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...sagebrush and other shrubs is covered by a layer of snow so thick and crusty that the hungry animals are roaming toward settled areas for food. They often wander plowed roads and railroad tracks: 400 antelope were struck and killed by trains in one week in Carbon County, Wyo. Where prey go, predators follow: coyotes are coming close to towns to eat deer. Or whatever. "Archibald, my cat, won't go out at night any more," says D.J. Bassett of Jackson, Wyo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Facing a Rough Rockies Winter | 2/13/1984 | See Source »

...subzero zone, which stretched from the Rockies east to the Alleghenies, began to warm up just after Christmas, prompting an epidemic of jokes about 15° "heat waves." Midweek, however, the bitter cold snapped back down the country's spine, setting records in cities such as Casper, Wyo. (-26°), Denver (15°) and Amarillo, Texas (-5°). Nor was the worst over for much of the Deep South. Tornadoes roared through Georgia and Florida on Thursday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Unseasonably, Unreasonably Cold | 1/9/1984 | See Source »

...Mont., the wind chill factor (a combination of 15-m.p.h. winds and temperatures of 40 below zero) made it feel as if it were -85°. In Minneapolis, the mercury fell to 29° below, the lowest in 82 years. Power failures kept thousands shivering in the dark. Lander, Wyo. (pop. 7,867), was blacked out for twelve hours; owners of wood-burning stoves invited strangers in to share the warmth. Even the Dynasty crowd loosened up under the chill: at the exclusive annual Denver Debutante Ball, hardly an eyebrow was raised when the cellist put a down "jacket...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Snowbelt to Sunbelt, the Big Chill | 1/2/1984 | See Source »

Gerry Spence of Jackson, Wyo., is an attorney who specializes in defending clients wronged by large institutions. He usually wins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Your Story, but My Life | 12/12/1983 | See Source »

Jack de Golia Yellowstone National Park, Wyo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 5, 1983 | 12/5/1983 | See Source »

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