1,000 Words: The Storm

The commuters of St. Paul and Minneapolis had it rough, especially the ‘Never Say Dry’ bicycle commuters.


The News Cut Woodbury bureau didn’t get hit very badly from Friday afternoon’s storms, forcing me only to run faster with the lawn mower while vowing to finish the lawn. But the commuters of St. Paul and Minneapolis had it rough, especially the “Never Say Dry” bicycle commuters.

Photographer Ryan Coleman shot some great pictures at 22nd and Lyndale. Find them on Flickr.

Midtown News posted this one on Twitpic at the 2400 block of 10th. Click it to see the big one.

Beware of flooding. 2400 10th. on Twitpic

8:36 p.m. – This video is in from Bloomington.

9:10 p.m. – Colleague Julia Schrenkler stnapped this picture of a driver who had never heard any of the warnings over the years about racing cars into standing water.

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Don’t forget, this weekend is the Third Annual News Cut “A Weekend in the Life of Minnesota” project. Send the best picture you have which captures a moment of you (or someone else) “experiencing” Minnesota.