Photo: Bob Collins Dear Minnesota: I’m sorry. I got angry with you and, really, it was my fault. For someone who spends most of the winter posting about embracing you, I turned away from you when you needed me most — spring. We all have our little tantrums and when I said in April that Read more →
It could be worse, kid, you could be on a bike. (h/t: Nick Ziegler)
If you live in Minnesota or the rest of the Upper Midwest, this is the week to deliver payback to your friends who spend the winter in Arizona, and delight in sending e-mails in January that it’ll be so cold tonight — 75 — that they might have to put on a sweater.
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I’m back in the cities after a great weekend in Cleveland. I’ll be back in the office tomorrow. I like a good storm and the challenges one presents, so to be honest, I’m a little sorry I missed the wind and rain of last week. The power outages? I’m not sorry to have missed out Read more →
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 →
It’s getting increasingly hard for an old man, such as myself, to listen to the latest status reports on the state of the climate on terra firma and not think, “what do you want me to do about it?”, because there appears to be nothing I can do about it. The idea that the countries Read more →
Faced with a stinging weekend of criticism — I wrote about it on Saturday — the Cleveland Indians today relented and agreed to give new tickets to its fans who were forced to either go home or stay until midnight when a rain-delayed game got underway. Here’s the team’s statement today: The Cleveland Indians today Read more →
Because of Tim Samaras’ encounter with a tornado in South Dakota, we know a lot more about what happens when a tornado hits than the fact it sounds like a train.
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Other than the airlines, nobody is better at treating customers like dirt than Major League Baseball. Friday night’s game in Cleveland is a perfect example. It was Friday night fireworks night at Progressive Field, a tradition that dates back decades in the city. Tickets for fireworks night go quickly because few stadiums provide the after-the-game Read more →
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.
Bob Collins
If the tornado had hit MSP
Time for farmers to get the message