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when i left my hotel with wet hair from the shower and it froze during the two minute walk to my car think it was -40 wind chills that day
Fellow Minnesotans, what are your favorite memories of past snowstorms and Very Cold Days?
I want stories. Recent/old days/whatever you've got. (Bonus points for NOT referencing the Halloween blizzard lol 
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Current status:
Awaiting a foot of snow and -50°F wind chill.
Bring it, you gorgeous blue planet. 
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Grew up near Babbitt. At -59 F Sorels freeze solid. Coke freezes almost instantly in the can. Chores still need to be done.
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Being four years old and playing make believe in snow ‘forts’ created by a clothes dryer vent that hollowed out drifts against our house.
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I'm not from Minnesota, but during the 2011 Halloween nor'easter, I preemptively charged a bunch of battery packs, then did a photoshoot with my disabled grandma to distract her while the power was outpic.twitter.com/8H8sKcPysa
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This is such a great story! Your grandma is lucky to have you
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I think it was 94/95 (I grew up in South Dakota) when we got a huge ice storm that covered every tree in a good inch of ice. It was gorgeous if dangerous sight.
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I remember that! I also remember having to drive from Mpls back to college in Moorhead after that storm- There was some particularly serious treachery on I-94 that year.
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Northfield, January 1970. My freshman year. Temp dropped below 0 one Friday not to re-emerge until the following Friday. Had terrible 8am Soc class opposite side of campus. Bestie knocked on door. "It's -32. 20mph wind! U going?" "WTF I gotta see this." It wuz bracing!
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I believe it was the winter of 78/79 when the average temperature in Eastern Iowa was 6.3 degrees for the whole month of January. Brutal
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Not Minnesotan, but after four straight days of walking to work in -35°F wind chills in Vermont, it was finally a warm morning. I unzipped my coat and took off my hat and basked in the sunshine. It was 5°F.
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Ah, thanks. Sometimes I get homesick, but comparing the weather usually fixes that! I used to live in Vermont, now I live in sunny Colorado - with dozens of ski resorts within an easy drive -- It's fleece and t shirt weather down here near Denver!
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