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Thursday: Thunderstorms, Hail, and a Tornado Watch
Minnesota's weather is not boring. Right now, we're in a tornado watch, and will be for another hour and twenty minutes - unless the Weather Service lifts the watch.Thunderstorms have been going by, dropping much-needed rain.Part of the after-storm s...
Friday Morning: Retrospective on My Son's Field Trip
My son went with his class to the Minnesota State Capitol yesterday. We were expecting him back around 6 or 6:30, but he arrived around 8:00. I'd told my wife and #3 daughter that they might as well go to Soo Bahk Do - that was around 7:30 - so I had...
It's Tornado Week
I got a surprise a few minutes ago, when the sirens went off here in Sauk Centre. There are a few clouds in the sky: but nothing that would yield more than a drizzle. Maybe. And, it's not the first Wednesday of the month, when the system is routinely...
Winter Storm in Minnesota: Not Much, So Far
Albany, down the road, had five inches of new snow on the ground around 5:30 this morning: and the National Weather Service has a "Winter Storm Warning" in effect until 3:00. So far, the heaters in the house are keeping the place at a comfortable 60 ...
Sacrilege Down the Road: A Very Serious Post
Morris is a little over an hour west of here, on Minnesota Highway 28. Since I grew up in the Red River Valley of the North, I think of that as "pretty close." I've got happy memories connected with the town, but the recent news from Morris isn't goo...
Thursday: Beautiful Day with Road Work
The Ash Street Project is coming from both ends now. North of here, the street is a broad trench a couple of yards deep, as near as I could see. To the south, they've dug a strip on the east side of the street for the new sidewalk. I was out, enjoyin...
Saturday: Springtime in Minnesota, the Sequel
There was almost a half-foot of snow on the ground this morning. I had to shovel a spot in front of the grill, before fixing lunch today. While moving the snow around, I discovered that it was almost perfect for snowballs and snowmen. I made a small ...
Tuesday: Taxes; Family; Beautiful Blue Skies
Minnesota: We don't have climate, we have weather. Today, it was wind that reminded my of my native Red River Valley of the North, with a beautifully blue sky, bright sun, and temperatures in the sixties. I had an excuse to get outside twice: and tho...
Friday: Not Quite a Blizzard, but It'll Do
#3 daughter discovered that the rabbit, Giol, had chewed the #4 button off her calculator. She was none too pleased about it. It was a giveaway from a local bank, from when she opened an account there, and had been a very useful tool. I checked, and ...
Thursday: Winter Storm Thunder
I'm wrapping this up about 2:15 Friday morning. It's been a crazy day, thanks to a couple of deadlines I had to meet. A flash and lightening and thunder a few minutes ago let me know that this is not an ordinary winter storm. No surprise, really, sin...
Thursday: Winter Storm in Progress
I like Minnesota. We don't have boring weather here. Earlier this week, it was blue skies, sunshine, and temps in the sixties. Now, it isn't. This morning, about 10:20, it felt like rain, and that's about as far as it went. Around 4:00 in the afterno...
Saturday Morning: Bad News from Pelican Rapids
Pelican Rapids has a place in my heart, from experiences in my boyhood and youth. I remember a park and a dam, with an enormous statue of a pelican. Later, in the sixties, a speech contest brought me to the Pelican Rapids high school: a small labyrin...
