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Post by papitohead on Apr 25, 2016 12:58:21 GMT -5
I am watching the windstorms in Barranquilla. My question is: Does this happens in Oriental Antioquia? How often?
I know Barranquilla is on the coast just like here in PR where we get windstorms at times other than hurricanes.
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Post by coolcoil on Apr 25, 2016 13:18:49 GMT -5
I'd say that we get maybe one windstorm a year that is serious enough to bring down a lot of trees and create a significant number of power outages, most of which only last a few hours. They are nothing like a hurricane though - I would guess wind speeds in the 40-50 MPH range. At this altitude you're not going to find extremely violent storms.
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Post by papitohead on Apr 26, 2016 7:46:13 GMT -5
Thanks Coolcoil. Good to know. I know there are heavy rain falls also causing landslides at time which guides me to think hard when looking for a place to build. 45-50 mph winds is not bad if that is tops. I've seen worst in Central NY. btw, did you get snowed in in Cortland?
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Post by coolcoil on Apr 26, 2016 13:48:54 GMT -5
I've been meaning to reply to your post about snow in Cortland. I didn't see it until last week when I was actually there. The company that made the unit we were testing was late, so I ended up delaying my trip by a week and missing the snow. The weather was pretty decent with highs around 60 and lows in the mid-40's.
This was the first time I got to really see Cortland. All of the other times I've been there I've been really busy and/or the place is covered in snow. It's really a very nice town. You can see that there is not a whole lot of money there - most of the houses are 50 to 80 years old and very basic. I'm guessing that you could by a decent 3-bedroom house for around USD $100K. However, I was impressed by how well kept they are. Every yard was mowed, the bushes trimmed and the leaves raked. I didn't see any trash blowing around. It's clear that people there take pride in their town.
It's very different than York, PA, where I lived for ten years before coming to Colombia. In most of York, if it were not for the turn-of-the-century rowhouses, it wouldn't be much different than Comuna 13.
If you can stand the 8 months of Winter, I can see that it would be an attractive place to retire.
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Post by papitohead on Apr 29, 2016 9:35:45 GMT -5
Well, that was my home for 32 years. Did live in Cortland and worked there, but also in Homer, Scott and finally in Truxton. You are right. No money there, but when I first got there in 1966 there were many factories. Smith-Corona was the biggest employer making typewriters and my first job. Also where ETL is I think it was Thompsom boats making the Crist Craft model. Wilson Sproting Goods making tennis rackets where I worked for a little while. Brockway motors build the Husky there. Pall Trinity which still there making filters which is where I retired from. Wickwires made 70% of all the nails in the world. Many more factories there for sure and people from Binhampton, Syracuse and Ithica worked in Cortland.
We are planning to visit 2017 summer. Once we move to Antioquia we are plannig to set a camping trailer in my daughter's house in Truxton and spend a couple of months of the year.
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Post by wildstubby on Apr 29, 2016 12:57:30 GMT -5
coolcoil, you have to remember there are 2 seasons here in PA: Winter and road construction!!!
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