I must give props to those in the area who are responsible for making the decisions about school and college closings. It is not an easy job and it is often thankless. This is one crown that I do not envy. There always seem to be some folks who will question the decision that has [...]
Tag: weather
Elated!
I was elated -yes, elated - to read that Minnesota's Governor Mark Dayton is closing Minnesota schools Monday due to predicted frigid temperatures of 15 to 20 below. The temperature lows overnight leading into to the next week are expected to be the coldest temperatures in a decade at a predicted 30 below. It makes [...]
Giddy.
When I saw that the temperature yesterday morning was 11 degrees I was giddy. Not pleasantly surprised, not mildly excited - giddy. Giddy about 11 degree weather. When it got into the 30s later in the day I transcended into a state of disbelief - how could it be that such good fortune could shine [...]
The rise and fall of North Dakota…
I was raised in California where the average temperatures tended to only fluctuate about 25 degrees in either direction of 75 degrees in any given season. In California a 50 degree day is considered coat weather. My now North Dakota acclimated self laughs at the silliness of such a notion. But let's face it - temperature [...]
Die winter…die!
The word from the National Weather Service is that a wallop is coming our way. This looks like one that the whole state will be able to "enjoy" - well, yippee ki yay. Just what all us North Dakota folks wanted - more winter. All this extra snow will just make flood season that much [...]
Patience: EXPIRED.
There comes a time each year when my patience completely expires. It arrives at different times, but historically I don't make it more than a couple months into the new year before I exclaim to everyone and anyone who will listen that I am OVER winter. You would think that after 15 years in the [...]
One for the win column?
There is snow in the forecast. John Wheeler is predicting three to six inches tonight and into Sunday. Hmmm...I am not so sure that we'll get that much. Of course, I am not a meteorologist or a climatologist, but where snow is concerned I have been Nancy Drew since the fall of last year. As Nancy Drew [...]
THE NEW FORTY 