Do you see work load differences due to the time of year?
Maybe the opposite we see in the Pacific NW.
Almost always - I'm in the mountains at an elevation of 7,000'. We average 110" of snow a year, and it does tend to impede us from Jan. - April. That being said, since the slowdown it is so slow that "seasonal" is a joke. We sometimes call our competitors just to be sure that our phones still work.. Have looked at moving to your vicinity but family situation has changed that. So, when is the rainy season in the NW?
> So, when is the rainy season in the NW?
Winter, Spring, Fall, and ½ of Summer. :-/
Just about any given day.
I have lived in WA/OR all my life and find that September/October are my favorite months. Generally not a lot of rain, cool nights and warm days. November through April are the gloomiest months, with the exception of the last 3 weekends. I am speaking about West of the Cascades. It is much different on the East side.
We were always busy in AZ year-round, until it rains,thens everyone packs up and calls it a day.
It's the economy that slowed things down.
Damn...I miss surveying in the desert rain some days,it smells so good 🙂
I remember reading some GLO notes from the Gov Surveyor working in the area and he referred to the late winter-spring here as the monsoon season. I think that is about right. Growing up here you don't see it, but having gone away for a few years in my 20's, I can see how others from back east would see it that way.
They used to say there are two seasons in Alaska. Winter and Road Construction.
Having grown up in Seattle and now living in South Dakota that is one thing I miss. On the occasion we get a steady rain or it's just gloomy I get a little homesick. I miss mountains too.
Missing the mountains..........
not too much - altho in the past we have had surveys in the mountains in winter, and in the low desert mid-summer. those seem to come down to construction windows in the weather, and the schedule goes backwards from there. I heard we have a 70% chance of rain Thursday - that would be nice.
Joe:
Will you be at the conference this week? We're coming down off the mountain for it, so we had to make arrangements to cool things off a bit down there! Not ready for triple digits yet...
Jim - APLS conf
I will be there Thursday and Friday
Jim - APLS conf
Joe/Jim, sorry even if I am the elected APLS Secretary I will not be at the conference. My daughter is graduating for college in MI and I'll be basking in the balmy 45 deg cloudy weather.
Great program. Christa, et al, did real well putting things together. In terms of the By Laws changes, I'd be voting yes. But you all do as you will and just have a good time.
RE: weather effecting work load. I just wish it was so simple. I think it more about whether or not anybody wants to spend money on a survey, and they don't give a shyte about the weather. If it's hot, I start earlier. If its cold, I put a coat on. No big deal. But the wind is a major bytch when it blows your base over and you're 2 miles away.
Wind in AZ
"But the wind is a major bytch when it blows your base over and you're 2 miles away."
and it is always wind where you are at. Was up there a couple weeks back and had to fight the door to get it open.
xxx
Wind in AZ is an oxymoron
Lee, are you looking at that Box Culvert on LHC Dr? I assume you are. I tend to shy away from bridge type construction, but will still be putting something together. Maybe we should chat in the morning??? (if that's considered appropriate to all the closet ethicists on board)
There is also that Tiero del Rio Mitigation in Ft Mohave. That one is a doozy
send me an email if you want
Apropos of absolutely nothing in this post, I thought I would post Arizona's answer to the dogwood. Lots of these right now and very lovely.
oxymoron?
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