Frigid Cold – All In this Together
An excellent reminder even in the midst of the freezing temps… humanity is the common ground…
Temperature Cleveland, Minnesota January 30, 2019
We’ve been experiencing a bit of a chill in Minnesota. It’s not that we haven’t been here before, we have. But, it’s been a few years since the subzero temperatures of today, were quite so low. We are owning our bragging rights. Family members from my home town in southern Minnesota were posting on Facebook the minus 30 degrees farenheit registered this morning.
There have been some nasty surprises today. Electrical poles have split from the cold and other poles had equipment failures, leading to power outages. One area of the state has a natural gas breakdown going on. The official word is their system is “strained.” Xcel Energy has rented motel rooms for those without gas. A Sheriff’s office is dropping off space heaters. It was too cold for Deicer to work at the airport this morning. Flights were canceled until we warmed…
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