The arrival of swear-at-the-sky cold temperatures this week juxtaposed with the scheduling of the Super Bowl has led countless Minnesotans to gaze wistfully into the distance and say (or tweet) to no one in particular, “Wow, it’s a good thing the Super Bowl isn’t in Minnesota this year.”
There’s nothing better than talking about the weather, unless it’s talking about the weather and comparing it to weather that’s already happened.
Granted, air temperatures flirting with minus-30 – not the “feels-like” temperature, we remind everyone, the actual thermometer reading – are a certifiable weather event. As much as I tell newcomers to the state that “it’s not usually like this” during cold snaps, it most certainly isn’t usually like this.