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St. Paul Whiteout: The Audacity of Hype

September 7, 2008 by Guest Blogger · Comment
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By Rev. David Ostendorf

Midwest winters bring the occasional, dreaded, dangerous whiteout—wind-driven snow so heavy, thick, and intense that you can’t see the road ahead. To get caught in one is to lose your bearings in a universe of whiteness and wind and closed roads, hoping against hope that you’ll come out of it to see another day.

Until this week in St. Paul whiteouts have not been known to occur in September. While there was occasional snowfall and wind last week as read more