Bob CollinsWatching this video of the rescue of two people trapped in an SUV in floodwaters on the Iowa/Minnesota border last night reminds us that although there are a lot of things wrong with the world, people who’ll jump into floodwaters to save someone else aren’t among them. Here’s the video. (Sorry, can’t embed it with Read more →
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It’s great sport to criticize TV meteorologists for their penchant for hyperbole, but it’s a different kind of grief that’s descending on Oklahoma City meteorologist Mike Morgan. Read more →
If the tornado had hit MSP
The spring we missed out on, and the snow and nonsense of April and early May in Minnesota, was part of a season that may have spared others a tragedy like yesterday’s.
The city of 170,000 has never gone more than a little more than five years without being struck by a tornado.
The ice is breaking up on Lake Mille Lacs, but the big wind of Saturday made it an attacking land lubber.
Time for farmers to get the message
As of late Saturday morning, it appears that Afton Alps’ snow is the lone holdout for the glacial ice of the last winter.
You could probably forgive a Chanhassen snowplower driver if he/she had chosen to destroy a snowman some kids built in a cul de sac.
Perhaps like you, we can’t look out the window anymore. We’ve reached the limit of our seasonal endurance.
With many schools closed, it provides an opportunity to catch up on science studies, courtesy of NASA.
It’s hard to get a picture of what any of the river flood terms mean. So here’s a picture.