Even for Minnesota, this has been a winter of extremes, with mandatory statewide school cancellations and wind chills plummeting to more than 40 degreees below zero. But Minnesotans are a stoic lot and mostly embrace the cold. We asked for readers' favorite ways to cope with extreme weather, and here are some of our favorite respones:
@StarTribune fully embracing it! #STcold pic.twitter.com/U0FieO7CcK
— Anthony Skubic (@Skubzy) January 23, 2014
Weather outside is frightful? The Capitol is delightful, so if you've no place to go, come take a tour & thumb yr nose at the cold! #STcold
— MN State Capitol (@mncapitol) January 23, 2014
#STcold seeing the amazing sundog this morning in red wing! pic.twitter.com/nWl6nshlxM
— Kim Cory (@snkcory) January 23, 2014
Video (00:40): Amazing sledding hill in Minnesota
@StarTribune love a yoga class, Indian food and green tea. #STcold
— Yess Yoga (@YessYoga) January 23, 2014
Meanwhile, in St. Paul, the Vulcans are working to create a giant snow slide for the Winter Carnival. Take a look:
Others, were not having it, and are taking a different approach to dealing with the frozen landscape we call home:
Hey @StarTribune the best way I know to cope with the #STcold is to head on jet plane someplace warmer than here! pic.twitter.com/uwKw7cd3rS
— Carrie & Ricardo (@Crazy4Xyng) January 23, 2014
@StarTribune not going to work, starting a fire and cracking open... A good book #STcold
— Dan Sheets (@dan_sheets) January 23, 2014
The best way to cope with the cold is to leave and sit on a beach in Costa Rica #STcold
— Amy O'Brien (@amypobrien) January 23, 2014
@StarTribune complain about it #stcold
— Snake Bizzle (@SnakeBizzle) January 23, 2014
