If You're Gonna Play In Fargo, You Gotta Have A Shovel In The Van -- February 23, 2019

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February 24, 2019: a reader writes --

I have lived all my life in cold states and this storm is fierce. They may well find dead people in cars/trucks in Nebraska, Iowa and MN.

I was just outside to fill the bird feeders, it is 11 degrees and 40 + mph winds. The birds/squirrels are just wild to feed today.

Anyway, ust going 30 ft to the feeder and 30 ft back to garage took all your breath away. We are in the SE end of town and the winds are from NW, so can you imagine how tough the wind is out in the open prairie. [Comment: makes me think of the concluding lines of Ole Edvart Rølvaag's Giants in the Earth.]

February 24, 2019:

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Note: the audio is delayed; you system is probably working -- but the audio won't be heard until about 13 seconds (which is an eternity for millennials) into the "clip":

Snowed in, 2002:


If you don't have time to watch the entire video, fast forward to 7:10 to watch the section on energy.