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Welcome to Fall

By Susan on October 1, 2005 12:25 PM | No Comments

Northern Minnesota is ablaze with color at the moment, but there are spots of brilliance to be found in the greater Twin cities right now as well. I took a walk through the local Blaine Open Space preserve, and found numerous stands of deep, luscious red.

The forest here was hit hard in the storm a couple of weeks ago that produced an F2 tornado. In addition to the tornado, which hit west of here, 70-80mph downdrafts snapped many trees in the forest. But 95% survived, and the colors are beginning to show.

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