[Mpls] Closures- a summary

[Tim Bonham]

>2. According to Ms. Titus, quoted below "Theodore Wirth Park had closed down
>its activities because it was deemed too cold for people to be out sledding
>and tubing in sub-zero weather." Is this to say that the City of
>Minneapolis, in it's benevolence to my own greater good, deemed it in my
>best interest to stay inside because it was just too darned cold outside,
>and made sure I did so by closing those structures that exist to make me
>warm when it's so darned cold outside? God bless the city of Minneapolis for
>once again knowing what's best for me. >wiping tears of thanks away before
>they freeze<
         Oh, come on!  Every TV news report all weekend used terms like 
"dangerously cold" and "don't go out if you don't have to" and "take extra 
precautions", etc.  And all this originally came from the National Weather 
Service, not the City of Minneapolis!  So if you want to complain about 
someone "knowing what's best for you", complain to the National Weather 
Service -- tell them you object to them  giving out weather advisories, 
because you know better than them about weather.

And they appear to have been right, too.  Didn't some people die due to the 
cold weather this weekend?

Tim Bonham, Ward 12, Standish-Ericsson