Jan 15
Posted: under Fun Stuff, General, Praise, Rants, WTF is wrong with people?.
Tags: cold, minnesota, winter, WTH is wrong with people?
…your garage door freezes to the ground overnight, and when you go to open it the next morning, it rips the 2X4 supporting the track right off the wall….this happened to me this week…twice. Last night was officially the coldest that I have seen it here yet. It never went above -1 in the city [...] [...more]
…your garage door freezes to the ground overnight, and when you go to open it the next morning, it rips the 2X4 supporting the track right off the wall….this happened to me this week…twice.
Last night was officially the coldest that I have seen it here yet. It never went above -1 in the city yesterday, and by the time I had taken the dog out when I got home, it was -7 in the ‘burbs. Predictions were for the temp to drop and the wind to pick up, with an ambient temperature of -21 and a wind chill in the -40 to -45 range. Balmy!
Around 7:00, I stepped out to grab something at the grocery store for dinner. Glancing at the temp on my way out, I saw that it had dropped to -11 in a matter of an hour. I regretted even having to make the walk from the car to the grocery store door. Luckily, on this end of the trip, I had the relative protection of the garage to look forward to.
While waiting in line to pay for my goods, I couldn’t help but notice the woman in front of me. She was holding just a single box of popsicles. I wrestled back in forth in my head whether I should ask why popsicles in January in Minnesota, and when she finally glanced back in my directtion, I spoke up.
“Popsicles? Really?” I said.
She laughed. ”Yeah, my husband called me at work and said ‘pick up some popsicles!’. I told him he’s crazy. So now he’s at home, sitting outside by the fireplace, waiting for some popsicles”.
I laughed – a little – while I digested what I just heard. Good thing it was her turn to check out, ’cause I really had nothing else to say.
Welcome to Minnesota indeed.
At -21.8 the weather station took itself offline (OFL). Smart machines know when to call it quits, unlike some dumb humans.
Dec 14
Posted: under General, Rants.
Tags: cold, minnesota, winter
I know that one of the things that you are supposed to expect when you live in Minnesota is that winter is going to be harsh and painful. But it seems like that it really snuck up on us this year and then attacked like a sniper. I just looked at the temperature outside on [...] [...more]
I know that one of the things that you are supposed to expect when you live in Minnesota is that winter is going to be harsh and painful. But it seems like that it really snuck up on us this year and then attacked like a sniper. I just looked at the temperature outside on my remote weather station, and it’s a whopping -3.5. Combine the 30MPH+ wind and driving blizzard-like snow, and it is now -20 degrees to human skin. Combine that with the fact that it was 33 when I woke up today and we’re talking a crazy temperature shift of like 50 degrees in less than 12 hours. Wow.
It’s supposed to get to -31 tomorrow. And as luck would have it, our furnace is slowly dying, making some crazy sounds that remind me of the tornado sirens we hear on a much more frequent basis than we’d like. I’m hoping that the techs that come in tomorrow at 8AM can fix the problem on the cheap, but that dream is fleeting at best. I’m not sure if working from home tomorrow is a blessing or a curse. Brrrrr! Winter is here early!
Oct 26
Posted: under General, Rants.
Tags: minnesota, snow, weather, winter
I’m sitting here doing a last minute check of the football picks for the day, and I look outside to see sideways snow blowing by. Old man winter has finally arrived. I guess I was spoiled with all the warm sunny weather we’ve been having. I still have to pull up the garden, give the [...] [...more]
I’m sitting here doing a last minute check of the football picks for the day, and I look outside to see sideways snow blowing by. Old man winter has finally arrived. I guess I was spoiled with all the warm sunny weather we’ve been having. I still have to pull up the garden, give the lawn one last mow, and bring in all the patio furniture.
Bah – I’ll do it tomorrow.
Old Man Winter has arrived in Minnesota
