A three-day winter storm is underway here in northern Minnesota. That sounds worse than it is. It will snow gently but steadily for three days, resulting in predicted snow totals of about a foot. But the plow drivers will be out. These are weekdays, so relatively little overtime is required.

Track the storm if you like. Hope for a snow day if you are foolish. People would have liked the lake ice to thicken up a bit more before such an event. This much snow on six inches of ice makes for a soupy lake surface. Bad for ice fishing. Not that this will stop anyone. Just something to talk about. Like the first winter storm of 2013-2014.