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Minnesota does have an odd mix of really brutal weather for elderly people but probably the best medical care available on the planet. While this particular winter is very mild, both factors are impacting my parents' health right now. My Dad is alive because of the extraordinary health care and my Mom and stepfather are suffering from the inferior medical care in NM, where their winter house is. But the weather is warm.

Ironically, my Mom is healing from a bad fall in NM on dry ground. Just one of those things.