Karen Kilgariff

It's going to rain tomorrow. And it fucking never does. Or it doesn't, doesn't. A lot of this. It's fun to gesture. Dallas, I'm calling you out. We all love a green screen. And yeah, full props to Dallas rains. Always and forever. Still working, I believe. Still doing it. I think so. Legendary.

It's going to rain tomorrow. And it fucking never does. Or it doesn't, doesn't. A lot of this. It's fun to gesture. Dallas, I'm calling you out. We all love a green screen. And yeah, full props to Dallas rains. Always and forever. Still working, I believe. Still doing it. I think so. Legendary.

If you're from somewhere else and you have never heard of the legendary Los Angeles weatherman, Dallas rains. Yeah. With it. Get on board. He's one of the greats. I used to, in my studio apartment when things were very dark, I would get nice and high and watch the 11 o'clock news. And I was always positive Dallas Rains was high along with me.

If you're from somewhere else and you have never heard of the legendary Los Angeles weatherman, Dallas rains. Yeah. With it. Get on board. He's one of the greats. I used to, in my studio apartment when things were very dark, I would get nice and high and watch the 11 o'clock news. And I was always positive Dallas Rains was high along with me.

Because the stuff he would say, I'd be like, this is hilarious. I'd be like, why is this weatherman saying this weird shit and making me laugh so hard? Probably. Okay. So all this in mind, January 12th, 1888, in this same mild morning where Minnie Freeman is heading off to work, Army forecasters in D.C.

Because the stuff he would say, I'd be like, this is hilarious. I'd be like, why is this weatherman saying this weird shit and making me laugh so hard? Probably. Okay. So all this in mind, January 12th, 1888, in this same mild morning where Minnie Freeman is heading off to work, Army forecasters in D.C.

are sending out reports via telegraph warning of impending severe weather across several states, including Nebraska, of course, which is where Minnie is, Minnesota, Iowa, and what's then known as the Dakota Territory. Okay.

are sending out reports via telegraph warning of impending severe weather across several states, including Nebraska, of course, which is where Minnie is, Minnesota, Iowa, and what's then known as the Dakota Territory. Okay.

Because this is still before radio in America, the way important news is communicated when it can't wait for the next day's newspaper is frontier settlements hoist a flag to alert residents of emergency weather situations. Problem is that homesteaders out in a place like central Nebraska live nowhere near each other or a central community. Sure.

Because this is still before radio in America, the way important news is communicated when it can't wait for the next day's newspaper is frontier settlements hoist a flag to alert residents of emergency weather situations. Problem is that homesteaders out in a place like central Nebraska live nowhere near each other or a central community. Sure.

So if people aren't nearby when those emergency flags are hoisted, they just don't know. And it's all kind of word of mouth. So Minnie and her students experienced this abrupt and shocking weather change around 3 o'clock, right basically when the school day is ending. So the temperature on what was a warm morning and into the afternoon dropped. Suddenly plummets almost 70 degrees. Holy shit.

So if people aren't nearby when those emergency flags are hoisted, they just don't know. And it's all kind of word of mouth. So Minnie and her students experienced this abrupt and shocking weather change around 3 o'clock, right basically when the school day is ending. So the temperature on what was a warm morning and into the afternoon dropped. Suddenly plummets almost 70 degrees. Holy shit.

And goes from the 40s to minus 20 below zero. No. Yeah.

And goes from the 40s to minus 20 below zero. No. Yeah.

And then, of course, the sky opens up. Ice and hail begin to pelt the sod schoolhouse and hurricane level winds kick up. Dude. So now... Basically, it's a strong wind that just keeps on building and then ice and hail and last night's snowfall all start getting blown around. They're all in the pit, moshing. That's right. All together. Nasty trio.

And then, of course, the sky opens up. Ice and hail begin to pelt the sod schoolhouse and hurricane level winds kick up. Dude. So now... Basically, it's a strong wind that just keeps on building and then ice and hail and last night's snowfall all start getting blown around. They're all in the pit, moshing. That's right. All together. Nasty trio.

So suddenly across a huge swath of the Midwest, countless people are caught in extreme weather. A schoolboy named H.G. Purcell, who lives in the Dakota Territory, now South Dakota, describes the situation like this. We were all out playing in our shirt sleeves without hats or mittens.

So suddenly across a huge swath of the Midwest, countless people are caught in extreme weather. A schoolboy named H.G. Purcell, who lives in the Dakota Territory, now South Dakota, describes the situation like this. We were all out playing in our shirt sleeves without hats or mittens.

Suddenly we looked up and saw something come rolling toward us with great fury from the northwest and making a loud noise." I never thought about that part of it. The storm rolls in. It's like it rolls in loud. It looked like a long string of big bales of cotton that looked to be about 25 feet high.

Suddenly we looked up and saw something come rolling toward us with great fury from the northwest and making a loud noise." I never thought about that part of it. The storm rolls in. It's like it rolls in loud. It looked like a long string of big bales of cotton that looked to be about 25 feet high.