Sommer and I were not affected. My greatest wish to you dear reader is that you were not affected either.
See the Pioneer Press or StarTribune for local updates.
Under the circumstances, it looks like cell service has been cut off in favor or emergency services. I do not know if we will be reachable by telephone, but email and instant messaging work just fine.
I'm not trying to make this all about me, just trying to communicate when some normal channels are not available.