As I blogged earlier, we had major storms here yesterday. My friend did get his power back after being out for over 24 hours. This is good. They told him earlier in the day it wouldn't be until Tuesday morning that he'd have power.
The highest recorded wind gusts were in Oak Lawn, where I technically live even though I claim Chicago still, at 75 mph. That's some strong ass wind. Oh yeah, a Category 1 hurricane starts off at 74 mph.