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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: Weather

Weather

Sometimes, a warming planet can be good for business

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 28, 2013, 1:50 PM Jan 28, 2013
7

The Madeline Island Ferry might have its first back-to-back winter without ice disrupting operations on Lake Superior.

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Weather

Science and cold weather

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 24, 2013, 2:43 PM Jan 24, 2013
2

If summer is so great around here, where are all the videos of the cool science experiments you can do with it?

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Weather

Ya, sure, we don’t care about the cold

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 24, 2013, 10:50 AM Jan 24, 2013
3

It was probably great for the Minnesota ‘brand’ that CBS waited until today — when the cold wave hit the East Coast — to run a national piece on last week’s pond hockey tournament in Minneapolis, thus reinforcing the myth that we don’t even notice such trivial things as subzero temperatures.

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Weather

Not embracing winter: The snowman assassin

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 15, 2013, 2:32 PM Jan 15, 2013
1

There’s something oddly warming about watching the slow-motion destruction of snowmen.

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Weather

Embracing winter: Ski music

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 14, 2013, 11:41 AM Jan 14, 2013
0

Why oh why couldn’t this be Minnesota?

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Weather

The red wave

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 10, 2013, 1:16 PM Jan 10, 2013
2

What on earth is happening to you, Australia?

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Weather

In praise of the cold

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 2, 2013, 11:10 AM Jan 2, 2013
2

There’s something to be said for normal.

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Weather

The blizzardy mirth of Wisconsin

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 21, 2012, 12:33 PM Dec 21, 2012
1

The dirty little secret of Minnesota,is that we get you, Wisconsin.

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Weather

The Mississippi Puddle

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 17, 2012, 1:59 PM Dec 17, 2012
3

The Mississippi River is at some of the lowest levels we’ve seen in years.

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Weather

Embracing winter: Weather Zen

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 12, 2012, 3:07 PM Dec 12, 2012
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When the temperature rises above freezing — as when it hit 36 in the Twin Cities today — there’s a show that seems choreographed by Mother Nature herself.

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Weather

Politics and snow removal

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 11, 2012, 11:15 AM Dec 11, 2012
10

In Minnesota, it often doesn’t really matter what a politician does, as long as the roads get plowed in the winter and the potholes get fixed in the spring.

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Weather

The end is near

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 10, 2012, 11:05 AM Dec 10, 2012
2

Blizzard, schmizzard. This was just a test.

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Weather

The people who ‘nail it’

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 8, 2012, 2:35 PM Nov 8, 2012

Ten years ago, Hurricane Sandy might’ve killed thousands.

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Weather

More Sandy from space

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 29, 2012, 1:35 PM Oct 29, 2012
1

Do astronauts ever got bored looking at the earth?

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Hurricane impact on air traffic

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 29, 2012, 10:49 AM Oct 29, 2012

A stunning comparison of the effect of Hurricane Sandy on air traffic all over the United States.

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