Everyone ok after the tornadoes?

thedutchgirl · May 2011

Channel 5 has excellent helicopter coverage right now. It looks devastating in North Minneapolis.

BeccaMarie · May 2011

Hope so!

We got through unscathed.

My brother called to tell me that he wanted to see a tornado, so drove up towards Forest Lake. He was all excited to tell me that he found one and was taking pictures, and then his phone cut-out. I haven't heard from him since.

Hoping he is ok!

(He isn't a spotter or anything - just your standard stupid 20-something boy)

JosiePosy · May 2011

The SLP tornado hit east of my neighborhood. We weren't home, but came home not long after. Didn't know a thing about it until we turned on the TV. Our neighborhood seems fine.

StrawberryBlondie · May 2011

Unscathed here.

I'm at my office right now. If it gets bad here, I'm pretty sure I'm screwed. My floor is all windows and I'm a ways away from a stairwell.

anitalynn · May 2011

Totally fine in Bloomington. We have a bit of water in the basement, but it came from a problem window that we knew about and our basement is unfinished so it's not a big deal. I feel for all of the people affected by the tornado(es) though...

Mush-Tastic · May 2011

My ILs live in Harmony, MN and a huge tornado hit the town. The farm my FIL works on was completely destroyed.

Things aren't good right now. Lots of damage and people lost their homes.

The sirens weren't working, so not sure how much warning anyone got either.

MrsGo4Hockeychick · May 2011

we're good here too. For once, the tornado didn't head straight towards Hugo.

ILs live in forest lake, but they're ok too. My dad lives in Fridley, heard the tornado come by. He got lucky...lost his front window and the power mast on his roof.

mbgreenwalt · May 2011

Nothing hit south east of the cities. During all the tornado warnings it was blue skies and sunny here. It was a good thing I had internet to check the weather though, my cable kept going black and to the EAS mode, but then not actually alerting anything. Hope everyone and their property is ok.

Mrs.Izzy · May 2011

I had to pick up a few shingles out of my lawn in C00n Rapids (didn't want it to get censored by the nest). Luckily no damage to my house, but a few trees lost some branches and the neighbors lost some shingles. Scary day.

mefindlay · May 2011

My sister is in SLP by 100/394 and she's got trees down in the streets and some fell on other buildings at her complex. She was evacuated for about an hour, and now she's home but she doesn't have power. At least she doesn't have a ton of food in her fridge!

thedutchgirl · May 2011

I'm glad everyone is mostly ok other than some property damage. Mush, I'm sorry to hear about your parents' town and your dad's work. It was pretty bad out there today.

RachelandEduardo · May 2011

I have a lot of family and friends that live on the Northside and while no one was hurt several have lost their homes.

We had a scary few hours when my best friend couldn't locate her Dad. He is a dentist and his office is on W.Broadway. He had gone to the office and we were watching the news coverage and could clearly see that his office had been destroyed.

My parents live in Golden Valley and didn't get any structural damage but their basement is flooded prettly badly.

Please send your T&Ps to the people of North Mpls, many of whom were already marginalized and struggling. This is going to make things 10 times worse and I'm Extremely concerned about the aftermath of this politically.

Janell's Nest · May 2011

We're good in Hugo as well...although I was surprised at the amount of wind damage that happened when it didn't seem all that windy up by us. On our bike ride last night there were tree limbs that had been snapped right off, and a flag pole had blown over, as well as a couple street signs. There was a 5k fun run/walk on Saturday and the porto pottie was even tipped over.

strength · May 2011

of course, living in the south, we're fine. our friend evan's parents house was destroyed though. : ( other friends have trees down in their yards but nothing more.

and to the a-holes who are LOOTING in the aftermath of this... i have no words.

MrsKizdoodle · May 2011

RachelandEduardo:
Please send your T&Ps to the people of North Mpls, many of whom were already marginalized and struggling. This is going to make things 10 times worse and I'm Extremely concerned about the aftermath of this politically.

I agree. :-( I work in NorthEast and while there are just a few trees down here I've seen pictures online of some massive devastation in parts of North MPLS.

Our house is okay in SLP. I heard about some flying debris at West End but we didn't see any of that at our house. Our power flickered but stayed on and that was the worst of it. I cannot imagine how awful it would feel to lose everything. :-(

lrpaisley · May 2011

I'm in NE Mpls and we are fine, but I teach on the northside and the area around my school was hit hard. No school today and there's not much we can really do to help on site because everything is blocked off. Our school building only has minor roof damage, but apparently many of the surrounding homes either collapsed completely or lost their roofs. My students live in those houses... Please send thoughts to families on the northside. Things are tough enough already in the area.

mac17 · May 2011

I also work at a school in N. MPLS. We have a couple students who have lost their homes. Things were already tough for my kiddos, but this just made it worse. I know that I am echoing the previous post, but keep these families in thoughts and prayers.

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