Siggy,
Sounds like you got the same storm that came through East Tennesse two days ago. Late afternoon just before going home time a storm came through here. My office is on the second floor. The rain was so hard I could barely see my car parked 50ft away. When i left to go home the road leading to the street i live on had a good dozen trees down which had taken down the power lines. Power was off for a good four hours while the City crews were out cleaning up downed trees and repairing the power lines. At first i thought a tornado had come through, but watching the news later that evening, it was 70+mph winds.
Of course, my children thought it was all terribly exciting (they are only 4) we took the dog for a walk to see the men cutting up the trees. They weren't so excited when i finally convinced them that they could not watch the disney channel because with out electricty the tv doesn't work.
Mother Nature sure does like to remind us every now and then just who is in control around here.
