I lived in Williston for about 3 years when my husband was transferred there. This Texan learned what cold its! LOL!
Those people know cold! OTOH, it was the only place we lived where there was no hot lunch program in the schools. The kids walked home for lunch every day...............The nicest people lived there, and we have stayed friends with several of them.
They’ve had a huge oil boom recently in the Williston area, and I have heard that the population is skyrocketing!
I really admire people who live in real snow country. As a native of the Southwest U.S., I’ve never had to endure the sort of ice and snow they regularly contend with.
About the worst winter I ever experienced, was when I lived for a time in southern England. For months, everything was blanketed in a layer of pure white frost. I never even knew what the temperature was because it was always expressed in Celsius. All I knew is that I was freezing my tookis off every day of the week, and it seemed like it would never end.
It gets colder than I like in DFW, but it’s mostly manageable. When it gets lower than 37 degrees outside, we can’t work, but thankfully there aren’t too many of those days.
I moved to Minot temporarily for the money. I hadn’t experienced anything below -16 prior to this. My HIGH temp is -20. Holy crap.