Anyone who has lived in Minnesota for one full year or more knows that we are now entering the season of Dirty Snow. Fortunately, Dirty Snow season usually lasts only 4-6 weeks. It starts on March 1 and is almost always over by mid April. It's sandwiched between winter and spring. If it weren't for St. Patrick's Day being squarely in the middle of Dirty Snow season, it would be a total drag.
But, as I write this at 9:30 am on Tuesday morning, temporary relief for Dirty Snow season is on the way. If WCCO weatherman (and Eden Prairie resident) Paul Douglas is right, we're going to have some rain today. It might be a lot of rain today. Rain is especially refreshing during Dirty Snow season because it helps clean our streets and parking lots of the thousands of tons of sand and salt that we spread on them during the winter months.
I know it's only March and the rain is only temporary relief – at best – but it's on the way. I'll enjoy it…..just today.
