75 and sunny - somewhere other than Minnesota

Today on the news, 'CCO's weatherboy said it could drop to -15 Sunday night. The forecast reminded me of a woman I encountered a few months ago while checking out at Target. She asked me some questions about children's warm weather apparel.

"We just moved here from Los Angeles," she stated. "Do you think these boots will be warm enough for my son this winter?"

The tag on the boots said they would withstand -10 degrees. "Yeah, those will be fine. We don't get too many days where it is colder than 10 below."

She looked surprised. "It really gets to be 10 below here."

"Yes, sometimes," I responded. "I think the coldest it ever got in Minnesota is something like -60, but that was way way up north. Here in the Cities it maybe will get to be -10 below once or twice a year."

"Oh really," she looked scared. "I thought that was a joke."

No joke lady, welcome to Minnesota. Wonder if she knows it is going to be 75 and sunny in LA this weekend?

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DeAnn said…

I always feel for those people that move to the midwest from somewhere "warmer". I mean if you're not raised in this part of the world, it would be a shock I think. I hope this lady is prepared for this weekend...and she has those boots handy.

Stay warm, S!!

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