Thursday, September 3, 2009

Los Alamos Stats


Jerry has accepted the offer from Los Alamos National Labs. So I thought I'd share some things you may not know about the town of Los Alamos.
-Location: Northern New Mexico
-Distance from Santa Barbara: 985 miles
-Distance from Dan and Amanda Allen (former next door neighbors): 92 miles
-Elevation: 7,300 ft
-Population: 12,000 (apparently 190,000 people live within a forty mile radius, ok?)
-Average high in summer: 80 (F) Yes, you read that right.
-Annual Snow Fall: 46 in (No, I don't currently own a "coat" or anything close to it)
-Closest ski resort: 10 miles away
-It was originally founded as an assembly facility for the first atomic weapons. The location was selected specifically for its "remoteness".
-Not to be confused with: The Alamo
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11 comments:

  1. Carrie GSeptember 3, 2009 at 10:53 AM

    - 7300 ft is a lot of feet.
    - sounds like a good place to be with global warming.
    - they make these things with a scraper on one side and a brush for the snow on the other...people buy them and leave them in their cars.
    - I'm a little jealous.

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  2. JenSeptember 3, 2009 at 12:19 PM

    Hope you know I plan on visiting.

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  3. krissiecookSeptember 3, 2009 at 3:35 PM

    Thanks for the clarification on the Los Alamos/The Alamo thing. Because I was going to tell you to be on the lookout for Peewee's bike.

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  4. RileighSeptember 3, 2009 at 3:40 PM

    Congratulations!! That is awesome!

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  5. krissiecookSeptember 3, 2009 at 6:25 PM

    P.S. Everything I know about Los Alamos I learned from Judy Blume's Tiger Eyes.

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  6. bethSeptember 3, 2009 at 9:07 PM

    i like how "coat" is in quotes, like a silly foreign object. start shoveling, v! o, and tim says there is great rivers and fishing there, so pick a house with an extra guest room, ok?

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  7. Carrie GSeptember 4, 2009 at 8:08 AM

    I've done some math, and it seems like 7300 feet is about 7300 ft higher than you live currently.

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  8. michelle mSeptember 4, 2009 at 8:56 PM

    I was voting for New Mexico all along. And not just because of the Asian Tiger Mosquitoes.

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  9. JerrySeptember 5, 2009 at 12:43 AM

    Carrie- I think 7300 feet is a little more than 7300 feet above where you are at.

    Don't you have to walk uphill to get to the beach?

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  10. Carrie GSeptember 5, 2009 at 10:49 AM

    jerry- that's an excellent point. I've thought about that when they say there might be heavy flooding here. I suspect heavy flooding is not going to be a major problem for you guys.
    I have started to lean on Chris to get a job with the CDC in Santa Fe. So far it's not going well, but I'll keep you posted.

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  11. LeahSeptember 6, 2009 at 8:26 PM

    That's exciting! I'm glad you're not going too far away!

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