• vodka@feddit.org
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    4 days ago

    The measuring station in question is at the Mo i Rana airport, which is at Røssvoll, not Storforshei.

    As someone from the village of Røssvoll who’s biggest enemy is Storforshei I am very offended by this misattribution! There’s almost 3 whole km between these two places!

    Also tfw the first time my random small area of middle of nowhere Norway is mentioned is when I’m dying from overheating.

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      4 days ago

      Nevermind, I looked into this. It is some unofficial measuring station and not an official station (which the one at Røssvoll is)

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        3 days ago

        I like that when you come back with more accurate information it’s to dunk on the illegitimacy of your rival towns weather station.

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      3 days ago

      Crazy, I’m in the Southern California high desert and it’s been hotter where you are than where I am. That’s not supposed to happen.

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      3 days ago

      Mo I Rana doesn’t exist. It’s a fasade put up to hide the government facilities from people on the train. I only knew one dude from Mo i Rana and he was definitely a robot.

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        3 days ago

        That would explain why the town has so many people employed by the government.

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          3 days ago

          Yeah, but skatteetaten is just a plausible cover for what they’re actually doing there. All the skatteetaten jobs have been automated for years.

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            3 days ago

            I agree, especially considering how much the government is hollowing out a mountain for Nasjonalbiblioteket. There’s no way you’d need that much space just for storing some books.

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      3 days ago

      I know that feeling. The first time I’ve seen my state being mentioned in international news was because of the catastrophic floods that happened last year.