We had another whopper of a storm move through the Twin Cities
early this morning. Torrential rains and straight-line winds in
excess of 70 mph were reported. I woke up to the distant rumbling
of thunder at around 2 a.m. just as a very impressive and
continuous lightning show was underway.
Then the stormfront passed through and we lost power.
When I left for work later that morning, power still had not been
restored (just read on the news that over 43,000 households are
without power this morning). Today is garbage collection day, so
most homeowners had rolled their dumpsters out on the driveways the
previous evening. Almost all of them had been blown over and
garbage was strewn all over the place, together with assorted
pieces of lawn furniture and broken tree branches.
I know we need the rain bad, but not this bad! 
Storm report
Edited to add link to news
report.
