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.
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!
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...
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)!
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.
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!
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.
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 ❤️
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.
"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
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 🤨
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…
#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 ❤️
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
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.
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!
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.
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! 😘
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…. 🧐
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!
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
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!
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!
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
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.
@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.
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...
A humanitarian (& animal) disaster is unfolding in Mexico & Central America. Hurricane Iota is poised to hit as a MAJOR (cat 4) hurricane late tomorrow:
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...
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! ☀️
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.
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?
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...
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.
*Almost* forgot what it was like to have an inspiring, empathetic leader! Regardless of party- that’s been our modern tradition before & after Trump ❤️🇺🇸❤️
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.
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?
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. ❤️
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
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.
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…
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.
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...
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.