Douglas, WY anyone? (tornado, live, summer)

[rya700]

There has been alot of oil drilling around Douglas the past few years and also the construction of a gas plant hence the high demand for rental housing but it also sounds like the oil fields are starting to lay off due to the price drops recently so I'd keep looking (many of the workers are not "from" the area). Local facebook groups are probably the best way to find short term/rental housing, or craigslist

[CybrSlydr]

Originally Posted by juneaubound

I have never been to Douglas but I have a small business that regularly comes in contact with temps (for the FS / YNP / local and regional ranches). They come from all over the country, form tight bonds with other temps they work alongside for the duration, and it's an awesome way to spend a summer. If you have no ties and want to spend your summer outdoors with fun loving people who are there for the same reason, I say do it.

I have a Geology degree and Environmental Science minor. I'm hoping to parlay this position, if offered, into full-time permanent position with the Fed. I'm hoping if I get this it isnt just one summer and I can relocate.

[CybrSlydr]

Originally Posted by rya700

There has been alot of oil drilling around Douglas the past few years and also the construction of a gas plant hence the high demand for rental housing but it also sounds like the oil fields are starting to lay off due to the price drops recently so I'd keep looking (many of the workers are not "from" the area). Local facebook groups are probably the best way to find short term/rental housing, or craigslist

#1 reason I've avoided the energy industry like the plague. I value job security.

[StealthRabbit]

Originally Posted by nm9stheham

Hmmmm ... doesn't working for the NF Service in the west mean you're a long way from anything, regardless? It ain't Ohio no mo' LOL.... I say take the plunge! We met a young lady ranger in winter in Yellowstone who was from east TN. Sounded like she's not going back, despite her home area being fairly pretty.

yes...On a hot summer afternoon... take the LUSK plunge!!!! BTDT many hot afternoons!
<1 hr east!
https://www.distance-cities.com/dist...-to-douglas-wy
https://www.townoflusk.org/?SEC=E681...6-B43F7679FCDA

[nm9stheham]

Originally Posted by CybrSlydr

I have a Geology degree and Environmental Science minor. I'm hoping to parlay this position, if offered, into full-time permanent position with the Fed. I'm hoping if I get this it isnt just one summer and I can relocate.

The geology out west is so much more varied than here back east. But I suspect you know that already...

[Ltdumbear]

The Bighorn-Basin is about as varied as one can get (geology-wise) and you see alot of the planet's history while driving through the Wind River Canyon.

[nm9stheham]

The Adirondaks are part of the Appalachians, and that has been said about them. But all sort of mountain ranges have been formed at very, very different times. And some of the uplifted volcanic rocks and sedimentary rocks that form mountains are not very old rocks at all. And of course, volcanic mountains like in the Cascades are very new ... in geologic terms.

The Teton's are just babies; the did not exist as mountains until recently, but some of the rock is older. Go 40-50 straight east to the Wind River range and the rocks are 2.5-3 billion years old.

Look up continental drift and 'Pangea'. IIRC, at one time long, long ago, the areas like WY and CO were thought to be south of the equator! There are a lot of good videos online for geology in WY.

If you like geology, the western part of the Americas is a good place to be.

[CybrSlydr]

Originally Posted by nm9stheham

The Adirondaks are part of the Appalachians, and that has been said about them. But all sort of mountain ranges have been formed at very, very different times. And some of the uplifted volcanic rocks and sedimentary rocks that form mountains are not very old rocks at all. And of course, volcanic mountains like in the Cascades are very new ... in geologic terms.

The Teton's are just babies; the did not exist as mountains until recently, but some of the rock is older. Go 40-50 straight east to the Wind River range and the rocks are 2.5-3 billion years old.

Look up continental drift and 'Pangea'. IIRC, at one time long, long ago, the areas like WY and CO were thought to be south of the equator! There are a lot of good videos online for geology in WY.

If you like geology, the western part of the Americas is a good place to be.

Bingo!

The number of orogenies out west is incredible - http://www.luckysci.com/2015/10/how-...can-orogenies/

I got to take a trip to Utah in college for two weeks during the summer to dig for dino bones at our school's claim.

As for the oldest, those would be the Barberton Mountains in South Africa at nearly 3.5+ billion - and the planet is only around 4.5-ish billion. I figured the oldest would have been in Australia since the oldest zircons on the planet are found there, but I was close - they're second oldest. lol

[nowhereman427]

Originally Posted by StealthRabbit

yes...On a hot summer afternoon... take the LUSK plunge!!!! BTDT many hot afternoons!
<1 hr east!
https://www.distance-cities.com/dist...-to-douglas-wy
https://www.townoflusk.org/?SEC=E681...6-B43F7679FCDA

Sounds like a nice little town with very little population just on the border next to Nebraska below South Dakota

[CybrSlydr]

Originally Posted by StealthRabbit

yes...On a hot summer afternoon... take the LUSK plunge!!!! BTDT many hot afternoons!
<1 hr east!
https://www.distance-cities.com/dist...-to-douglas-wy
https://www.townoflusk.org/?SEC=E681...6-B43F7679FCDA

Does sound like a nice little town, little bigger than my hometown.