Bob Collins
There are times when you think you’ve lost everything. Then there’s someone to hug you and maybe you realize you haven’t. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Weather
When a pickup truck flipped over when tornadoes struck Texas on Saturday, there were plenty of reasons for strangers to think of themselves first.
But they didn’t. Read more →
Justin Sullivan, of Getty Images, recently returned to all of the spots he documented during the California drought. His images show that nature is pretty grand, if occasionally unrelenting. Read more →
The Washington Post reports today that, on average, we can get an 8 minute warning of a coming tornado; that’s seven minutes less than 2011. The National Weather Service’s performance goal is at least 13 minutes.
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Two people fell through the ice in separate incidents within 45 minutes of each other yesterday, the Brainerd Dispatch says. The first was on Big Portage Lake in rural Backus and the second on Gladstone Lake in Nisswa. Read more →
Take one big lake, add some warm temperatures, and finish it off with wind and, voila! You’ve got a show. Read more →
The Internet picked an odd time to suddenly demand 100% accuracy. Read more →
The fishing is good on area lakes, and the vehicles seem to be biting thanks to the bait being used: warmer temperatures and drivers who aren’t all that bright at times.
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Some people are spending the day obsessed with a missed weather forecast.
Some people — the St. Paul Saints social media team, for example — are spending it rounding into midseason form. Read more →
You might be inclined to question the decision of a couple of drivers on Upper Red Lake over the weekend, and we’d guess they’d tell you it was no big deal. Read more →
If ever there was an indicator that the Upper Midwest has lost its weather mojo, it’s this: the American Birkebeiner — the iconic northern Wisconsin cross country ski race — is likely to be a foot race this year. Read more →
You’ll want to sit down for this one.
Another driver tried to drive onto the ice on Lake Minnetonka today. Read more →
The day may come when we’re advised during icy conditions to ‘walk like a penguin’ and a growing number of people will not know what a penguin is. Read more →
Sit right down here, sonny, and let your old grandpa tell you about the time we drove cars and trucks onto the ice on Leech Lake for the annual Eelpout Festival. Read more →
An increase in temperatures and a failure to believe in science has led to a spate of vehicles falling through the ice. Read more →