The Rochester Post Bulletin said it better than I could:
Come on -- when you were running around in shorts and T-shirts Saturday and the high was 57, did you REALLY think winter had surrendered and was going to just melt away? Of course not.
Winter pounced back overnight and early today with sloppy, heavy snow, winds and windchills that will drop to close to zero tonight. It added up to winter weather advisories and warnings for much of the region, school closings and a lot of miserable driving.
Call it weather's version of March Madness. Because of the storm, the Minnesota State Patrol closed U.S. 52 between Zumbrota and Cannon Falls.
According to the state Department of Transportation, that is the first time in at least 35 years that the highway has been closed due to weather.
As of 4:30 p.m., the Minnesota State Patrol had reported a total of 317 accidents statewide, with an additional 58 spinouts and 414 vehicles off the road.
Road conditions were so bad Monday morning, the State Patrol said motorists should drive only if necessary.
Here are some actual pictures from around our area today. I actually saw a two foot icicle fall from a buildling and when the snow on top of our buildling breaks loose every few hours or so it looks like an avalanche. They have actually advised people to move their cars away from the back of the building. It was the worst snow storm I have seen since we moved here.
And Saturday, aaah, Saturday, we were in frolicking among the tulips. Okay, so there weren't tulips but there were some birds. Poor birds -- they gave into March madness. I coulda warned them not to be fooled. May is still a long way away.
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