, October I flew  
>> into ABQ, and the Sandias were totally covered in a nice? blanket  
>> of snow!  I suffered the same culture shock as Rael did. We had  
>> flown from Northern Ontario, a radar base, part of the old  
>> PineTree early warning chain, where we had to get out and get the  
>> ice off the wings of a Dakota DC 3, in order to get of the ground,  
>> and then landed there and saw all that snow....pilot said,  
>> laughing, I think it came with us, guys!
>> Hang onto your snow shovels and chains, David....I was hitch  
>> hiking by air to LA, and I must say when we flew into George AFB  
>> it was a whole heck of a lot nicer! !   Cheers, old Doug in BC
>>
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