My kids are getting there, and I am trying to impress on them that at no other time in your life is it socially acceptable to dress up in monster costumes and eat candy all night.
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... finally get more storms and is in the middle of when my flight comes in. Landing at 6 should be fun today.
So far this rain looks drunk because it can’t seem to get it up. Fizzling out. But we got wind.
In the late 30’s, Des Moines moved it from Halloween to “Beggars’ Night” (the day before Halloween) in response to high rates of vandalism on Halloween day itself. Was an attempt to provide a safer environment for the kids out trick or treating.
It’s held that tradition since.
And lead to every person that moves away from DSM being confused about actual Halloween.
Hey…when you live in the jungle. I bet most didn’t realize DSM was actually the inspiration for West Side Story (jimlad)
Ok…back to weather. We gonna see some **** later today, or what?
Sometimes I miss living up there and other times it’s 40ish here and raining while you all get snow and then I'm glad.
I saw my area is projected to get 2.5" of rain tonight, which going from memory is approximately 10x the amount we've had in the last 2 months.
Telling a gal from Wisconsin about "beggar's night" and them moving it. She had no idea what that meant.
And temps keeps dropping, now 53. Your "snow" made me look and I do see snow has creeped into the forecast for Twin Cities. Friday looks decent but will start at 30 degrees.
Last night at 9 pm, warm and humid:
