Gordon Smith wrote:
> Here in Illinois (KJOT), we have had 15 days below freezing. Ah, reminds me of the winter I spent in Minnesota in 1977-1978. That winter Minneapolis had some huge number of consecutive days it didnt get UP to freezing (66 in 1977/1978 and 58 in 1978/1979). As I passed through the city one day, the radio was bragging that they had passed 30 days in which it didnt get up to zero F. Temps of -25°F to -35°F were common that winter in the areas I worked (inside except for travelling to a new location every day). Minnesota and the states around there DO understand winter! And I learned how to . . . and survived! (That experience, along with other winter camping, helped me a few years later when I taught classes in cold weather operations to my arctic infantry Army Reserve unit before that winter camping I mentioned earlier.) Im sure Ron can top these stories with Alberta yarns, though. They sometimes have real winters up there! Ed
