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Brian H. Gill
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Tag Archives: Upper Midwest
Drought, Air Quality Alert: Living in the Upper Midwest
CANADA BURNS AS SMOKE SHROUDS MINNESOTA!!! Well, no. Not really. Although that’d make a dandy headline. On the other hand, maybe it’s too obviously overblown. Maybe there’s a fine line between headlines that grab attention without inspiring thought and those … Continue reading
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Deeper in Drought, But 87.5% Vaccinated
(Drought conditions in Minnesota. (July 13, 2021)) There’s more to life than drought and disease, but that’s mostly what I’ll talk about today. Partly because discussing what I’ve seen in headlines would mean more research and effort than I have … Continue reading
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Minnesota, July, 2021: Drier and Deeper in Drought
(Drought conditions in Minnesota. (July 6, 2021)) My part of Stearns County, Minnesota, had moderate drought back in mid-June. This week’s map promoted us to severe drought. Maybe the map’s drought data included the 38 hundredths of an inch we … Continue reading
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Texas Power Failure: Winter Storm Uri (and Minnesota)
A winter storm was moving across North America a couple weeks back. By February 15, when The Texas Tribune posted Miguel Gutierrez Jr.’s photo of Austin’s Interstate 35 near Stassney Lane, we were dealing with sub-zero (Fahrenheit) temperatures and serious … Continue reading
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Weather, Writing, Daily Entries and Another Change
This will be my 31st daily ‘journal’ entry. I hadn’t been planning on a daily posting schedule. But Sauk Centre’s weather gave me something to write about three days in a row: “The Winter Storm Continues, But Not Here” (January … Continue reading
