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“Der Sturm Kommit Blitzarig”

I’ve read that the word “blizzard” first appeared in 1870, in an Iowa newspaper. German settlers there were quoted as saying “Der sturm kommit blitzarig,” or “the storm comes lightning-like.” The term soon corrupted into our term, blizzard.

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Aurora Dances Down

Early Tuesday morning, I put on my warmest parka and went down to the veranda to see the aurora borealis, the northern lights. Recent sunspot activity has been violent enough to disrupt cell phone and satellite Internet service on the … Continue reading

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