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    Upper Midwest Cold

    Wow, anybody see what's going on up in the upper Midwest?

    "BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Residents of the upper Midwest bundled up or just stayed inside Tuesday as a wave of bitterly cold air barreled south out of the Arctic, following on the heels of a fast-moving blizzard.

    Some schools closed because of the cold and temperatures hit the single digits as far south as Kansas and Missouri.

    The coldest air spilled across the Canadian prairie into the Dakotas and Minnesota. Grand Forks, N.D., dropped to a record low of 37 degrees below zero Tuesday morning, lopping six degrees off the old record set in 1979, the National Weather Service said.

    In northern Minnesota, it was 35 below zero in Roseau and 36 below in Hallock, with wind chills down to 45 below in Hibbing. Just to the north, Winnipeg, Saskatchewan, also hit minus 36, according to Environment Canada.
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    So I wanna know who is out there testing? I guess it makes me a bit sick in the head, but I wish I at least had the opportunity to try those conditions. Not saying that I would , just be a nice option.
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    Haven't heard from Turk in a while...


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    Quote Originally Posted by NCPatrick View Post
    Haven't heard from Turk in a while...
    First guy I thought of too!
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    Shug is out on the trail.
    I may be slow... But I sure am gimpy.

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    I think I'd be a wuss about it; testing in the yard in those conditions. I've got much training in the ways of the the extreme cold before I venture too far out in it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cannibal View Post
    I think I'd be a wuss about it; testing in the yard in those conditions. I've got much training in the ways of the the extreme cold before I venture too far out in it.
    I think you'd have to dig me out of my large ball of down quilts in the Spring... might have a breathing tube of some sort...


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    I always remember that pic that Turk posted where he had dug out a channel between two trees in the snow. He had his hammock hanging in a snow tunnel and his tarp over the top. Classic.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ramblinrev View Post
    Shug is out on the trail.
    I thought about him too...hope that hot coco is FLOWING
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    Forecast at my brother's house! At noon today, it is -12* F!

    5-Day Forecast for ZIP Code 56566
    Tuesday
    -6° F | -17° F
    Wednesday
    -6° F | -24° F
    Thursday
    -10° F | -22° F
    Friday
    0° F | -3° F
    Saturday
    11° F | 4° F


    It's actually a balmy 4* here right now.


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    3 hours north of you fishinfinn! O* at noon with a windchill of -14*. Windchill -20 or lower tonight.

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