More from the (hot) bunker

Posted at 7:13 AM on July 14, 2006 by Mike Mulcahy (1 Comments)

As we now see Matt Entenza's decision not to answer questions about his research into Mike Hatch's office turned what could have been a one day story into a two day story. Did his original choice not to answer reporter questions help him or hurt him?

Mike Hatch still is relying on written statements. I guess we'll have to wait to see whether this turns into a three day story.

As long as we're on the general subject of the media, did anyone think it was too hot yesterday? I mean, really, really hot? I turned on the sprinkler for the kids to run through, but it did not seem that bad. In fact, it was a rather pleasant July evening in St. Paul. To watch TV you would think the sidewalks are melting.

Actually it wasn't the heat, but the rain that caused problems in some parts of Minnesota.

One of the advantages of working early Friday mornings at MPR is you get to talk to Mark Seeley as he comes in to do his weekly chat with Cathy Wurzer. He says it will be hot this weekend, but he doubts it will hit 100 degrees in the Twin Cities.

I certainly believe people should take care in extreme weather, but this weekend watch out for the hype along with the heat.

Comments (1)

I don't think we'll hit the "magic" 100 degrees in the Twin Cities this weekend, and maybe not even in western MN, either. The rain they got yesterday is going to evaporate, making the air moister and harder to heat. Here in the Cities, I don't think we're dry enough, and our source region for moisture, the middle Missouri River Valley, isn't as dry as it needs to be for us to get to 100. And this time of year, corn sends out a lot of moisture.

But it will feel like 100 or warmer out there.

Posted by Chris | July 14, 2006 10:19 AM

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