Kirklees Council's winter chaos road repair bill hits £3.5m - and risin

THE bill to repair roads ravaged by the bitter weather last winter has now reached £3.5m.

But Kirklees Council has bought a massive amount of grit in a bid to stave off more misery on the roads this year.

Winin' down summer - Winnipeg Free Press

...most winemakers I talked to in British Columbia's Okanagan Valley described growth as being between 10-14 days behind normal. I saw many red wine vines with small, firm green bunches of grapes still some distance from ripening. The later ripening of the grapes is a tough blow to B.C. vineyards -- many suffered a frost in early October of last year, which did some damage to vineyards not equipped with wind machines or other preventative methods.

Observation Hill weather blog: Frost possible tonight | Duluth News Tribune | Duluth, Minnesota

The record low for Sept. 5 in Duluth is 34 degrees. It looks like the Twin Ports should stay above that mark, but it may be sort of close.