And I do think your article is important as a warning since you had to write it! :)

I do think that as a native North Dakotan (and I’ve lived in MN and briefly in MT), sometimes it’s easy to forget how rugged and hostile the climate is out here. I wish you and other outsiders the best of luck, but I also feel it may be important to not hastily drive or fly out here if someone has not dealt with…