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RE: For Those in Snow, Here's a Little Sunshine!
Chicago is cold, but Minneapolis/ St. Paul, the area close to where I live is about 10 to 15 degrees colder. But maybe the wind makes it feel colder! I remember when my wife and I were driving through California in '08 on a rural road, we hit a traffic jam, and all the cars hit a dead stop. I asked the guy in front of me what was going on, and he said, "oh, it's just a fire. It jumps from one side of the road to the next. Happens all the time."
We were stuck out there for maybe an hour or so.
Suddenly, snow doesn't seem so bad!
Yes, fire has been all around us this year. Locals get so used to it, they just say things like, "Oh, we'll have to cancel the Malibu plans this weekend cuz we're back on fire." I remember not long after moving here, the first time I was walking down the street, wearing a white dress, and I noticed all these little pieces of ash in my hair & on my dress. The Cali native I was with said, "Oh, it's just ash. Happens all the time." I was shocked.