December 13, 2010
After a weekend storm that brought as much as 20 inches of snow to areas of the Twin Cities and western Minnesota, the difficult cleanup and next-day complications begins.
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St. Paul, MN, USA — Pedestrians for a bus atop a snow drift on University Avenue in St. Paul, Minn. Monday, Dec. 13, 2010. (MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson) link to this photo
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St. Paul, MN, USA — A car is pushed out of a snow bank along Snelling Avenue in St. Paul, Minn. Monday, Dec. 13, 2010. (MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson) link to this photo
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Minneapolis, MN, USA — Snow plow crews worked to clear streets in the Bryn Mawr neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minn. Monday, Dec. 13, 2010. A second snow emergency was declared in Minneapolis Monday. (MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson) link to this photo
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Minneapolis, MN, USA — Snow plow crews worked to clear streets in the Bryn Mawr neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minn. Monday, Dec. 13, 2010. The city had dozens of trucks working to catch up on clearing routes after the storm this weekend. (MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson) link to this photo
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Minneapolis, MN, USA — A snow plow works around a stalled vehicle in the Bryn Mawr neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minn. Monday, Dec. 13, 2010. A second snow emergency was declared in Minneapolis Monday. (MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson) link to this photo
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Minneapolis, MN, USA — Snow plow crews worked to clear streets in the Bryn Mawr neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minn. Monday, Dec. 13, 2010. A second snow emergency was declared in Minneapolis Monday. (MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson) link to this photo
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Minneapolis, MN, USA — Ciy of Minneapolis operator Paul Yanzer talks with a fellow snow removal crew member in Minneapolis, Minn. Monday, Dec. 13, 2010. A second snow emergency was declared in Minneapolis Monday. (MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson) link to this photo
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Minneapolis, MN, USA — City of Minneapolis truck driver Vicky Stich talked with snow plow crew members in the Bryn Mawr neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minn. Monday, Dec. 13, 2010. Stich, who has been driving truck with the city for 34 years, said the storm over the weekend was worse she had ever seen. (MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson) link to this photo
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