Today we woke up to a good 5 inches of snow. Steph left early for work, and driving slowly she made it there ok. At that time the power was out for about 39,000 Xcel Energy Customers. The hardest hit areas were the Southwest suburbs, which we live right next to, so our place in SW Minneapolis probably didn’t get hit quite as hard
MnDOT is advising no unnecessary travel in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. Winter weather dumped 3 to 7 inches. As of 8:45 a.m., Xcel Energy reported about 39,000 customers without power — about 13,000 in the eastern metro and 26,000 in the western metro. Of that area, the hardest-hit are in the southwestern suburbs.
This tree usually does not touch the ground.