MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Weather

Tales from a snowstorm

Bob Collins February 22, 2011, 1:19 PM Feb 22, 2011

A Moorhead man comes up with a faster way to clear the driveway.

Weather

Floods and a warmer climate

Bob Collins February 16, 2011, 12:40 PM Feb 16, 2011

There is more fuel for the climate change fire from the UK, today.

Weather

Minneapolis: A warm Dallas

Bob Collins February 4, 2011, 4:00 PM Feb 4, 2011

Should we feel sorry for the people who rubbing our noses in their plans to head to a warm Texas?

Weather

Banning ‘snow bombs’

Bob Collins February 4, 2011, 9:55 AM Feb 4, 2011

In Boston, the nation’s snow capital these days, a lawmaker is tired of driving behind people who haven’t cleared their cars of snow, and getting snow-bombed.

Weather

One picture: Winter

Bob Collins February 3, 2011, 11:11 AM Feb 3, 2011

Send one picture that perfectly describes the type of winter we’re having.

Weather

Viral video of the day: The ukulele guy

Bob Collins February 2, 2011, 2:41 PM Feb 2, 2011

This video is rapidly racing across the Internet. It features a guy in Kansas City taking to song, inspired by the blizzard that’s hit the Midwest.

Weather

Trouble in the Order of Fire and Brimstone

Bob Collins January 31, 2011, 1:07 PM Jan 31, 2011

Collateral damage in the dispute with King Boreas.

Weather

Viral video of the day: The skater

Bob Collins January 31, 2011, 11:55 AM Jan 31, 2011

Let’s see summer do this:

Weather

Embracing winter: The ice sculptures

Bob Collins January 27, 2011, 2:31 PM Jan 27, 2011

The heat is on a group of artist’s in St. Paul’s Rice Park. They’ve got until 9 Saturday morning to turn the blocks of ice into works of ice art.

Science · Weather

Video: The cold-weather lab

Bob Collins January 21, 2011, 11:04 AM Jan 21, 2011

A cup of hot water will freeze when thrown into the air. What other liquids will?

Weather

Viral video of the day: Up on the roof

Bob Collins January 14, 2011, 10:23 AM Jan 14, 2011

This video, which is pretty funny since it didn’t turn out tragically, is still a good reminder that it’s rarely good idea to get up on your roof in the winter.

Weather

March of the dead mailboxes

Bob Collins January 13, 2011, 2:57 PM Jan 13, 2011

Cities pull back from replacing damaged mailboxes.

Weather

Climate, Wisconsin style

Bob Collins December 30, 2010, 11:41 AM Dec 30, 2010

Maybe we should just assess this culture of ours, and maybe get back to the question of whether the climate is changing, and so what if it is?

Weather

Blizzard wars: The snarl

Bob Collins December 27, 2010, 2:02 PM Dec 27, 2010

The East Coast had a slight edge in the ‘we feel sorry for you’ category in today’s News Cut Blizzard War. That evaporated the minute we saw this in the ‘handling the snarl’ category:

Weather

Blizzard wars: Time-lapse video

Bob Collins December 27, 2010, 11:49 AM Dec 27, 2010

The battle of the Midwest vs. East Coast continues