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I watched the lightning roll in for a good half hour (BTW Pownce? Way better than Twitter). It was 3:30 on the dot when the wind and rain hit. A brief power outage, maybe two minutes, but the immediate neighborhood (SE Como near 35W) looks fine this morning.

Merrriam Park and the parts of southwest St. Paul I've seen are OK but my friends tell me there are branches and trees down all over the East Side and North End, and power is out throughout those areas. One of my friends from the Beaver Lake area just checked in. He's enjoying the air conditioning at the Wabasha Dunn Brothers. His power is out.
Check twincities.com or www.stpaul.gov about where free tree branch pickup is offered in St. Paul. Just get the tree branches, trunks, etc. to your boulevard.

That sux Jen. Couldn't you charge extra working by candlelight?

Burn some logs or something, like the early settlers did.

Didn't your school have Oregon Trail on its computers?

Well I always deviated from the "normal" trails. Those prairie types are kinky!

About an hour after i got power back Comcast went down in my area. Still down now.

Teucer, you are consistently the funniest person on MNspeak.

More Eagan madness

Report from Twitter's PizzaPizza

That's part of my job. That I couldn't do today because we didn't have any power.

How about this evening's storm? I got caught in that one on my bike, basically the minute I started the three hour ride home from Elk River -- and apparently they're either really gunshy, or I should have taken cover somewhere between St. Michael and Rogers.

"The early settlers who waxed each other's eyebrows and pubic hair? I'm unaware of that breed of settler. Just where did you come across them?"

They were a hardy breed, pushing further and further across the wilderness even as they passed by open, fertile fields and plentiful game, looking for that perfect spot, and they eventually populated the area we know today as Downtown San Francisco.

no power yet in parts of the east Side of St. Paul. . .

Have your chequebook ready.
»» Submitted by »»» s4xton at 8:59 PM on August 11

omg someone else who spells it chequebook! Finally I feel like slightly less of a freak!

I honourably and colourfully spelled it that way for you, Wayne.

Finally, people who know how to spell correctly.

There was something in the PP today, regarding a local resident crying over dead trees and birds from the storm. Yet, I wonder if human life among those narrow-minded folks are not that important you know, even when a natural disaster strikes.

Wow! Is anyone else getting pounded by this storm? Power still on, but trees down and water in the basement. arrgghhh.

it kind of reminds me of a couple years ago when I first moved here and there was a huge thunderstorm and the streets around loring park were totally flooded. I wonder if it happened over there again?

I just hope you didn't expect the dog to protect you from the Wrath of God.

yeah right now renting and living on the second floor are both pretty awesome.

I might be worried about the old building part if they hadn't rebuilt the structure when they renovated it ten years ago.

Sittin pretty!

Knocked your dishes off the wall, eh Cat??? Holy crap! Sorry to hear that.

Well, this is pretty exciting! I get to pull the old chainsaw out of the garage, see if she'll fire up, and help the neighbors clear the huge tree out of our road, and my driveway, and yard, and where my mailbox used to be.

I haven't had the chance to use this sucker since . . . oh, let's see . . . (add 4, carry the three . . .) . . . . 3am Saturday morning.

Thanks Ranty. Not too bad, a few dishes is all. That's what I get for living in a 100+ year-old house that has pantry shelves on an outside wall and not living like Wayne and keeping them in the sink!
Long night of sucking up water and cleaning up tree debris. But, again, the trees missed the house and the cars. Did I hear another big storm possibly tomorrow? Noooo....

Oh, and my two cats spent about half the storm tap dancing on my head because of the thunder, and the other half in the window watching the lightening...

Kevin, I'll have to watch it when I get home, streaming video is blocked at work...

Summer Storm of 2007: yah. i'm 14. and when the storm started i was kinda okay scared because of the wind tho. but i saw a tree fall it scared me have to death. i started crying so did my mom. it was a not fun storm.

*Courtney*