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I always consider it the mark of a Proper Minnesota Winter when we have a day with either (1) a high below 0°F/-18°C or (2) a low below -20°F/-29°C.

Last winter in MSP, we had neither. Instead of winter, we mostly just got March for 4 months straight.

Today, we’re heading for a high of -7°F and a forecast low around -19°F. We’re getting (1), and coming close to (2). The climate crisis continues, but today in Minnesota, it is truly winter. Here’s to that!

Just in case anyone is reading the above and freaking out about how cold that sounds:

The thing about MN is that everything is built for that kind of cold. The buildings are insulated. The heating is beefy. People have good clothes, good routines, strategies and support networks. We’re used to it. Wild plants and animals •expect• it. It’s really not so bad.

I’d much rather be in MN at -20°F than, say, San Diego at 40°F.

Paul Cantrell

Now being •unhoused• in MN at these temperatures…well, our local support groups do their damnedest, but…that’s a whole different story.

It just boggles my mind that the megaschmuck mayor of Minneapolis keeps destroying encampments when there’s no other housing for the people in them.