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Sven Sundgaard

@svensundgaard

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Minnesota Meteorologist, Climate, Explorer, Licensed Realtor. Views here reflect my own & not any employer/organization. RTs are NOT an endorsement.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.
Joined April 2009
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3 years
Y’all need to stop blaming the governor. This is because WE didn’t do simple things: wear a mask, stay away from groups, indoors... or worse: those of you denying the severity of this virus. Our hospitals are at capacity. This is to protect the whole damn system. SLOW it down.
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In the 3 weeks since the winter solstice, we've gained 17 minutes of daylight. In the next 3 weeks we will gain 45 mins... more than 2.5 times the gain. The gain in daylight is accelerating!
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5 years
Again: climate vs weather. A warmer Minnesota will still be below freezing a lot in winter. Today was not a blizzard. Warmer atmosphere holds more water vapor = bigger snows & rains...
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Donald J. Trump
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Well, it happened again. Amy Klobuchar announced that she is running for President, talking proudly of fighting global warming while standing in a virtual blizzard of snow, ice and freezing temperatures. Bad timing. By the end of her speech she looked like a Snowman(woman)!
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1 year
19" in Apple Valley, 16.7" Minneapolis... LOTS of 15"-16" reports... all the trolls can be quiet now. Hold your complaints until a storm is done. Thanks.
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4 years
7 years ago this weekend a California boy & a Minnesota boy met. He was supposed to stay the weekend & stayed 2 weeks, a year later moved to Minneapolis & 7 years later here we are! These are our first ever photos together now we've taken many more on 6 continents together!
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2 years
Tonight, after much consultation & thought, effective at midnight, I’m officially declaring the winter of 2021-2022 over. You’re welcome.
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Three years to the day & in this very place. Miss you every day ma. ❤️ 57 was too soon. Glad to be here in your happy place at an unhappy anniversary.
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3 years
If you don’t understand why black, brown and LGBTQ+ people are crying today- you weren’t listening the last four years. It’s time for our nation to unite & give empathy a real chance again.
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2 years
9 years ago today a gorgeous, talented (also stubborn), Sunny Southern California boy met a goofy (also stubborn) Scandinavian guy who took him on his first frozen lake…They lived happily ever. Love you Dodi ❤️
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2 years
In honor of the Winter Olympics, here’s my favorite Olympian, my dad ! He was in the ‘76 games in Innsbruck, Austria! ❄️ #Bejing2022
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4 years
Hey everyone! Hoping to do daily weather updates through @YouTube () . Come follow along as I experiment. This is not perfect by any means, but neither is our weather! Ha ha.
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4 years
What a disgusting thing to say... by a president no less.
@atrupar
Aaron Rupar
4 years
"Biden will turn Minnesota into a refugee camp" -- Speaking in a state with one of the largest Somali populations in the country, Trump goads his fans into booing refugees, prompting "lock her up!" chants directed at Ilhan Omar
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3 years
We’ve officially reached our seventh 90° day. This is a truly unprecedented heat wave. Never has it been this hot for this long this early.
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2 years
I’m ashamed to admit I almost didn’t vote in the primary today but then heard the voice of my late, civically minded late grandparents & did… with 30 mins to spare 🤨
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After a scary 80 hours & great care from the staff at Gillette’s, Thor is heading home! 🙌🏻 get your flu shots & boosters & be careful folks… gonna be a long winter…
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What’s yours? Mine’s Eminem: “Lose Yourself” (JAN. 17, 2003)
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#NationalComingOutDay ! I came out 16 yr ago. wish I could say it was easy being out as a public figure in TV, but it sure wasn’t. The stories I’ve heard from young people saying they could come out BECAUSE of me being public are most proud moments for me. Visibility matters ❤️
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4 years
Awww... 🥰 random surprise from @fogorestaurants
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4 years
🙌🏻 ⛈
@bringmethenews
Bring Me The News
4 years
Read more: @svensundgaard joins the @BringMeTheNews weather team.
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3 years
I might have to run for office...
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3 years
4th Mother’s Day without a mom & still I pass the Mother’s Day cards at the store & for one second think ‘oh I should grab mom a card...’
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1 year
Nephew Thor doing much better today & off oxygen! 🙏🏻❤️
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1 year
I’m not gonna sugar coat this… it’s gonna be a rough weather week: 2 snowfalls (1 poss significant) & some very brutal cold…
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Sven Sundgaard
2 years
There are 2 seasons Minnesotans idealize & block out the reality in our minds: spring & autumn. Autumn is rarely nice like we think (sunny & 60s - that’s 2 weeks) & April is always miserable - but we forget every year & whine. Complain in May. Thx for attending my TedTalk
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5 years
Hey! In 3 weeks the sun ☀️ will set at 7:12 pm! #signsofspring
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2 years
The Storm Prediction Center has a tornado risk for Iowa & southern Minnesota tomorrow. The latest ever tornado in Minnesota is November 16th. We are in a Climate Crisis.
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Another day, more smoke, more air quality alerts, and YET ANOTHER hot, dry start to summer… wondering when some people and politicians wake up? This is not a ‘natural cycle.’ This is not earth ‘changing as it always does.’ Cue the fake/troll accounts: need to block ya!
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2 years
4 weeks from today is the spring equinox for those that need to hear that 😄
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4 years
For you... not me... greater good.
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Sven Sundgaard
3 years
I second this. Sick of ppl from nowhere near Minneapolis telling me how ‘unsafe’ my city is.
@JoeyBrainstorm
Joe Nelson
3 years
Dear greater MN, You're safe in the Twin Cities. You won't die if you go to the Twins game. "I know people up north that didn't want to come down because they didn't feel safe." Paul Gazelka, referring to tonight's Twins game, on WCCO Radio this morning.
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Sven Sundgaard
4 years
NEW POST- too lengthy for here. Please check my Facebook fan page & Instagram. ❤️ you all!
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3 years
Did Minnesota really have 90% voter turnout ?! 🙌🏻🇺🇸
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3 years
Fun Fact: Unless you’re 88+ years old, this is the hottest summer you’ve ever experience in Minnesota (so far).
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Sven Sundgaard
4 years
Happy birthday love! ❤️ another year around the sun & globe together 🌍. While the pandemic may alter travel adventures in 2020 the daily adventure remains! Glad to be a part of your special day for an 8th time! 😘
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3 years
Mic 🎤 drop.
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2 years
Who’s old enough to remember not talking about severe weather in Minnesota in mid December? Or being able to breath outside in the summer? 🙋‍♂️ your grandkids will wanna hear the stories… but they’ll have some questions…. 🧐
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2 years
Worst thing about this weather is how un-motivating it is: I look out the window & instantly wanna take a nap….
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4 years
Are you joking? 🤦‍♂️
@TheView
The View
4 years
TOMORROW: @KimKardashian West joins us from Los Angeles to discuss how her family is managing while social distancing.
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Int'l Falls, MN broke a record (for the date) this morning at -42° ! Not a wind chill: actual air temp. Luckily at those temps there's zero wind. The old record was -40° back in 1982. Might surprise you, but Int'l Falls on average (even since 2000) hits -40° once a winter!
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2 years
BOOM 💥… BOOSTED! 💉💪🏼
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4 years
Wow. That’s our senator. Calling out @Tedcruz @realDonaldTrump
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Vanita Gupta
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“The people of this country are fighting back because they know what’s on the line.” Watch the whole thing. @amyklobuchar did NOT come to play today.
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Happy #MothersDay to all Moms out there! It’s particularly tough this year when #moms are teachers too & are not able to see your mom’s due to COVID-19. Give extra big hugs for us who don’t have ours. Missing this lady. Mom & grandma taught us so much to stand up for what’s right
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1 year
The hot tub that is Lake Superior: Subzero air blowing across the lake that's in the mid 30s... that's when you know it's cold...
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4 years
Everybody !!
@JasonDMyles
Jason D. Myles
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Who knew Minnesota’s north shore was so pretty? 🧐
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2 years
I was carded at the liquor store for the first time since turning 41 a few weeks ago… the cashier seemed puzzled when I said ‘bless you.’
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The astute @CathyWurzer noted that these cold temps help to kill off invasive pests… in fact, it was cold enough to kill off emerald ash borer in nearly half of MN. -20° it starts & by -30° few survive. It’ll be colder tonight for many!
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5 years
After looking at long range models I apologize in advance for the remainder of February....
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3 years
We only have 2 more minutes to lose up to the Winter Solstice (Dec. 21 at 4:02am). Four weeks from today we'll have gained 16 minutes of daylight. 8 weeks from today we'll have gained 1 hour, 20 minutes! There's light at the end of the tunnel!
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Sven Sundgaard
3 years
In World War II, the nazis never made it across the Atlantic to the U.S. capitol—until today. Below, are two startling images. A confederate flag, representing racism and slavery, and a Nazi, wearing a sweatshirt that reads “Camp Auschwitz.” Documented Neo-Nazis were there today
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Sven Sundgaard
2 years
ARE YOU JOKING? We've possibly had several tornado touchdowns, many wind gusts of 60-75mph, trees down, homes damaged, power outages. Because it didn't happen in YOUR backyard doesn't mean it didn't happen... We still have 50-60mph winds overnight with a High Wind Warning.
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@Burreh71 @svensundgaard I wish our local meteorologist’s would admit when they’re wrong. All day we heard how bad the storm will be. We should bring our holiday decorations in, have a flashlight ready, have our phones charged, etc. How can they be so wrong? It’s turning into the Boy Who Cried Wolf.
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Dear World, I would like to introduce you to the newest members of the Sundgaard family: Ole & Lena... (pictured right & left) - my childhood dream of having pet pigs is finally realized at age 41...
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3 years
A humanitarian (& animal) disaster is unfolding in Mexico & Central America. Hurricane Iota is poised to hit as a MAJOR (cat 4) hurricane late tomorrow:
@RexChapman
Rex Chapman🏇🏼
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There are massive floods in southeast Mexico right now. These guys in a boat found a good boy who was cold, frightened, and clinging to a wall. Heroes...
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2 years
About sums up 1/3 of America now…
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Very excited to be a part of this team! 🤩
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From this "Little Sven” in Minnesota, who shared your Jan. 17 birthday, Betty, thanks for being a friend.
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NOW is the time to get excited about increasing daylight. I always caution people that yes the solstice marks the low point, but much of January is slow to gain. February however we gain 1 hour, 18 mins: 3 minutes per day by late in the month! ☀️
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2 years
We’ve lost 40% of our snow pack just since yesterday morning.
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3 years
Trump must be removed from office early. This is total insanity.
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Trump is a 7 year old. This is a fact.
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Flies smell 💩... flies like 💩.... that’s all I’m saying...
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3 years
In two weeks (from tomorrow) the sun will set at 7:18pm...
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O-M-G .... you forget how messed up...
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Sven Sundgaard
2 years
A family friend was very ill last week… he told his work it wasn’t covid but he tested positive for influenza, they then told him he should come into work since it wasn’t covid then. Really? The fact so many still haven’t figured this out after a pandemic is mind boggling.
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Sven Sundgaard
5 years
A lot of ugly comments out there about how these migrants are thugs. It’s simply not the case with most. Many of these people are desperately fleeing for their lives & their children’s futures.’ If we lose our moral compass what good are we?
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Sven Sundgaard
3 years
Resign or remove:
@RexChapman
Rex Chapman🏇🏼
3 years
This is newly sworn-in Republican (Illinois) Congresswoman Mary Miller in front of the Capitol on Tues at the QAnon event saying: “Hitler was right on one thing. He said ‘whoever has the youth has the future’.” Then 5 people died. Gotta resign...
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Congratulations. You 'survived' the 72nd coldest winter in the Twin Cities (out of 149 years). Not a top 10, 20 or even 50 winter. That's right, as cold as it was: this was barely below normal historically. This was a normal winter a century ago.
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3 years
Shut.... up....
@thehill
The Hill
3 years
Ex-Trump aide McEnany knocks Biden, says presidents should not "inflame" tensions by weighing in on Chauvin trial
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1 year
I don’t know what this Senator is saying… but her face gives me some clues…
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3 years
Ouch 😳
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3 years
*Almost* forgot what it was like to have an inspiring, empathetic leader! Regardless of party- that’s been our modern tradition before & after Trump ❤️🇺🇸❤️
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3 years
My co birthday: Betty White. 99 today! 40 for me. 🎈
@USATODAY
USA TODAY
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Betty White said she challenges herself with mind games and puzzles to stay sharp.
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1 year
This does seem like a bad idea - we should be discouraging people from venturing out in a potentially historic storm… not encourage it…
@SpaidLogyn
Logyn Spaid
1 year
Seriously MOA.. you don’t care about the safety of your tenants. #mallofamerica
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3 years
End of an error. 51 hours.
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Minnesotans were first to sign up & took heavy casualties fighting the confederacy. This is disgusting. Anyone who supports confederate anything is a traitor to the U.S. just as the were 155 years ago.
@mrotzie
hodel in the streets, chava in the sheets
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Rep. Jim Hagedorn breaks from reality - and his own GOP colleagues - and votes against removing confederate statues from the US Capitol. Hagedorn represents Southern MN, whose sons lost their lives to defeat the Confederacy, who is he honoring with this?
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@TrueFactsStated
Claude Taylor
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Who’s going to tell all the men in Texas that child support now starts at six weeks?
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It’s practically a forgone conclusion: all the models have us hitting 60° at least twice (Twin Cities) within the next week!
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i.e. the dumbest team? 🤦‍♂️
@WCCO
WCCO | CBS News Minnesota
3 years
The #Vikings reportedly have the lowest vaccination rate of any NFL team. |
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1 year
Today our old gal doesn’t feel so great… send good vibes if you can 💕
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Sven Sundgaard
4 years
STRONGER TOGETHER! Whether it’s your signif other [follow @robbyourealtor ] or wider community. As LGBTQ+ 🏳️‍🌈 FOLK we need to be unified with ourselves & our brown & black brothers & sisters & global community to fight injustice, poverty, pandemics. We’re in this together. ❤️
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Sven Sundgaard
3 years
Yeah. SD ... nearly double the death rate of MN: great job @KristiNoem
@PeteStauber
Pete Stauber
3 years
Looking forward to joining @mngop friends tonight in welcoming @KristiNoem to our state. Gov. Noem has shown true leadership in South Dakota and boldly kept her state safe and free, and her schools open! #OurWayofLife
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I’m ‘that’ guy today… 51° in #Minnesota !
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3 years
We’re up to zero! This ends our subzero streak of 95 consecutive hours BELOW zero.
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1 year
18,000 animals in ONE PLACE?! We need to ban this kind of factory farming insanity. What is wrong with us?! This isn’t a farm, this isn’t ethical. This is killing us, the planet, & these animals in a horrifying, inhumane way.
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Rest In Peace mama ❤️: call your mom if you have her still & tell her you love her
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1 year
Thanks for all the well wishes- little nephew is doing much better thanks to incredible nurses and doctors...! Hearing a lot of awful stories of how severe this flu is…
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Sven Sundgaard
4 years
Good riddance!
@mlahammer
Mary Lahammer
4 years
Christopher Columbus statue on the Minnesota Capitol Mall is down #tptalmanac @tpt #mnleg @NewsHour
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Sven Sundgaard
4 years
Hey everyone! Here’s today’s WEATHER (Tues, May 12) via YouTube () . Come follow along as I experiment. This is not perfect by any means, but neither is our weather! Ha ha.
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Another night, another Aurora display. The tundra is beautiful.
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3 years
Get your flu 🤒 shot 💉 too! Let’s deal with as little as we can this winter!
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Sven Sundgaard
5 years
With the rain & high temp of 37° today we lost 2” more of our snow pack. Based on long range temps & more rain midweek I bet our snow pack is easily gone before March’s end...
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Sven Sundgaard
3 years
It’s not your imagination: the air quality has gotten worse through the day. Healthy is considered 30 or lower. We’re at 151 in Minneapolis. 249 in park rapids.
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93° in Minneapolis but 46° in Canal Park! Thanks to my mom’s cousin Sue Prusak for this photo !
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