This could have gone very badly for this flight trying to land at O’Hare in windy conditions yesterday. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Weather
Admittedly, this would have been a better picture had I not been running away from the portal to another universe that opened up in the sky of South St. Paul on Saturday afternoon.
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On more than one disaster, we’ve asked in this space ‘where do you begin to pick up the pieces?’
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If you’re keeping score, two people out of 319 million residents of the United States have contracted Ebola. Within a week or so, the Ebola “crisis” may be over. Read more →
Still looking good, North Shore!
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Bottom line? It’s all a crapshoot. Read more →
The popularity of the ice caves last winter Apostle Islands has come at a price — a price. Read more →
If autumn could hold its beauty for more than just a few days, summer would be a second-banana season around here. Read more →
Transportation officials will start describing winter road conditions differently so that you can more clearly understand just how bad — or good — the roads are. Read more →
NASA wins the Internet today for posting a picture showing fall colors visible from space. Read more →
So long, summer. Don’t stay away too long Read more →
The latest fence jumper may put the White House farther out of Americans’ daily view. Read more →
What we might think of as ‘bad weather’ may not be a bad thing for everyone. Read more →
U of M climatologist Mark Seeley reported on his Facebook page this week that there were only two days of 90-degree highs in the Twin Cities this summer. In other parts of the state — Rochester, Morris, Albert Lea and Duluth, for example — there weren’t any. This, we’re told, has only happened eight other Read more →
August is the most underrated month on the calendar, resigned to being only known as the end of summer. Read more →