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MrsMatt

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10. That area is bad for blizzards

Reply to dflprincess (Reply #7)

Sun Dec 27, 2020, 01:18 PM

Dec 2020

grew up in Renville county; sister farms in B.I.

That whole area used to be slough; my grandfather told me once that he skated from Hector to Buffalo Lake (5 miles).

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Greetings from New Ulm, Minn. I would not go outside if I were you. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2020 OP

Living on the Gulf Coast can be bad.when we have hurricanes, LuvNewcastle Dec 2020 #1

Ironically, Gov. Walz approved outdoor dining for bars/restaurants just a few days ago progree Dec 2020 #2

Well, if you do have to go out... 2naSalit Dec 2020 #3

Used to live in New Ulm, Wellstone ruled Dec 2020 #4

Yesterday there were blizzard warnings in the metro which is rare. dflprincess Dec 2020 #5

Checked a couple Storm Chaser Blogs Wellstone ruled Dec 2020 #6

I'm in Bloomington and we actually didn't wind up with too much snow dflprincess Dec 2020 #7

Know that stretch of 212 Wellstone ruled Dec 2020 #8

That area is bad for blizzards MrsMatt Dec 2020 #10

My mom grew up in Hector dflprincess Dec 2020 #11

my dad grew up in Hector MrsMatt Dec 2020 #12

W.C. Fields: "All in all, I'd rather be in Philadelphia." 3Hotdogs Dec 2020 #9