We may have brutal winters, but we:

Rarely have tornadoes.
Never have earthquakes.
Rarely have floods.

We get durned cold, but other than that, we don't have "killer" weathyer or natural disasters. It's not a bad trade off.

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John Shellenberg
1998 C230 "Black Betty" 240K

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