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Minnesota Town Hits 54 Below Zero (Embarrass, MN)
AP on Yahoo ^ | 1/17/05 | AP

Posted on 01/17/2005 11:01:41 AM PST by NormsRevenge

Temperatures plummeted across the eastern half of the nation Monday, approaching an all-time record in northern Minnesota and freezing the Gulf Coast as a river of Arctic air pushed southward.

Thermometers registered a low of 54 degrees below zero at Embarrass, Minn.

"You keep living, but it gets old after a while," said Christine Mackai, the town clerk for the community of about 1,400 people in northeast Minnesota.

Minnesota's record is 60 below, set on Feb. 2, 1996, in Tower, about 10 miles north of Embarrass.

The cold at Embarrass didn't stop the regular customers from getting their morning coffee at Four Corners, a cafe and gas station.

"Everybody left their cars running," waitress Trish Roggenbuck said. "It was pretty much breathtaking when you walked outside."

While below-zero readings stayed in the upper Midwest, thermometers dropped below the freezing mark all the way to the Gulf of Mexico coast.

The morning low was 28, with wind chills in the upper teens, at Mobile, Ala., Gulfport-Biloxi, Miss., and Pensacola, Fla. A hard freeze warning was in effect overnight into Tuesday morning for parts of Mississippi, the weather service said.

Mackai said Embarrass had been prepared for bitter cold as early as last Thursday. "It only got down to 28 below, and that's nothing. That's no big deal," she said.

Elsewhere in northern Minnesota on Monday, Babbitt chilled to 51 below, and International Falls — which calls itself the Nation's Icebox — dropped to 44 below, the national Weather Service said. Farther south, Minneapolis-St. Paul bottomed out at a mere 11 below.

The arctic blast followed several days of subzero temperatures. Weather service meteorologist Greg Frosig in Duluth said Monday's high would still be below zero in northern Minnesota.

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On the Net:

National Weather Service (news - web sites): http://weather.noaa.gov/

Current Temperatures-Ohio State University: http://www.weatherimages.org/data/imag226.html


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Minnesota; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: belowzero; embarrass; minnesota
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To: NormsRevenge
Dang, I thought the sky here looked sorta chartreuse. From your map, I see why.
21 posted on 01/17/2005 11:16:00 AM PST by southernnorthcarolina (OK, Congress is back in session -- Where's my tax cuts for the rich? )
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To: NormsRevenge

Are you sure that town isn't Freezurbarass, MN.?


22 posted on 01/17/2005 11:17:01 AM PST by westmichman (Pray for global warming. (Thank G-D for the red states))
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To: nothingnew

Everybody knows fish don't bite when it's real cold, but.. the beer sure does stay cold.

Nothing like sitting inside a fishhouse with a roaring stove.. poker chips at the ready.. Bring IT On!!! ;-)


23 posted on 01/17/2005 11:17:04 AM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ...... The War on Terrorism is the ultimate 'faith-based' initiative.)
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To: AppyPappy

Worst that I've been in was in Minneapolis a few years back. Real temp was -30, with the wind chill at -70. I walked outside downtown for about 4 blocks. When I got inside my building, my legs went numb. Damdest feeling I've ever felt. The cool part is the fact that to the locals, it's just another day at work.

Makes life here in Central Iowa seem balmy, it was only about -6 this morning when I came to work, an it's 10 above now. Think I'll go swimming...


24 posted on 01/17/2005 11:17:25 AM PST by cspackler (There are 10 kinds of people in this world, those who understand binary and those who don't.)
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To: NormsRevenge

This is OUTRAGEOUS!!


People should not be forced to live in such extreme weather conditions! I think these people should all file a gigantic class action lawsuit against The Weather Channel, God, and Canada for allowing such unbearable cold weather to invade our nation and disrupt these hard-working Americans' lives! It's also probably Bush's fault for not signing Kyoto!!

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25 posted on 01/17/2005 11:17:46 AM PST by Blzbba (Conservative Republican - Less gov't, less spending, less intrusion.)
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To: NormsRevenge

That ship went down with all hands.


26 posted on 01/17/2005 11:22:58 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: johniegrad

Two Harbors ?


27 posted on 01/17/2005 11:24:32 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: Beelzebubba

Good question. In fact, that is the 'cross over point; that is 40C = 40 F. Very cold by anyone's standard..


28 posted on 01/17/2005 11:26:10 AM PST by highland1
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To: NormsRevenge

Anything colder than -40 and it's time to plug in the jeep and zip the liner into my jacket.


29 posted on 01/17/2005 11:27:00 AM PST by SoDak
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To: NormsRevenge

talk about buggar freezing weather!!!!!!


30 posted on 01/17/2005 11:29:18 AM PST by robjna
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To: Beelzebubba

I almost posted that comparson smiles


31 posted on 01/17/2005 11:30:28 AM PST by ralph rotten
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To: SoDak

Global Warming Alert!


32 posted on 01/17/2005 11:31:12 AM PST by TheConservator (George W. Bush--elected our President by an historical majority of the American Public!)
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To: Beelzebubba

-42 is the same temp in 'C or 'F


33 posted on 01/17/2005 11:31:15 AM PST by doc30 (Democrats are to morals what and Etch-A-Sketch is to Art.)
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To: NormsRevenge

I wonder if anyone wishes they were back in Somalia during this freeze?


34 posted on 01/17/2005 11:32:01 AM PST by B4Ranch (Don't remain seated until this ride comes to a full and complete stop! We're going the wrong way!)
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To: NormsRevenge

Brrr!

That is cold...


35 posted on 01/17/2005 11:32:54 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
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To: NormsRevenge
Pretty nice in Newport today....
Partly Cloudy
Temperature: 80°F 27°C
Conditions: Partly Cloudy
Winds: NE 16 MPH NE 26 KPH
Relative Humidity: 20%
Barometer: 30.14 Steady
Visibility: 10.00 Miles 16.09 Kilometers
Feels Like: 78°F n/a

36 posted on 01/17/2005 11:33:39 AM PST by Slicksadick (Go out on a limb........Its where the fruit is.)
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To: NormsRevenge
I lived in Minnesota.

My first winter there I broke my moustache in 35 below weather.

The elevators in Minneapolis hold twice as many people in the summer as in the winter. It is called the "Parka Displacement Factor."

37 posted on 01/17/2005 11:33:55 AM PST by N. Theknow (Twang your magic twangy Froggie! Hiyakids hiya hiya hiya! I'llbegood I'llbegood I'llbegood!)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
Two Harbors?

About 6 miles this side.

38 posted on 01/17/2005 11:34:14 AM PST by johniegrad
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To: highland1

40 degrees Celsius/Centigrade is actually very warm. And it does not equal 40 degrees Faehrenheit. On the Celsius scale 40 degrees is about 102 degrees F.


39 posted on 01/17/2005 11:35:40 AM PST by Gumdrop
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To: Beelzebubba
Is that -40F or -40C?

That's -40F'nC

40 posted on 01/17/2005 11:36:19 AM PST by N. Theknow (Twang your magic twangy Froggie! Hiyakids hiya hiya hiya! I'llbegood I'llbegood I'llbegood!)
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