"Bob" wrote in message
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Me thinks your off base here. two things:
1) living in colorado has nothing to do with a persons meterological
credentials. I live in the PNW and instruct nearly 100 state
university studnts each term. Humm now how do I do that? with my ass
on a boat? In fact I could even live in CO (god forbid) and still
teach my 100 students, or FL for that matter.

Living in Colorado enhances one's meteorological credentials. NCAR, NOAA,
NIST and several other federal meteorological agencies are headquartered in
Colorado. Then there are the world class universitites, state institutions
and last, but certainly not least a plethora of companies that research and
manufacture many different types of meteorological instruments. Colorado is
the epicenter of meteorology. Colorado also has the most educated and most
fit population of any state in the US.

Glory!