We have all read lists about being from some region or another. Here is a list that I have put together based on things that I have actually experienced while living in Minnesota.
*You wake up to your alarm clock saying that the warm spot in the state is Faribault at 21 below.
*The radio announces that we have now had over 100 consecutive hours of sub-zero temps.
*The television news reminds the public that even though temperatures are now above zero, it is still cold and you need to wear gloves or mittens while pumping gas.
* The governor cancels all public schools because of the dangerously cold temps and wind chills, only to have his daughter sulk because her school had not (yet) canceled and he couldn't control whether or not private schools held classes. (Same day as the state high being -21)
* You remember the Halloween Blizzard of 1991 (36 inches) and the Thanksgiving Blizzard the same year (24 inches.)
* You know what "Black Ice" is and at what temperature exhaust fumes freeze.
* School is two hours late because of the dangerously cold temperatures and even though it is 20 below when the bus picks up your kids, the school needs to remind the Middle Schoolers to wear coats. (This happened today.)
* Your elementary schools have a policy stating at what temperatures the kids will automatically have indoor recess.
* You see kids/teens in shorts walking into a store while the outside temps are sub-zero.
* Your driver's education included taking the car to a vacant parking lot in the winter. (Okay, I did not actually experience this myself, but know many people who taught their kids this way or were taught this way.)
1 comment:
We, from the Nort, know whatcha mean, Joanney! And, though it is nearly July, we will have a high of 67 degrees tomorrow!! Last Days??!!
At least it's close,
hugs,
mid
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