Storm stuff I totally forgot to mention:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Last night as the wind kicked up and howled around the buildings downtown, we watched with nervousness as the giant plate-glass windows that front our newsroom bent and bowed with every gust. I just kept imagining them flying out of their frames and into the newsroom, crashing into cubicles and giving out concussions. <\/p>\n
\u2022 On the way home, blocks and blocks of Midtown were pitch black without power. No street lamps, no stop lights, no friendly neighborhood Mapco to offer weary travelers refuge. It was exceptionally creepy. <\/p>\n
\u2022 This morning \u2014 I’m not even sure what time, but it was before 9 \u2014 I was awakened by a loud exploding sound. I’m still not sure what it was. Could have been a transformer expoding. Could have been a Civil War cannon. I’ve not heard from any other Midtowners who can corroborate what I thought I heard. Which means I could have dreamt it. Which is nuts, because it shook me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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