Shot In The Dark: Good Timing?

October 12, 2005

Good Timing?

On the one hand, winters in southern Minnesota are very overrated. I moved here nearly twenty ears ago, and I have yet to see a winter that was remotely challenging by North Dakota standards.

That being said, this is good news:

Government forecasters today predicted a warmer than normal winter, offering hope to much of the Midwest and West as concern grows about the rising costs of heating during cold-weather.

The National Weather Service said there is a 60 percent chance of warmer than normal weather in the Dakotas, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, north Texas, northern New Mexico and southern and eastern Colorado.

States adjoining that area...also have a chance of being warmer than usual.

It's just a money thing, got it?

Posted by Mitch at October 12, 2005 12:36 PM | TrackBack

Comments

That's something I noticed right away after moving here. Winters weren't anywhere near as soulsuckingly (is that a word?) bad as in ND. I especially appreciated the relative lack of wind.

Posted by: Jeff at October 12, 2005 01:31 PM

Good for everyone except die hard skiers and snowmobilers, and those who make money off of such people.

This will be what? like the 4th or 5th lame winter in a row?

It will probably get to the point where the ony way snowmobile dealers can survive is to do snowmobiles in the winter and motorcycles and ATVs in the summer.

Posted by: FJBill at October 14, 2005 09:28 AM