People across the globe — even those in our own country — tend to think of Minnesota as being tucked just beneath the polar ice cap, with year-round snow, freezing temps, stalled cars and bundled-up residents.
Those of us who actually live in the state know, however, that Minnesota is subject to weather extremes, from frigid winters to sultry summers and floods, tornados and droughts.
As we paged through the 2014 issues of The Chronicle for our end-of-year round-up, it was obvious that, once again, the weather dominated the news.