Bob Collins
Like some of the pictures we saw from the Gulf of Mexico during the BP oil disaster, good photography can make bad news beautiful.
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Weather
David Cazares
On a sweltering day like today, a healing drink of cold water on a public golf course can be rather hard to come by. Turns out it’s sort of a tough decision for Minnesota golf course operators whether to provide a few coolers for customers, many of whom develop a mighty thirst during a typical four to five hour round.
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A giant hailstone that fell in South Dakota has set the national record for weight and diameter, according to the National Weather Service.
Is there a better show in town than when big storms leave the Twin Cities, settle over Wisconsin, and allow us to watch the lightning from the comfort of the front lawn?
Normally, predictions of severe weather have to be calculated to subtract the human tendency of weather experts to blow things out of proportion, but today feels different. Even without media, weather radios, and sirens, any trick knee will reveal that today’s weather is going to be bad.
The people who will have the biggest problem are the ones who ignored warnings about driving through standing water.
The commuters of St. Paul and Minneapolis had it rough, especially the ‘Never Say Dry’ bicycle commuters.
There’s a lot of open space in rural Minnesota, and yet tornados struck buildings where few exist yesterday.
The first severe weather of the season is a boon to those of us who like watching cloud formations.
There may be a good reason why TV weather forecasters are reluctant to talk about climate change. The minute they do, they risk alienating a large segment of the audience which may know as little about the science of climate change as they often do.
Assault on the ice dams