If you live in the midwest you are probably experiencing some pretty interesting weather today. We live just outside the Twin Cities and we have seen everything from rain to sleet to snow today. Schools are already putting out the message of late starts for tomorrow. And I can verify the roads are icy! I had to run over to my grandmother's house, about 20 minutes away on a dry day, and I could definitely tell the roads were getting very slick. On the way to her house, it was fine but coming ...
Winter
Never Be Stuck Again
Living in Minnesota we know extreme weather. It can be in the thirties and gorgeous in the morning and a blizzard by lunch time. I live in a fairly rural area just outside the suburbs. So we have pockets of homes and in either direction there's a town within about 15 minutes. That means there are plenty of roads not traveled often. They are usually one of the last roads to be plowed and ice tends to build up on them due to lack of traffic. Have you ever slid off the road because of the ice? ...