{"id":9703,"date":"2025-11-26T18:51:51","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T18:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/?p=9703"},"modified":"2025-11-26T19:29:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T19:29:35","slug":"picking-the-perfect-time-for-hauling-your-boat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/picking-the-perfect-time-for-hauling-your-boat\/","title":{"rendered":"Picking the Perfect Time for Hauling Your Boat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bringmethenews.com\/minnesota-news\/hundreds-of-crashes-spinouts-as-heavy-snow-impacts-minnesota-travel\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brendans-island.com\/blogsource\/20250726ff\/20251126-MjE5NDM5MzUzMDQ1MTk4NzAx-658.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Minnesota State Patrol photo: the result of hauling a fishing boat during a blizzard. (night of November 25-26, 2025)\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;[NOT] the perfect time to start hauling a fishing boat&#8230;.&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> From my news feed this morning:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/bringmethenews.com\/minnesota-news\/hundreds-of-crashes-spinouts-as-heavy-snow-impacts-minnesota-travel\">Hundreds of crashes, spinouts as heavy snow impacts Minnesota travel<\/a>&#8221; <br>Adam Uren, Bring Me The News (November 26, 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;Among those off the road is this driver in west-central Minnesota, who decided <strong>a blizzard is the perfect time to start hauling a fishing boat<\/strong>&#8230;.&#8221;<br>[emphasis mine]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>I don&#8217;t know who made that decision, or why. But I&#8217;m glad it wasn&#8217;t me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Seriously, Though<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m just glad that, from the looks of it, the fishing boat hauler&#8217;s trip ended without serious injury. And, so far, I haven&#8217;t learned of anyone getting killed in this storm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That Bring Me The News article passed along numbers for storm-related accidents from the Minnesota State Patrol, as of 6:00 a.m. today:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>253 Reported crashes\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li> 30 Resulting in injuries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>333 Vehicles off the road<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>30 jackknifed semis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>11 Spinouts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The 30 jackknifed semitrailer trucks include the ones piled up Tuesday afternoon on I-94, about 20 minutes this side of the Minnesota-North Dakota border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tangle kept westbound lanes closed for about five hours, I gather. I-94 westbound was finally clear around 9:00 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s easy enough for me to laugh at that someone deciding that hauling a boat in a blizzard is a good idea: and getting the predictable reality check.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m in my mid-70s, have lived in this part of the world most of my life, have had my reminders about cause and effect: and learned from many of them. Now that I&#8217;ve said that, it sounds like &#8216;famous last words&#8217;, so maybe I&#8217;d better stop writing.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcstashmills.com\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brendans-island.com\/blogsource\/20250726ff\/20251006-McStashMillsCollage-329.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"McStash Mills collage. see https:\/\/www.mcstashmills.com\/mcstash-mills-gallery\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Scenes at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcstashmills.com\/\">McStash Mills<\/a>, near Hillsboro, North Dakota.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>More about weather, situational awareness, and stuff that can go wrong:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/heat-wind-dry-leaves-the-rest-of-the-story\/\">Heat, Wind, Dry Leaves: The Rest of the Story<\/a>&#8221; <br \/>(October 11, 2025)<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From my news feed this morning: &#8220;Hundreds of crashes, spinouts as heavy snow impacts Minnesota travel&#8221; Adam Uren, Bring Me The News (November 26, 2025) &#8220;&#8230;Among those off the road is this driver in west-central Minnesota, who decided a blizzard &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/picking-the-perfect-time-for-hauling-your-boat\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"Someone learned why a blizzard is not the perfect time to start hauling a boat. 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