Illegals Complain That Winter Is Too Cold.

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Germany blanketed in snow.

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That's not really that bad. Maybe for Germany's weather?

Daily Mail: Flights are cancelled in Germany and Switzerland while avalanche warning hits Austria after snow sparks travel chaos on continent.

Too Cold, Too Snowy Meme-A-Thon!

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YES! Bring the pets inside!

UK's National Grid retracts panic alert on blackouts and running out of energy.

The Mirror (November 22): National Grid sparks panic after warning of blackouts in alert before cancelling.

National Grid sparked panic this evening after an automated alert said the firm's capacity was "tight" and warned of blackouts - before cancelling it.

The firm put out a warning that homes could experience power issues tonight causing panic at 7pm this evening.

The alert was later cancelled.. [sic] It had originally said there was would be a tight margin when consumption would naturally increase as people come home from work and school.

On Twitter National Grid ESO wrote: "The ESO has now withdrawn the Capacity Market Notice issued at 2:33pm today."

Earlier it wrote: "The ESO is confident that electricity margins are sufficient for this evening. However, a capacity market notice (CMN) has been triggered by the automated system.
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The National Grid issues warnings when supplies are likely to be under pressure. This comes when insufficient power is being generated to supply the demand across the country.

The National Grid website says: "The notices are intended to be a signal that the risk of a System Stress Event in the GB electricity network is higher than under normal circumstances."

One worried person on Twitter wrote: "National grid has apparently announced that its struggling to cope with the amount of energy being used in the UK and we could have a blackout from 7pm tonight. Let’s hope it’s a bunch of b****t and doesn’t happen."

Another added: "So, the National Grid warns about possible blackouts tonight and then cancels the alert...we haven't even had a frost yet."

It comes as National Grid had previously issued a warning to UK households that blackouts could become a reality as winter hits its peak and icy weather bites.

A Panic Test Run? World Governments and Agencies have learned to push that panic button and watch too many freak out and it doesn't take much. "A respiratory virus that has a 99.8% change of survival? Shut down the world, wear a mask, stay six-feet apart from other and WARSHHHHA YOUR HANDS!"

Who Is The National Grid: 

We move electricity round Great Britain’s system to keep homes and businesses supplied with the energy they need 24/7, 365 days a year.

Everything wrong that's happening everywhere is all by design. No one person and no group of people could possibly be so grossly incompetent.

A Constant State of Panic. Not playing along.

Upper Midwest expecting a billion feet of snow. Blizzard conditions. Hazardous roads. Climate Keeps Changing? World Ending? Summer not expected until September.

National Weather Service map: Upper Midwest buried in snow.

News Channel 5: Mid-Tennessee storm alert Saturday.

The Denver Channel: Denver mild, but more snow in mountains and next week.

NBC Chicago: Mild, flurries, chilly, warmer; more snow next week.

AccuWeather: South-central states possible tornadoes, rain, hail, flooding.

National Weather Service: Snow in southwest Montana.

National Weather Service: Hazardous Marine conditions off Alaskan coast.

Use safety and caution out there. Make a phone call and check in with family and friends who...are a bit older...ask them if they need anything. Chances are they won't, but they'll be glad you called.

And - don't go out there.

Semi truck drives onto Lake Minnetonka

Photo credit: Jeremy Elshaug

FOX 9 KMSP:  Semi-truck driver drives onto Lake Minnetonka.

According to the Hennepin County Water Patrol, the driver was reportedly making a delivery to a resident on the lake when he drove onto the snow-covered ice.
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According to Jeremy Elshaug, who was on the lake checking on his fish house, he and some other ice-goers helped the truck driver dig out the rig. Elshaug then used his pickup truck to pull the truck to a less snowy area.

A brief update on radio news said the truck driver was following his GPS directions. Minnetonka is a big lake with many homes around it. In certain areas, in winter, with today's diminished visibility - going by GPS - yeah, I can see how driving onto the lake would happen. Lucky the ice is as thick as it is, holding the weight of a semi.

Below chart from Almanac.com

Here comes more global warming Climate Change!

The calm...

Before the storms.

Map: Weather.gov

WCCO CBS: More snow, winds 40-50 mph.

I picked the wrong week(end) to...

Minnesota Blizzard? No, we've been lying for years.

This is what it was like earlier today in Minneapolis.

We've been lying for so long to the rest of the country, and world, about harsh Minnesota winters. We don't want others to know how easy we have it.

More Midwest Snow. More... Global Warming. Global Cooling. Climate Change.ManBearPig ALERT!We Didn't Listen!

Damn it people, we didn't listen.

FOX 9 KMSP: More snow.

The Twin Cities metro is now estimated to get around 4 to 6 inches of snow between Wednesday and Thursday evenings. Northwestern Wisconsin and northeastern Minnesota could see 6 to 8 inches during that time.

This is nothing compared to the snowfall in other parts of U.S. The Twin Cities winter, so far, has been this: November; got some snow, had a few cold days here and there, there was light snow coverage on lawns around Thanksgiving. December; warmed up, snow melted, didn't get any significant snow, cold days, then higher than average, brown lawns snow-free. January; some decent and tolerable days, a Polar Vortex plunge (that was fun), some sub-zero days, then a few warmer than average. February; expected temps and it snowed yesterday.

National Weather Service

WeatherUnderground; other winter storm alerts: Kansas, Wisconsin, Iowa, and a lot of other parts of the U.S.  

So many other parts of the country have had far more dumps of snow. I feel for ya, folks; we know what it's like.

Could ManBearPig be real?

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Corrected link to KMSP 2/06/2019

RUN!!! GLOBAL WARMING IS BACK!!!!!!!!!

The Big Midwest Chill and the Polar Vortex were mere diversions.

Global warming is BACK! (Cue ominous, "we're all going to die" music).

KSTP weather, below:

Minneapolis-St. Paul global warming forecast.

ABC 7 weather, below:

Chicago global warming forecast.

RUN, people...RUN!!! Save yourselves while you still can!!!

Minnesota Govt Remains Open during the Big Chill. One elected Rep whines it's too cold. Surprise, it wasn't a Dem!

FOX 9 KMSP: Minnesota officials defend keeping government open during Big Chill.

Most of Minnesota state government remained open Wednesday despite the extreme cold, drawing concerns from one Republican state lawmaker that Minnesotans were being needlessly put in danger.

Gov. Tim Walz’s administration decided to keep state offices open, even as Wisconsin’s governor shuttered many state buildings, businesses closed, and the U.S. Postal Services suspended service for the day.
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“Why would we put those workers at risk? Why would we put the troopers that have to respond if they have an accident, the tow truck drivers that have to respond if they have an accident, why are we putting them at risk unnecessarily?” state Rep. Marion O’Neill, R-Maple Lake, said in an interview. “We can shut down for one day. The world won’t end.”

Walz defended his decision to keep the government open, saying that he directed state agencies to decide what work would be unsafe because of the weather.

Rep. Marion O'Neill (R) District: 29B

Not a fan of MN Gov. Timmy Walz, but I agree with him here.

Marion, everything in life has risk. You were elected to do a job. Do it. I'm guessing she can't identify the letter "D" from the letter "R".  

For a part-time job lasting about six months, Minnesota elected legislators earn $45,000/year. Plus per diem.

The BIG ISSUE legislators have been wrestling over the past two days - an issue that apparently outranks all others - is naming an official "state" dog.

Pick a dog. Pick a breed. There are so many tough issues to tackle, choosing the "state dog" should take no more than fifteen minutes. A Labrador. A Husky. A Beagle. A Frikkin Poodle. Pick one, pick one fast and be done with it.  This is the debate the state legislators are having and one of them thinks they should have the day off because of the Big Chill?

It's Cold, but it's a Dry Cold

Composite map, images via KTSP

Record-breaking windchill expected.

On the positive side, the seven-day outlook for mosquitoes looks good.

HERE COMES the POLAR VORTEX

Image: NASA

CBS Denver: Polar Vortex to invade Midwest.

Invade? Should we build a wall?

Mercury News: 'Life-threatening cold'.

"Life-threatening". I'm scared. Time for the Zombie Knives and other, self-defensive measures? Pepper spray, that kind 'o stuff.

A duly noted tragedy, already a victim to the cold. This is not fake news...I think.