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Winter Arrives in the Twin Cities

THERE It Is! (Almost) no one was complaining about the unseasonal 40’s (and 50’s!) lingering well past Thanksgiving, mind you. Still, to die-hard Minnesotans, it’s slightly discombobulating to see December on the calendar, and not be hunkered down — at least a little bit — contending with snow, ice, and subfreezing temp’s. Thanks to yesterday’s (mild)...
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Frozen Fog = Natural Flocking

A meteorologist could explain why it happens. All I know is that the Twin Cities this morning looked like it had been covered with white flocking overnight. Pretty! And best of all, it’s still very mild, at least for early February in the Twin Cities (low 30’s today). (Of course, the other way to achieve...
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It’s B-A-A-C-C-K!

Winter in the Twin Cities, that is. Unlike the pre-Thanksgiving snowfall that was quickly followed by 60 degrees, the 4″ or so that fell yesterday feels like it’s going to stick around for awhile. Like until April. Four months from now. Oh, well . . . At least the calendar says “December,” not October.
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Broken Clocks and Stale MLS Photos

Out-of-Date MLS Photos Poof! One winter storm and 48 hours later, approximately 28,000 MLS listings in the Twin Cities (99.7% of the total Active properties) suddenly have dated, out-of-season photos. And something like another 200 sorely neglected properties on MLS — my estimate of how many still sport photos from last winter — suddenly look...
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