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Backyard Almanac: "it's not unusual to be colderthananyone..."

The North 103.3 | By Lisa Johnson

Published February 14, 2020 at 2:03 PM CST

Ok, maybe the sentiment isn't as sing-able as the original, but it's true: it's not unusual for February to have some truly awe-inspiring cold temperatures.

But despite the recent cold snap, Lake Superior ice coverage is nothing like it was last year. This year: 11%. Last year? 98%.

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Lisa Johnson

Lisa Johnson started her broadcast career anchoring the television news at her high school and spinning country music at KWWK/KOLM Radio in Rochester, Minnesota. She was a reporter and news anchor at KTHI in Fargo, ND (not to mention the host of a children's program called "Lisa's Lane") and a radio reporter and anchor in Moorhead, Bismarck, Wahpeton and Fergus Falls.Since 1991, she has hosted Northland Morning on KUMD. One of the best parts of her job includes "paying it forward" by mentoring upcoming journalists and broadcasters on the student news team that helps produce Northland Morning. She also loves introducing the different people she meets in her job to one another, helping to forge new "community connections" and partnerships.Lisa has amassed a book collection weighing over two tons, and she enjoys reading, photography, volunteering with Animal Allies Humane Society and fantasizing about farmland. She goes to bed at 8pm, long before her daughter, two cats, or three dogs.

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