Not that I needed an explanation for the downed trees

But I got one.

At 4 a.m., winds were clocked at 71 miles per hour at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.

Considering that the airport is a half mile from our place, my 3:30 AM wake-up call makes sense. I counted 4 trees down at our place as I left for work, not to mention a fence that once held in a small yard at a townhome next to us. I love the power of the wind and how helpless humans are in the face of it!