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| Trademark office: International Falls is 'Icebox of the Nation', Alaskans laughing |
| 2008-02-10 |
| International Falls, Minn. (AP) — International Falls has iced its claim to be the "Icebox of the Nation." This city on the Canadian border had been fighting the ski town of Fraser, Colo., for the legal right to the trademark. International Falls claimed victory this week when the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office sent the city attorney a certificate granting the community Reg. No. 3,375,139. "I ran over to the attorney's office and kissed the certificate," Mayor Shawn Mason said Friday. "Fraser's actions had sent a chill down my spine." Could that chill have been the minus 24 degrees this morning? |
| Posted by:Icerigger |
| #10 Sorry that's Tower not Embarass |
| Posted by: Hupomoque Stalin9794 2008-02-10 20:16 |
| #9 Int. Falls, MN this morning was -30 with a wind chill of -36 all degrees Farh. I'm a bit south of there and we had -19 with a wind chill of -47. The coldest I've experienced in this state was -37 surface temp with a wind chill of -52. I think the record for the state is -72 Int Falls or Embarrass - they always argue over who is colder.../. |
| Posted by: not so often poster 2008-02-10 20:14 |
| #8 I live, as most know, in San Diego. I has NEVER been below 0 here, although there were "isolated readings" lower in my marital bed, pre-divorce.... I blame AlGore |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-02-10 19:25 |
| #7 RJ, in December of 1985 it was -3 in Dothan. I've lived in East Tennessee for 12 years and it's only been below 0 maybe 3 times. But Gulf Shores is really nice. Love it down there. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2008-02-10 19:11 |
| #6 -81.4F ?? Doesn't the air turn to liquid somewhere around there ? |
| Posted by: wxjames 2008-02-10 18:22 |
| #5 That's why I live in Alabama, coldest I remember is -4 and that was a good 50 years ago. I've moved further South since then. Now spitting distance from the Gulf, it's a lot more temperate with all that water acting as a heat sink. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2008-02-10 18:19 |
| #4 Arizona is the best skiing I ever experienced. Waist deep powder snow on the San Francisco Peaks (if my memory serves me well). |
| Posted by: phil_b 2008-02-10 13:49 |
| #3 It's all TFC. I live in Arizona. The lowest temperature ever recorded in this State is -40. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-02-10 10:03 |
| #2 I think International Falls actually beats the vast majority of Alaska, parts of which are quite temperate. The annual average mean temperature of International Falls is 36.4°F. However, the coldest cities in CONUS, both in Minnesota, are either Tower or Embarrass, who claim an official and unofficial temperature record of -60 and -64°F, respectively. Tanacross, Alaska won with -75°F in 1947. But just across the border at Snag Airport, Yukon, it registered -81.4°F |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-02-10 10:01 |
| #1 Approves! |
| Posted by: DMFD 2008-02-10 08:52 |