Those of us who live in Minneapolis take a great deal of ribbing about our temperatures. Everyone wants to know why we live in this popsicle city. The truth is we have houses, cars, clothing and life styles that can handle this weather. We plant trees, bushes, and flowers that can tolerate the temps. We were a bit unhappy with the high's of -7 degrees, but it was sunny and the temp got up to 10 above today. I walked around with my coat open!
I seriously am concerned about people who live in the South. They do not have houses or life styles to handle cold weather. It also destroys their economy with orange groves freezing and tourists running back to their winter city homes. You don't go to Florida thinking you will be on the beach in 30 degrees weather. They have it tough right now and we hold all of them in our prayers that they come through this with as little damage as possible.
We adapt to the climate of where we live. It is when surprises like this happen, something totally out of the control of the residents, that we feel at a lost as to what to do. Each part of the country has these issues that are so damaging. Here in Minneapolis it might be the spring floods or the summer droughts. We have tornadoes that destroy more than we can imagine. California has the fires that destroy lives and property. The South has hurricanes. The idea that there is a perfect place to live is not correct. What we have are places in our country that we make the best of it. Our jobs, our families, our health, our financial situation, and more keep us here or has us moving to where we live.
Minneapolis is home to me. Blame it on my parents. They are the ones who brought me when I was 8. I went away to college, worked outside of Minneapolis, but in the end returned due to my family. If I had not come home, I would not have met my husband. We would not have created the wonderful daughter we have. We would not have been blessed with our son being placed in our home and all the excitement he has brought to us. Then we would not have had the grandkids we have. The dogs we have raised would never have been in our lives. Think of all the friends we never would have met. Now you can understand why I live in Minneapolis. It all makes sense does it not?
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