You know you are from Amarillo when..........

Rainfall is measured in hundredths of inches

You can start off the day wearing a coat and by afternoon you're wearing shorts

An inch of rain causes streets to flood but it takes a foot of snow to close schools

Friday night high school football is a sell-out

You think one of the major food groups is enchiladas..

The official town "bird" is a helicopter

You know what a Sandie is

You've ever dragged Polk Street

You think that opening weekend for dove and deer seasons are national holidays.

You know if another person is from out of town the second he or she walks in the door.

People are happy if a picnic gets rained out

You've seen rain, sleet, snow and thunder all in the same storm

You laugh at out- of- towners who actually attempt to eat the free 72 oz. steak

You consider plutonium to be good thing

You prefer to haul drinking water rather than drink tap water

You tell people you live in the brick house with a tan roof and attached two-car garage, and then realize that describes every house within a 2-mile radius

You can see a million stars at night from your patio

You don't feel out of place wearing a Stetson to the ballet

You know where The Canyon is

You think nothing of driving 6 hours to Dallas just to "get out of town" for the weekend

You see more American flags in one residential block than you've seen in any Forth of July Parade.

You've never seen smog

You can see the sky from any vantage point in town

You know the soil temperature on any given day but can't recall what you had for breakfast

You've had to pull over and remove tumbleweeds from the grill of your car

You've canceled many golf games because of tornado warnings

Vacation means a weekend trip to Santa Fe or the mountains

You know that the elevation of the plains is higher than the Hill Country

You know barbeque!

People in passing cars wave to you--even if you've never met them

You stop to watch the sunset

You can lose your purse and a total stranger will return it

When the sirens go off, you know it's a signal to go outside and look for the tornado

You know that Cadillac Ranch isn't a real ranch

You can go to the symphony and a country & western concert in one weekend

You've had several friends move off and move back within a couple of months.

Most of the vehicles on the city streets are pickup trucks, SUVs, tractors and limos