The view from my back door.
Category Archives: Gillette
Time to shake your head
The following headline of a story appeared in today’s paper:
Stolen wallet won’t dampen a good time
A Glenrock man didn’t let a stolen wallet ruin his good time.
The man’s wallet was stolen Wednesday night at Bryan’s Place, a strip club near Rozet.
He told deputies a blonde dancer with braces must have taken his wallet while giving him a lap dance. The wallet later was found beneath a sofa cushion, but $200 was missing, Campbell County Undersheriff Scott Matheny said.
But after realizing his wallet had been stolen, the 31-year old man stayed at the strip club and had another lap dance, Matheny said.
I think it’s time to just shake your head and say, “Huh?”
Bring on the snow
Here comes round 2.
From WeatherBug
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL 6 PM MST SUNDAY
Urgent – Winter Weather Message
National Weather Service Rapid City SD
847 PM MST Fri Jan 7 2011
Northern Campbell-Southern Campbell-Western Crook-Weston-
Northeastern Crook-
Including The Cities Of… Gillette… Wright… Moorcroft…
Hulett… Newcastle… Colony
… Winter Weather Advisory Now In Effect Until 6 PM MST Sunday…
The Winter Weather Advisory Is Now In Effect Until 6 PM Mst
Sunday.
* Light Freezing Rain Or Snow Will Develop Overnight Before
Becoming All Snow On Saturday Morning. Snow Will Then Continue Into
Sunday Before Diminishing Sunday Evening.
* Snow Accumulations Of 4 To 7 Inches Are Expected By Sunday
Evening.
Precautionary/Preparedness Actions…
A Winter Weather Advisory Means Snow… Freezing Precipitation…
Wind… And Cold Temperatures Will Create Hazardous Conditions.
Use Caution When Outdoors Or Traveling.
Bill Gates in Gillette, Wyoming
In tonight’s paper, the picture on the front page is Bill Gates boarding one of nine private jets at the Gillette-Campbell County Airport on Sunday afternoon. It was humored he visited a local coal mine.
Photo: Alton Strupp, Gillette News Record
Welcome to Gillette:Population – Snow
Today is October 12. Friday, October 9 was homecoming here in Gillette. Nothing like playing the homecoming game in a frozen tundra! Yup, we’ve had snow since Friday. I wasn’t here for it since I was gone for the weekend. Here’s a pic of my front yard.
Unleash the plague!
Here in Gillette, we have a plague on our hands. I’m not sure if it’s a sign of the end times or if Pharaoh needs to let God’s people go, but this is what we’re facing:
Photo credit: Nathan Payne, Gillette News Record
From the Gillette News-Record blotter
Seriously…that’s all I gotta say.
CHILD NEGLECT: WAL-MART, April 8
At 10 a.m. Tuesday, Wal-Mart employees were alerted to a white van parked in the store’s lot. Inside were five unattended children, whose ages ranged from 7 months to 6 years old. The employees wound up spending almost half an hour with the kids, before their 25-year-old mother returned from the store. She said she wasn’t aware that it was dangerous to leave children locked in a van, Police Detective Gary Owens said. The case has been referred to the Department of Family Services.
Blizzard of ’09 stats
Here are unofficial results from the blizzard:
• Snow: 15-20 inches equal to about 1.97 inches of precipitation.
• Wind: Reached 37 mph with gust of 44 mph at 10 a.m. Monday.
• High temp: 39 degrees on Monday.
• Low temp: 21 degrees on Tuesday.
Welcome Spring
Spring officially welcomed itself on Friday. This is what Spring in Gillette looks like.
For Sale: SNOW
If I could, I would sell this stuff like people in Colorado did last winter. We have received so much snow, Christmas lights are still around our porch poles because the snow hasn’t melted to put the ladder up!
Here are some statistics from our local paper.
February snowfall to date: 4.7 inches
February snowfall average: 7.8 inches
WINTER SNOW
– Snow since October: 34.2 inches
– Precipitation since October: 1.62 inches
– Snow last winter (Oct.1, 2006, to March 1): 35.1 inches
– Winter average: 63.7 inches
– Biggest snow day this winter: Dec. 1, 5 inches
So, if anyone has a lack of snow at their location and would like some, please let me know and I’ll be more than happy to give you some.