Is this really news?

RondackHiker

Front page on CNN there's a headline that says, "Temperatures dip below zero in Minnesota, North Dakota".

Where I grew up in New York, it'd rarely go above 10 degrees in Jan and Feb, so dipping below zero was very common.

I was under the impression that Minnesota and North Dakota were even colder. Is dipping below zero really headline worthy?

RockyTopVols

It is just as news worthy as when people getting haircuts makes headlines. 

RondackHiker

LoisLane23:

It's usually 1530 around here, so a high of 0 is news, especially when wind chills makes it 30.

Ah, okay. It's a bit warmer there than I thought.

RondackHiker

CTGirl30:

In other "news", I had cereal for breakfast.

I had oatmeal. Who should we call to make sure this is covered appropriately in the papers?

RayRay007

Americans are a bunch of babies. It's been -40C/-40F here for a week.

RondackHiker

RayRay007:

Americans are a bunch of babies. It's been 40C/40F here for a week.

Now, I've never felt that kind of cold, but from when I worked at barns, I remember thinking that once you hit negative temps there wasn't a lot of difference in the cold. I mean, wind makes a difference, but I felt like my body couldn't tell the difference between negative five and negative twenty. Once my nose hairs freeze, I no longer register temp changes.

Smootchy

is it news worthy? not really... but I think it's making the news because it's been unseasonably warm so a negative day is a big deal

RondackHiker

Now what is news is that I'm sitting in my office with a coat and a blanket and a thick sweater and am still cold. If maintenance tries to tell me the heat is working fine again, I'll cut them. It shouldn't be this cold inside.

RayRay007

RondackHiker:

RayRay007:

Americans are a bunch of babies. It's been 40C/40F here for a week.

Now, I've never felt that kind of cold, but from when I worked at barns, I remember thinking that once you hit negative temps there wasn't a lot of difference in the cold. I mean, wind makes a difference, but I felt like my body couldn't tell the difference between negative five and negative twenty. Once my nose hairs freeze, I no longer register temp changes.

I think I agree. Barring the wind and snow whipping your face, if it's -20 it might as well be -30.

NotSharknado

It is especially for the homeless and elderly. Kind of a reminder to check on those who don't have heat too. I'd rather hear weather related news than crime news.

GWDouglas

I live in North Dakota and no I do not find this "news". It is winter and it is cold in the winter!!! Yes the temps this week/week-end are slightly below normal but we have had colder temps.  I think they did not have anything better to report. I HATE when they report crap like this because people already have crazy opinions on people who live up here and this just makes it worse!!

NerdyMama2

Agreed!

LuckyDad

It's not news, it's CNN.com.