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I keep getting emails, so I thought I should post this. David and Lydy and Raphael and Eric and I are all fine. If you know people in south Minneapolis or the southern or western suburbs, they should be fine. However:
http://www.startribune.com/local/122417279.html
Briefly: Three tornadoes smashed up parts of St. Louis Park (a suburb), Brooklyn Center (a suburb), Theodore Wirth Park (an actual park, home of the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden), and large parts of north Minneapolis (a part of Minneapolis), as well as parts of Fridley (a small city). The destruction is horrifying. Part of the problem seems to have been that, as with the smaller tornado that ripped up Portland Avenue in south Minneapolis a few years ago, the ground was so soaked with water from previous rains that mature trees came right out of it and fell on buildings and cars and across roadways.
The Red Cross and Salvation Army seem to be on the job, along with the police and fire departments and Xcel Energy. But it's a huge job.
Pamela
http://www.startribune.com/local/122417279.html
Briefly: Three tornadoes smashed up parts of St. Louis Park (a suburb), Brooklyn Center (a suburb), Theodore Wirth Park (an actual park, home of the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden), and large parts of north Minneapolis (a part of Minneapolis), as well as parts of Fridley (a small city). The destruction is horrifying. Part of the problem seems to have been that, as with the smaller tornado that ripped up Portland Avenue in south Minneapolis a few years ago, the ground was so soaked with water from previous rains that mature trees came right out of it and fell on buildings and cars and across roadways.
The Red Cross and Salvation Army seem to be on the job, along with the police and fire departments and Xcel Energy. But it's a huge job.
Pamela
