Las Cruces For Retirees (Alamogordo, Carlsbad: house, to buy, camp)

[ibarrio]

Originally Posted by lawmom

Wow, I cannot fathom that! How's the wind?

And I've read mention of the "monsoon" season -- what's that like?

Lots of Wind and a little rain...when the Thunder Storms do hit they are really impressive.

[mortimer]

lawmom asked:

> ... "monsoon" season -- what's that like?

It's like this in a typical day:

(1) The sun comes up on either a mostly clear or totally clear sky.
.... It's nice and cool in the morning compared to how it was the previous afternoon.

(2) Around 8-10 am, little puffy clouds start to show up in the sky.
.... These actually mark updrafts that hang gliders use to get lift.

(3) The puffy clouds grow and join up to form cumulonimbus clouds.
.... These clouds often get high enough 30,000+ ft to where they form
.... flat tops called "anvil heads."

(4) The cumulonimbus clouds start to drop rain in various places around
.... 3 pm or so - mostly over the mountains. The rain is visible from a
.... distance as grey sheets/curtains descending from the clouds in
.... between areas still lit by the sun.

Rain in the mountains tends to move out into the nearby plains/cities
as the day gets later.

(5) Clouds become more widespread and can sometimes form a complete
.... overcast in an area and rain can be widespread.

(6) Sometimes, the rain can be locally, quite severe accompanied by hail.
.... It is not uncommon for streets and arroyos to become full of rushing
.... water. This is where the term "flash flood" is heard.

Rain is not the rule during the monsoon season. It is often possible to
just experience higher humidity and see the rain falling in various other
areas, but not your exact location.

Gusty winds are the rule anywhere near where the rain is falling due to
the cooling effects of the falling rain. The water cools the air and the
cool air sinks and spreads outward - way out from under the clouds
where the rain is falling (many miles out from the actual rain).

If you are far enough away, you can see the dust kicked up by the wind
being pushed out into the sunlight away from the falling rain. It is a
quite striking and beautiful scene.

(7) Later in the day - after sunset when the energy from the sun is gone,
.... the clouds will break up and the sky will move toward being clear again
.... for the next day when the cycle will start all over again with the energy
.... provided by the sun.

[Vinegaroon]

If the drug cartels spill over into LC and other border regions, your retirement will be an interesting one. Put some iron grates on those windows, buy a couple of big dogs and hunker down with a shotgun.

[gabygirl]

Originally Posted by Vinegaroon

If the drug cartels spill over into LC and other border regions, your retirement will be an interesting one. Put some iron grates on those windows, buy a couple of big dogs and hunker down with a shotgun.

I beg to differ. Just bc LC is "near" the border doesn't mean this *is bound* to happen. Phoenix is not near the border, yet it is the #1 in the country for Mexico-style kidnappings for ransom & drop houses.
Besides, NO jinxing LC allowed here

[Six Foot Three]

Originally Posted by Vinegaroon

If the drug cartels spill over into LC and other border regions, your retirement will be an interesting one. Put some iron grates on those windows, buy a couple of big dogs and hunker down with a shotgun.

LOL.....This has to be a joke.....as nobody down here is living in fear of the cartels.

[ibarrio]

Originally Posted by Vinegaroon

If the drug cartels spill over into LC and other border regions, your retirement will be an interesting one. Put some iron grates on those windows, buy a couple of big dogs and hunker down with a shotgun.

Wrong thread.

[mortimer]

6 FOOT 3 exclaimed:

> Originally Posted by Vinegaroon
> > If the drug cartels spill over into LC ...

> .... This has to be a joke .....

No. It's deadly serious. If Vinegaroon doesn't post something horribly
negative at least once every 48 hours his head will literally explode.

Usually, he posts in the Santa Fe forum, however.
I'm glad to see him branching out and not getting stuck in a rut.

[anomoly]

Originally Posted by mortimer

6 foot 3 exclaimed:

> originally posted by vinegaroon
> > if the drug cartels spill over into lc ...

> .... This has to be a joke .....

No. It's deadly serious. If vinegaroon doesn't post something horribly
negative at least once every 48 hours his head will literally explode.

Usually, he posts in the santa fe forum, however.
I'm glad to see him branching out and not getting stuck in a rut.

lol!!

[rybert]

Originally Posted by mortimer

6 FOOT 3 exclaimed:

> Originally Posted by Vinegaroon
> > If the drug cartels spill over into LC ...

> .... This has to be a joke .....

No. It's deadly serious. If Vinegaroon doesn't post something horribly
negative at least once every 48 hours his head will literally explode.

Usually, he posts in the Santa Fe forum, however.
I'm glad to see him branching out and not getting stuck in a rut.

Bingo.

[anomoly]

The top pic is from Hatch, NM last year in August. The bottom one is Elephant Butte Lake in TrC last year in July. Lotsa Rain!!

Haven't followed NM threads for awhile, as I bought a 36' travel trailer with slides set up in a park in
Yuma (AZ, for those who don't know). But my RV is still in storage in NM, and my state park camp
permit is still good thru Oct., so I plan to escape the heat this summer, and return to travelling in NM for a
few months.
Actually, I was looking to buy my trailer and live in LC, but the space rent here is paid thru October, and
I'm surprisingly impressed with Yuma today, compared to the 'dirt bag town' it used to be.
But, I actually came to this thread to find NancytheReader, from another thread about 'women retiring'.
Wisteria said you're really ready to move to LC, and like I told her, I'll move there as soon as someone
else is ready!
Ok, that's my intro, now my info. Having lived in Tucson before NM, and now in Yuma, with vehicles and
license still NM, I wanted to comment about price diffs between AZ and NM. Everyone swears it's
cheaper in NM, (I think for Gabygirl it is), but having done both states, it just seems like NM was more
expensive. My DL was $39/year in NM, AZ, I think is $15, and it was good till you're 65! I finally
changed to NM DL last year, and now I'm back in AZ, go figure. But, my NM registration and insurance
is now expired on both my RV and car, so I have to get it changed to AZ, and I'm pretty darn sure it's
going to be much cheaper here! I'll let you know next week.
Monsoons? Mortimer must be a weather man, man! LOL! I just wanted to comment when someone
said wind, little rain... Naww! Both AZ and NM have real rainy monsoon seasons, almost always starting
by Juy 4th, lasting a couple of months. They're so impressive, and they make for GREAT picture, clouds
producing AWESOME sunrises and sets.