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Journal Ethelred Unraed's Journal: Minnesotans always knew it 9

Journal by Ethelred Unraed
LPetrazickis mentioned it in passing in his journal, right after accusing me of being biased to the center-right (!), but I was delighted to note that North Dakota really is a disaster area.

(Though one is forced to wonder what the hell happens in North Dakota to warrant all those disaster area declarations, aside from North Dakotans being there.)

Interestingly, the area around Blacksburg, Virginia also seems to be a permanent disaster area. My having lived and studied there has nothing to do with it, I swear.

(Go Hokies!)

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  • the Candians tossing their trash over the border, eh?

    Honestly though, unreported glaciers? High snowfall? Curious indeed.
    • East side has flooding from the river. (this is why the former(?) mayor of Grand Forks went down to NOLA)

      My wife always scoffs at how the Grand Forks Herald touts that they are "award winning", just because they stayed open during the flood. Big deal. The front page is in 76 pt font. You have no news. Aside from losing 900 spots at the Alerus center due to construction. Bringing your total down to 7,600. Then complain about how UND football games can draw 12,000 (what, the whole state?!). Uhm, 900 ain't
      • At least they have snow...

        Well, the hoary old joke about Minnesota is that it has just two seasons: winter and road repair.

        What's worse: my first winter in Minnesota was the winter of '83-'84, which IIRC had more than double the annual average snowfall. By January. I thought we were going to drown in the stuff. Worse, I had moved there from Virginia, where "heavy snow" meant a couple inches.

        Cheers,

        Ethelred

        • Well, the hoary old joke about Minnesota is that it has just two seasons: winter and road repair.

          Thats funny! They have the same joke in the Dakotas! Its weird how two different places came up with almost the same joke!! Oh, wait. Never mind.

    • I mentioned this to my wife (ex NoDakian) and her take was its Droughts on the west and floods in the east.

      /New slashdot looks like crapples. Just like the old slashdot!
  • Can't you see? It's the Virgin Mary! And she is weeping! WOW.

  • Pork? (Score:2)

    by nizo ( 81281 ) *
    Maybe because of the artic temperatures the state is declared a constant disaster area and thus gets truckloads of cash from the government? Where is the bacon for my state, which always gets too hot in the summer eh?
  • living in little puny counties. I think the metropolitan area of Phoenix is bigger than some of those counties. Yeah urban sprawl!!!!

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