Bob CollinsThe current snowstorm isn’t a big deal, until you start sliding toward a ditch, or worse.
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It’s becoming clear that I’m going to have to start a new category on News Cut: ‘Welcome to Minnesota.’
Welcome to winter
A monk at St. John’s Abbey remembers one of the worst storms in Minnesota history, which occurred 70 years ago Thursday.
The current prediction is a 17.3-foot crest, more than a foot below the prediction of two days ago and nearly a foot-and-a-half lower than the prediction at the start of the week.
The Mississippi River in St. Paul has risen two feet in the last 24 hours, though its effect in downtown St. Paul is minimal.
Should government help flood victims?
Here’s today’s updated photo of the Mississippi River at St. Paul, where Raspberry Island is beginning to disappear.
A bridge too far
The hardest-working people in showbiz this week are the TV reporters covering the potential of flooding in downtown St. Paul. They have to do “stand-ups” in front of a river that isn’t behaving badly yet.
Despite the amount of attention projected flooding is getting, only two locations are expected to have ‘major’ flooding.