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RockyTopTexas said:
Hard to attract to Lubbock period lol
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I thought the same thing of Lubbock until two of my daughters went to Tech. Over a period of 10 years (both stayed for graduate degrees), I grew to like Lubbock a lot. Yes, flat as a pancake, but at 3000 feet above sea level the summers were hot but dry. One sandstorm during the winter. And the dark sky when you got out of the city was incredible.

It's not East Tennessee, but I found the summer weather much more pleasurable than the high summer humidity in College Station (which is also flat as a pancake).

To each his own I guess.
 
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UTwild82 said:
If I was an alum of a school and they trotted Art Briles out as HC I would burn down the football facilities.

I love football and I want to win, but not if a thing like that is the face of my program.
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But Briles is an alum of Tech (played at UofH for Bill Yoeman and graduated from Tech after his parents died in a car wreck on their way to Dallas to watch him play against SMU). The big money donors might get their way this time. New facilities don't build themselves and ADs can't keep hiring losing coaches and retain their jobs.

 
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ToddyHill said:
I thought the same thing of Lubbock until two of my daughters went to Tech. Over a period of 10 years (both stayed for graduate degrees), I grew to like Lubbock a lot. Yes, flat as a pancake, but at 3000 feet above sea level the summers were hot but dry. One sandstorm during the winter. And the dark sky when you got out of the city was incredible.

It's not East Tennessee, but I found the summer weather much more pleasurable than the high summer humidity in College Station (which is also flat as a pancake).

To each his own I guess.
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The sunsets are amazing in West TX. Beautiful night skies and dry air. It has its charm.
 
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Volunteer_Kirby said:
The sunsets are amazing in West TX. Beautiful night skies and dry air. It has its charm.
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I attended Abilene for 2 years. It took a little getting used to at first being from Middle GA, but it wasn't bad at all. Of course Abilene is what I'd call a gateway to the rest of West Texas, but it was a nice town and nice country. Winter weather as unpredictable as it can get outside of Montana in the summer. If you go due west from Abilene and get over around Alpine in the West West Texas Mountains that spill over into NM, it's really nice landscape.
 
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GVF said:
I attended Abilene for 2 years. It took a little getting used to at first being from Middle GA, but it wasn't bad at all. Of course Abilene is what I'd call a gateway to the rest of West Texas, but it was a nice town and nice country. Winter weather as unpredictable as it can get outside of Montana in the summer. If you go due west from Abilene and get over around Alpine in the West West Texas Mountains that spill over into NM, it's really nice landscape.
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Did you ever get to the rattlesnake roundup in Sweetwater? I always wanted to do that but never did. I have family in Buffalo Gap. The only thing I don't like about West Texas today is the windmills...they're everywhere.
 
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BUBear said:
So are the dust devils.

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One spring day in Abilene, we were on the third floor apartment balcony. Abilene was very NE corner of Taylor county, so you could drive an hour SW and not cross a county line. From the 3rd floor you could see that far into the county. Not a cloud in the sky over the city. But we watched countless funnels drop out in the distance that afternoon. I think the news reported somewhere around 27 tornado sighting that day just in that county.

I've also tried walking across campus in blizzard winds and snow, in February, and ended up at the end entrance of the student center and was headed to the middle doors. The next day it was 70, and we were at the pool swimming.
 
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BUBear said:
So are the dust devils.

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OK, I promise I'm not trying to hijack this thread, but your post reminded me of something. Years ago, my oldest daughter called me as she was walking to class at Tech. She told me she was walking backwards as a sandstorm had hit, and she was concerned about having her eyes scratched by the sand. Said she wasn't the only one doing that either. Can you imagine walking backwards at Baylor, A&M, or UT? You'd be laughed at beyond measure. In Lubbock, it was a safety precaution. Crazy.
 
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ToddyHill said:
Did you ever get to the rattlesnake roundup in Sweetwater? I always wanted to do that but never did. I have family in Buffalo Gap. The only thing I don't like about West Texas today is the windmills...they're everywhere.
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My brother went to that when he was at ACU. I transferred out there and we attended together for one year but they never went again. I wanted to, but I'm not a real good snake guy. Not one of their group, but a few guys in front of them were walking past a truck and one of those evil things was perched in the wheel well on the tire. Laid a bite into his elbow. He said it was nasty real quick.

One thing you don't get with the windmills like you do the roadside oil pumps is good cover. We could pull off the side of the road behind one of those things with and easy date and go undetected.
 
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ToddyHill said:
OK, I promise I'm not trying to hijack this thread, but your post reminded me of something. Years ago, my oldest daughter called me as she was walking to class at Tech. She told me she was walking backwards as a sandstorm had hit, and she was concerned about having her eyes scratched by the sand. Said she wasn't the only one doing that either. Can you imagine walking backwards at Baylor, A&M, or UT? You'd be laughed at beyond measure. In Lubbock, it was a safety precaution. Crazy.
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Maybe not quite as bad in Abilene, but there were regular sand storms that enveloped an other wise viewable downtown from campus a few miles away.

The coolest part about that drive from ATL, was hitting Ranger in the middle of the night and being "above" Abilene and seeing it lit up the last 30 miles in.
 
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ToddyHill said:
Did you ever get to the rattlesnake roundup in Sweetwater? I always wanted to do that but never did. I have family in Buffalo Gap. The only thing I don't like about West Texas today is the windmills...they're everywhere.
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One of the traditions back in the 80's at ACU was the road rally between some of the male social clubs. First car from Abilene to Lubbock was King. Missed out on that too. But...one of my friends had a 79 6.6 TA. We hit 140 and climbing on the way to Dallas. My only gripe about being out there, especially Abilene and it gets worse the further west you get, is how far you are from anything and how long it took to go somewhere. 8 hrs from Abilene and you are getting close to El Paso. 8 hours from ATL or Nashville, you can be in Central FL, or two states over even. 7 hours from my hometown of Griffin, GA got me half way across GA, all of Bama, and atleast half of North MS to Corinth where I went north another 45 minutes to FHU. Basically 90 miles east on memphis.
 
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BUBear said:
So are the dust devils.

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that one looks pretty tame. We had some big ones roll through during sporting events. Soccer posts would go flying, gear would be swept up and everything would pause until it passed. We would sometimes get big, slow moving ones that would be a soccer or baseball field wide. The worst are the ones with hundreds of tumbleweeds.
 
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ToddyHill said:
OK, I promise I'm not trying to hijack this thread, but your post reminded me of something. Years ago, my oldest daughter called me as she was walking to class at Tech. She told me she was walking backwards as a sandstorm had hit, and she was concerned about having her eyes scratched by the sand. Said she wasn't the only one doing that either. Can you imagine walking backwards at Baylor, A&M, or UT? You'd be laughed at beyond measure. In Lubbock, it was a safety precaution. Crazy.
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18 wheelers have been known to tip in those winds. Can get a little rowdy sometimes.
 
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GVF said:
I attended Abilene for 2 years. It took a little getting used to at first being from Middle GA, but it wasn't bad at all. Of course Abilene is what I'd call a gateway to the rest of West Texas, but it was a nice town and nice country. Winter weather as unpredictable as it can get outside of Montana in the summer. If you go due west from Abilene and get over around Alpine in the West West Texas Mountains that spill over into NM, it's really nice landscape.
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Alpine & Davis Mountains are a treat. The further you go, the better it gets.
 
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ToddyHill said:
Did you ever get to the rattlesnake roundup in Sweetwater? I always wanted to do that but never did. I have family in Buffalo Gap. The only thing I don't like about West Texas today is the windmills...they're everywhere.
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We used to have a rattlesnake roundup in Monahans, then they'd take them all to Sweetwater afterwards. It's worth seeing if you are in the area.
 
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GVF said:
One spring day in Abilene, we were on the third floor apartment balcony. Abilene was very NE corner of Taylor county, so you could drive an hour SW and not cross a county line. From the 3rd floor you could see that far into the county. Not a cloud in the sky over the city. But we watched countless funnels drop out in the distance that afternoon. I think the news reported somewhere around 27 tornado sighting that day just in that county.

I've also tried walking across campus in blizzard winds and snow, in February, and ended up at the end entrance of the student center and was headed to the middle doors. The next day it was 70, and we were at the pool swimming.
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Waco Tornado | Waco History

On May 11, 1953, a destructive force tore through Waco and forever altered the face of the city. The tornado injured 600 people, took 114 lives, and damaged hundreds of businesses. The chaotic aftermath of this deadly storm left an indelible mark upon the Waco community.
 
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BUBear said:
Waco Tornado | Waco History

On May 11, 1953, a destructive force tore through Waco and forever altered the face of the city. The tornado injured 600 people, took 114 lives, and damaged hundreds of businesses. The chaotic aftermath of this deadly storm left an indelible mark upon the Waco community.
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We took a tour around Joplin Missouri on our recent Route 66 trip...devastating how something can destroy a city in minutes...we deal with hurricanes down here but you can plan for those and leave.. tornados are different deal and can be on you without warning
 
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