{"id":8772,"date":"2025-01-09T18:15:06","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T18:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/?p=8772"},"modified":"2025-01-11T00:24:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-11T00:24:13","slug":"snow-yes-storm-no-another-thursday-in-minnesota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/snow-yes-storm-no-another-thursday-in-minnesota\/","title":{"rendered":"Snow, Yes; Storm, No: Another Thursday in Minnesota"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brendans-island.com\/blogsource\/20241028ff\/202501091036-1634-658.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Weather.gov's current conditions map for United States. (January 9, 2025, 16:34 UTC)\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Today&#8217;s U.S. weather: fire in the west, winter storm in the south. (January 9, 2025)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Former President Jimmy Carter&#8217;s funeral was at the top of my news feed briefly, earlier this morning. Then the California wildfire headlines bobbed back up: reminding me that living in the frozen north does have advantages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/live-updates\/la-fires-live-updates-2nd-fire-escalates-quickly\/?id=117448186\">California fires live updates: Palisades Fire one of most destructive in LA history<\/a>&#8221; <br>Riley Hoffman, David Brennan, Kevin Shalvey, Nadine El-Bawab, Meredith Deliso; ABC News (last updated January 9, 2025, 10:51 AM CST)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/live\/california-wildfires-live-updates-5-killed-palisades-fire-grows-as-sunset-fire-spreads-through-hollywood-hills-141555564.html\">California wildfires live updates: 5 killed, Palisades Fire grows as Sunset Fire spreads through Hollywood Hills<\/a>&#8221; <br>Yahoo! News (updated January 9, 2025, 10:55 AM CST)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;re getting a little very light snow, here in central Minnesota. I see that as a good thing, since it (1) looks nice, and (2) lowers the odds that we&#8217;ll be having blowing dust when the sky clears and the wind picks up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Later on, come spring, it&#8217;ll melt, adding needed moisture to the soil. Unless, of course, it melts too fast and we get flooding. Which does happen now and again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But even though my part of the country has blizzards, floods, the occasional tornado, and (happily) even less frequent dust storms \u2014 I prefer living here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Places like Los Angeles are shining centers of commerce and culture; and, in the case of Los Angeles, are home to the Oscars. But out here we&#8217;ve learned to build around our area&#8217;s hazards. This town has snowploughs and fire trucks, and equipment designed to handle water-related emergencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even if I could move, I&#8217;d rather live here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/winter-storm-in-progress-snow-for-christmas\/\">Winter Storm in Progress: Snow for Christmas?<\/a>&#8221; <br>(December 19, 2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/minnesota-is-not-burning\/\">Minnesota is Not Burning<\/a>&#8221; <br>(September 30, 2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/a-substation-gone-and-a-dam-in-trouble-this-year-its-flooding\/\">A Substation Gone and a Dam in Trouble: This Year it\u2019s Flooding<\/a>&#8221; <br>(June 25, 2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/8016-2\/\">Frost, Smoke: Another Spring Day in Minnesota<\/a>&#8221; <br>(May 13, 2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/its-cold-here-too-sauk-centre-minnesota\/\">It&#8217;s Cold Here, Too: Sauk Centre, Minnesota<\/a>&#8221; <br>(January 13, 2024)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Jimmy Carter&#8217;s funeral was at the top of my news feed briefly, earlier this morning. 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