Charlie's Short List of Yuma Resources as of Mar 10
  • Prepare for snow birds
    • Population will seem to double
    • The start to arrive when it gets cold up north.
    • Very long lines
    • Only time they move fast is getting in front of you.
    • An important part of the economy so try to enjoy.
    • Tend to be bad drivers
  • My experience shared with a number of people is that RO or bottled water is better than what comes out of the tap.
    • Drink lots of fluids
    • Reverse osmosis about two hundred bucks
  • Get a doctor now
      • You wont' be able to find one when the snowbirds arrive
  • There are hiking and water activities
    • Local reservoirs
    • Tubing
    • Hikes in the dessert
    • Meteor Showers
    • Off road
  • Foothills are a good place live
  • Food
    • 8th St. Taco Run
    • La Flores 3d st & Ave A
    • Mr. Gs and Brownies on 4th Ave
    • Walmart is open 24x7
    • Fries seems to have best vegetables
    • Vegetable stand outside the campus has great deals
    • Green Tree
  • Streets all have funny numbering and almost duplications
    • Streets, lanes, Place tend to run East-West
    • Avenues tend to run North-South
  • Algodones has great deals on dentistry, booze, pharmaceuticals.
  • Plastic storage containers go brittle in the sun
  • Car batteries and tires don't last, fuel vapor lock.
  • If you are from north of here there is less twilight
  • AAA is worth it.
  • You can tell who's Yuman by when they start to think it's cold.
  • Spanish pronunciation is commonly used. For instance, gala sounds like hila.

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Government
AZ Motor Vehicle DivisionThese are the current AWC program check sheets. When advising, encourage your students to use WebAdvisor the "Program Evaluation" feature for a degree audit. You and students can even do trial audit of other degrees.
Yuma Property Information SearchFinds property owners. Find out how lives at an address or where somebody lives.
Yuma County -- Greater Economic DevelopmentUseful Yuma statistics
City of Yuma NewsOfficial press releases
News and Weather
NPRNational Public Radio from AWC
Yuma SunLocal newspaper.
Weather Underground - Yuma WeatherLocal weather
Yuma Events CalendarLocal events
Yuma on Wikipedia"Yuma is a city in and the county seat of Yuma County, Arizona, United States. The population of the city was 77,515 at the 2000 census, with a 2006 Census Bureau estimated population of 87,423.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the 2007 estimated population of the Yuma MSA is 190,557, though more than 85,000 winter visitors make Yuma their winter residence."
National Cancer Institute Yuma ProfileHealth information
Utilities
City of Yuma - Water & Trash (928) 373-5076
Southwest Gas 1 (800) 428-7324
APS Electricity 1 (800) 253 9405
Time Warner Cable (928) 782-9853
Far West Water (928) 342-3344
Time WarnerCable and Internet
APSPower
Water and SewageCity of Yuma services and payments

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