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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

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Meteorologist loses it when viewers complain about tornado coverage

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 29, 2019, 7:10 AM May 29, 2019
15

Everybody has a breaking point and for a TV meteorologist in Ohio, it’s The Bachelorette. Read more →

Weather

NewsCut Flashback: A tornado’s connections

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 28, 2019, 10:02 AM May 28, 2019
0

Though I’ve been in the news business for over 35 years, the connections and coincidences in the news — especially in times of turmoil — never fail to amaze me.
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A drone view of a tornado

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 30, 2019, 2:01 PM Apr 30, 2019
7

I can’t recall ever seeing a perspective like this of a tornado, but it happened today in Sulphur, OK when someone launched a drone to follow it. Read more →

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Midwife employs a Minnesota solution to commuting nightmare

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 12, 2019, 9:36 AM Apr 12, 2019
5

There are some problems that can only be solved by being uniquely Minnesotan. Read more →

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Truckers are no match for a stiff wind

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 11, 2019, 4:26 PM Apr 11, 2019
1

Among the more amazing depictions of the struggles truckers had on Minnesota roads on Thursday was this Facebook video, shot by Mike Barness on Highway 52 in Vermillion. Read more →

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Flooding brings out our best selves

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 25, 2019, 7:08 AM Mar 25, 2019

From the look of things, there’ll be plenty of grief accompanying the flooding around Minnesota; that’s the nature of floods of course. Things go underwater, our commutes require detours and more time, possessions are lost, the mold grows in the basement and who’s got time for any of this, anyway? Read more →

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This is what it’s like to sort out a 131-car crash

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 21, 2019, 11:59 AM Mar 21, 2019

Of all the crashes and accidents in the Midwest during February’s blizzards, none was worse than the pileup on I-41 near Oshkosh, Wis., in late February. Read more →

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A gift from a flood: free beer

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 21, 2019, 8:45 AM Mar 21, 2019
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The river gives and the river takes away. Sometimes it gives you free beer. Read more →

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What the coming flood might look like in St. Paul

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 21, 2019, 7:10 AM Mar 21, 2019
26

The predictions sound dire for downtown St. Paul as the water from around the state pours into the Minnesota River and other tributaries before it dumps its stash into the Mississippi and makes its way to the cities. Read more →

Weather

To combat winter, Duluth shows a little leg

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 19, 2019, 8:36 AM Mar 19, 2019
13

Winter is in its last few hours and the people of Duluth are looking to give it a last kick today by wearing shorts. Read more →

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Now you can think about removing snow from the roof

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 12, 2019, 7:15 AM Mar 12, 2019

There is snow and there is snow. The light, fluffy stuff on February has given way to the heart-attack snow of March. The situation on your roof has changed. Read more →

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It’s been that kind of winter

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 10, 2019, 7:44 AM Mar 10, 2019
14

This year’s weather is a crime. Read more →

Crime and Justice · Weather

Minnesota judge issues restraining order against another snowstorm

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 7, 2019, 1:13 PM Mar 7, 2019

Another snowstorm? Why that seems almost criminal. Read more →

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Of snow boogers, fenderbergs, carnicles, and chunkers

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 5, 2019, 8:36 AM Mar 5, 2019
14

On Twitter yesterday, I asked for people’s names for what the people in my house call “snow boogers”, the clumps of ice and snow that we love to kick off when the temperature is just right. And, thanks to Steve Swan, I was made aware of this poetic segment that Moore did on the subject. It’s brilliant. Read more →

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‘It is winter!’

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 4, 2019, 10:03 AM Mar 4, 2019
14

How is it possible that someone in Minnesota hasn’t started a crowdfunding campaign to bring Diane to Minnesota?

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