Minnesotans have no right to snicker when it comes to the difficulty of driving in snow. We saw your morning commute this morning, Minnesota.
But there’s something about cars sliding into each other that’s even more impressive when it happened this morning in Montreal, a city that knows its snow. Read more →
The four seasons in Minnesota are spring, summer, fall, and hyperbole. Read more →
The Star Tribune reports that a reporter for the St. Paul Pioneer Press has received a $35,000 grant from the Knight Art Challenge of St. Paul to stage a ballet on Harriet Island during the February 2018 Winter Carnival and and the Super Bowl. Read more →
There are two amazing takeaways from this NOAA video of a “hurricane hunter” airplane flying into Hurricane Matthew. Read more →
With the first hurricane to make landfall in Florida in 11 years came a return to the water for the nation’s TV reporters.
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We can’t help but think we’re in for a world of hurt in the Red River Valley and environs next spring when the snow melts.
With so much rain this summer, the water table is high and runoff will be the order of the day if we get a decent amount of snowfall this winter. And that usually spells massive flooding on the glacial lake bed.
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August is a pretty slow month for news, which might explain why newsies are — again — respewing the Old Farmer’s Almanac winter predictions.
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Every now and again we are reminded of the incredible capability and creativity of the human mind when faced with a problem to solve.
In Philadelphia, it’s been hot. So a group of neighbors rented a dumpster, cleaned it up, put some tarps inside, and turned on the fire hydrant.
And they got this. Read more →
We suppose by now we should just accept as a given that when it rains, you should be nowhere near Fairview Avenue beneath the Highway 36 overpass.
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When the severe storm with 100 mph winds hit Duluth this week, the Algoma Guardian was just starting her trip through the canal when Dennis O’Hara was filming. Read more →
Long before we become old Minnesotans complaining about the cold in January and the heat in July, we’re kids who find the weather wondrous. Read more →
The worst job in the Upper Midwest right now? It’s the person responsible for figuring out how to fix Bayfield County’s washed out roads. Read more →
For experienced storm chasers, Monday offered the opportunity for prime viewing of a still relatively rare weather event in these parts, in this case, Litchfield and Watkins in west-central Minnesota. Read more →
Ruined food from power outages is a nuisance. A downed tree can still be firewood. But a car in a flood? That’s an awfully expensive paperweight. Read more →
Bob Collins