{"id":8860,"date":"2025-02-18T04:13:42","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T04:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/?p=8860"},"modified":"2025-02-18T04:13:45","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T04:13:45","slug":"central-minnesota-cold-and-getting-colder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/central-minnesota-cold-and-getting-colder\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Minnesota: Cold and Getting Colder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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That dark blue patch in the center is an Extreme Cold Warning (February 17, 2025)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It’s a cold night, here in central Minnesota.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’re living with an “Extreme Cold Warning in effect from February 17, 09:00 PM CST until February 18, 10:00 AM CST” and “Extreme Cold Warning in effect from February 17, 09:00 PM CST until February 18, 10:00 AM CST”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I checked the National Weather Service’s website: it’s -17\u00b0F, -27\u00b0C, at Sauk Centre Municipal Airport. It’s a few minutes before 10:00 p.m., I don’t know how often those numbers get updated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’re headed for an overnight low of -30\u00b0F, with a windchill of -48\u00b0F.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ll be very glad to stay inside for the rest of the week \u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 and glad that the household’s van started this afternoon. I had a prescription to pick up, and a slightly-routine medical check at the clinic. The latter had already been postponed once, when the van flat-out refused to leave the garage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weather is colder than usual for this time of year. But I doubt that we’re setting any records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the things I like about living in Minnesota is that our weather isn’t boring. It does, however, encourage a certain degree of situational awareness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s it: nothing profound, just talking about the weather, mostly. Which is part of the culture up here. It’s partly small talk, partly sharing information about what to be aware of.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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