Spring: Hold that thought.
It's odd; I think Jen and I may have outlasted the natives this winter.
Last weekend, we visited with our great friends the Hoyes in Minneapolis. I stayed over a day with Joey and Katie to catch the Twins' home opener in the Metrodome and to see the Eighth Circuit hear cases at the University of Minnesota Law School the next morning. After a very nice luncheon following the arguments, Joey and Katie and I headed over to Minneapolis' Costco to stock up.
We then set out into what ended up being a pretty good snowstorm along I-94 – lots of tractor-trailers jackknifed in the medians and in ditches, and cars sliding all over. But visibility was good, and Jen advised us that the weather Web sites suggested the worst of it was over. Good enough. So we plowed through, aided by the magic traction-control system on the van, and made it home without incident. Fargo ended up getting about seven inches, though with the wind, drifts in some places were hip-high.
What really surprised me and Jen was the reaction of the natives to this latest snowstorm. We heard from a lot of people about it, and they clearly seemed disappointed and deflated, perhaps having taken our earlier stretch of 70-degree days as a sure sign winter was over for good. Jen and I, however, having feared all along that Fargo's winter would last until June, were not nearly as surprised by the April snowstorm.
My colleague J., a native, clarified it for me. He said he was "fed up" with the weather, not so much because it snowed in April – he expects that – but because it didn't melt promptly; usually, Fargo's April snows don't last long. This one has stuck around for a week, and is expected to be topped off with another six inches of snow this afternoon. The first few flakes appear to be falling now.*
And it'll stay cold – we're not expected to crack 50 until next Monday, and lows will be in the 20s each night until then.
* Editor's note: For the record, a few flakes is all that landed. The predicted six inches turned out to be flurries. Dang.
Last weekend, we visited with our great friends the Hoyes in Minneapolis. I stayed over a day with Joey and Katie to catch the Twins' home opener in the Metrodome and to see the Eighth Circuit hear cases at the University of Minnesota Law School the next morning. After a very nice luncheon following the arguments, Joey and Katie and I headed over to Minneapolis' Costco to stock up.
We then set out into what ended up being a pretty good snowstorm along I-94 – lots of tractor-trailers jackknifed in the medians and in ditches, and cars sliding all over. But visibility was good, and Jen advised us that the weather Web sites suggested the worst of it was over. Good enough. So we plowed through, aided by the magic traction-control system on the van, and made it home without incident. Fargo ended up getting about seven inches, though with the wind, drifts in some places were hip-high.
What really surprised me and Jen was the reaction of the natives to this latest snowstorm. We heard from a lot of people about it, and they clearly seemed disappointed and deflated, perhaps having taken our earlier stretch of 70-degree days as a sure sign winter was over for good. Jen and I, however, having feared all along that Fargo's winter would last until June, were not nearly as surprised by the April snowstorm.
My colleague J., a native, clarified it for me. He said he was "fed up" with the weather, not so much because it snowed in April – he expects that – but because it didn't melt promptly; usually, Fargo's April snows don't last long. This one has stuck around for a week, and is expected to be topped off with another six inches of snow this afternoon. The first few flakes appear to be falling now.*
And it'll stay cold – we're not expected to crack 50 until next Monday, and lows will be in the 20s each night until then.
* Editor's note: For the record, a few flakes is all that landed. The predicted six inches turned out to be flurries. Dang.
posted by Tom at 11:00 AM
1 Comments:
hi tom!
i don't think we'd mind the cold back here in DC so much if only it would give us a gratuitous snowstorm (of the school-closing variety, of course) at least once. i admit to being the cause of the extended blast - i our spring clothes out of storage during one single warm spell in march and have paid for it ever since. stay warm! -that hsu girl
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