Survived the storm

[dreamshark]

I personally rode out the storm in the Costco in St. Louis Park. On the plus side, they not only have a backup power supply that keeps on enough lights for people to find their way to the front of the store, it keeps the cash registers working! On the down side, when something sets off the in-store screeching intrusion alarm, there is not a single person in the store that has the authority to turn it off!!!  Aaarghh.

I got home to find our trees mostly intact, and a few resolute gamers playing games by LED mini-lantern. Power was still out when we went to bed, which was pretty miserable without fans to stir the air. But the power came back at about 6am, so all our food should be okay and all is well. thorintatge was out wandering around in the storm somewhere, but had been contacted by cell phone so we knew he was all right. It was a relief when he got home, though. I'll let him report his own adventures.

If anybody reading this is still without power and has food that could be frozen, we have some room in our big freezer. The fridge itself is pretty packed though (I did just get home from Costco, after all).