>>>>I "enjoyed" many interesting weather patterns while living in San Angelo, Texas. I think Texas is where God experiments with weather to see what mankind can tolerate! :) One minute it is nice and the next minute......... You fill in the blank.
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>>>Tom --
>>>That's one of the best descriptions of Texas weather I've heard! Today, we're expecting a high of 80, and on Friday, it will be in the low 50s or high 40s. Typical for this time of year.
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>>>One of my favorite mis-uses of statistics is the following: the mean temperature of San Antonio equals the mean temperature of Los Angeles!
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>>>Pete
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>>Pete;
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>>That's mighty mean! :)
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>>Memories: February 12 San Francisco 72 degrees - I left for Basic Training at Lackland Air Force Base. We arrived at 0400 (4 AM) and it was 10 degrees with ice on the ground. Two months later when I completed training and left, it was 110 degrees in San Antonio.
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>>San Angelo was interesting. One day it would be 104 with 4% humidity and the Swamp Cooler worked very well. The next day it would be 104 with 98% humidity and you can forget about Swamp Cooler's. The Miller moths would attack us from all directions. Nasty little fellows. Pecan trees every where. Not a Redwood tree in sight.
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>>There was a one lane road that went from San Angelo North to some lake. One day the police had the road closed and I asked why. It seems that they have some rich people that own yachts and they have a race on the lake each year. The yachts require a big rig and trailer to haul them and occupy most of the North/South lanes so they simply close the road for a few minutes while people are moving their boats. Have you ever seen a yacht on a public hiway? I have only seen them in water. They are huge!
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>>Winter days were also different. One day hot the next day cold. I have lots of funny stories about my San Angelo days with Air Force Security Service at Goodfellow Air Force Base. But then I like to look at the humorous side of life! :)
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>>Tom
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>Tom,
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>I wasn't trying to be 'mean', only to point out how weather stats can be deceiving. Most people don't pick up on what I said about mean temps. What's missing in this is that the standard deviations of the temps are not stated -- they vary widely between San Antonio and LA. Actually, the mean temp of San Antonio only occurs for a few days out of the year!
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>You mentioned Basic Training at Lackland AFB -- that's where my first real programming job was -- we developed models to assist the USAF where to place recruits after basic training, based on their aptitudes, etc. Those were very exciting days for me -- I couldn't believe someone would actually pay me to program a computer!
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>Pete

Pete;

When I was in the Air Force the duty station of an airman was based upon where you were from. They would then take the place in the world that was furthest from that spot and place you there. :) We were told "First comes the needs of the Air Force, then the needs of the world. Your needs are last on the list"!

I thought some guy with a dart board assigned duty stations. :) Now with a computer you can program it to do whatever is desired. They can be more accurate about picking a place furthest from your home with a greater degree of accuracy! Or they can use a random function to just mix up your assignment. Gee, this could be fun!

How many times did I see, "FIGMO - I just got orders for bum fuc* Egypt"! We must have had a lot of guys with that experience because I met a large number of people that were stationed there! :)

Tom