The opening of the bribery trial of former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin (Remember him? He was in charge during Katrina and now he is charged with taking money for contracts) was pushed aside as the lead story on tonight's news.
The national news had ended with a story about thousands of Minnesotans who gathered outside on the ice in Nisswa at two degrees below zero this weekend … to sit in the open on lawn chairs and fish through holes chopped in the ice and drink lots of beer and try to win a pickup truck.
Then in an incredible contrast that makes our time here so interesting, our local news came on and opened with stories of the National Guard being called out, schools and governments closed, the Ray Nagin trial suspended, and emergency centers opened, simply because temperatures may get as low as 25 degrees overnight with frozen precipitation forming on bridges and roadways.
The sheriff has sternly warned exhibition drivers that wheelies, donuts and other fun stuff on the icy roads will not be tolerated. "Keep your four-wheel drive at home."
Highs will be in mid-30s, but that will not be good enough to prevent disaster, if not the end of the world.
Stan has been instructed to keep the kitchen faucet dripping overnight, just in case.
