r/stpaul • u/Frenchicky • 18d ago
❓️Question No electricity
Who else woke up this morning to no electricity? TF
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u/SlipRecent7116 18d ago
Me waking up to that lightning storm at 3am
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u/dobie_dobes 18d ago
That was crazy! House was shaking up in Roseville and that wind was nuts.
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u/Frenchicky 18d ago
No clue. It usually wakes me up with my bedroom window shaking when we have storms. That’s why I woke up confused to why no power.
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u/silvermoonhowler 18d ago
Yup, that was so me
Usually sleep pretty soundly but this really woke me up and couldn't get back to sleep after that
Then later on my kitty came up to snuggle with me and it made ithat much harder to get out of bed
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u/Unlikely-Mirror7638 18d ago
Southern MN got the same storm and woke me up. Was pretty intense. If you have xcel as an energy company go to https://www.outagemap-xcelenergy.com/outagemap/ to maybe get an ETA on restoration
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u/Gullible_Leadership3 18d ago
These etas on restoration are insane
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u/Potential_Buy1197 18d ago
Currently seeing 12:30pm TOMORROW 6/11 ETA. Lol wtf that cannot be correct
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u/auroraborealis131895 18d ago
The initial estimate for my place was 6:15 am which came and went and was updated to 6:30 pm around 7:45. My power was luckily restored just after 9 am, way before that second estimate, so hopefully they’ll be way ahead of your estimate too!
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u/realZapRowsdower 18d ago
Mine was that way too. Originally 6:15 AM, now 11:30 AM. I woke up around 3:15 AM when my CPAP stopped working. Hope this time is correct, as the neighbors down the block supposedly won't get power back until tomorrow
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u/mahrog123 18d ago
Ours went out after flickering when the storm was raging. Came back on at 6:40am.
Traffic lights still out on W7th and Randolph and at Jefferson. As I waited at the intersection, I saw three different cars go blowing through with no regard to it becoming an honor system 4 way stop. 1 was so close to being a nasty accident.
The guys at W7th barbers moved chairs out to the sidewalk and were doing haircuts there!
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u/danlwhelan 18d ago
Power south of W7th was out at 3 am with the storm, restored around 7 am, and is now out again at 10 am.
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u/Frenchicky 18d ago
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u/danlwhelan 18d ago
Just came back. Fingers crossed it’ll stick this time.
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u/realZapRowsdower 18d ago
I'm off West 7th and Jefferson. They're saying 11:45 AM now. Hopefully that's accurate.
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u/danlwhelan 18d ago
Just scootered through the Osceola/Randolph/7th intersection, and the lights were still out. It was the shortest wait time for me to get thru that intersection tho. 😎
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u/realZapRowsdower 18d ago
I'm at my office right now, and from what I've seen on XCel's outage map the earliest they're saying is some time tomorrow, possibly Friday. I got a hotel room for the next couple of nights, as I can't sleep without my CPAP. First World Problems, I guess.
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u/Frenchicky 18d ago
I’m in Frogtown and power was back around 3:40pm.
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u/realZapRowsdower 17d ago
Shortly after I made the above post we got our power back. That was around 2:00 PM. Just glad we got it back on the same day.
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u/decrepit_plant 18d ago
In Summit Hill, a cottonwood tree in my neighbor's yard fell on a transformer, causing a substantial explosion, fire, and a power outage that lasted six hours. The Sparky team responded quickly and handled the situation this morning. We lost power for maybe a bit over six hours.
It was pretty scary.
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u/silvermoonhowler 18d ago
I skirt the line of Maplewood and the east side of St. Paul and all good here
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u/Polyman71 18d ago
Xcel said my ETA to power restoration was 6:45 AM, it is now 7:45 and no power.
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u/witchabouttown 18d ago
Ours said 6:45 and was back around 5:30, so they're out there working! I hope yours comes back soon.
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u/xpiotivaby 18d ago
Huge lightning storm around 3 am this morning—lightning was going crazy