The sound, the fury and the beautiful morning after

Tuesday night's severe thunderstorm brought a light show, wind and rain but thankfully little damage inside the City of Palestine. Here at the Herald-Press and elsewhere in the downtown area, we lost power from about 11 p.m. to around 1 a.m. when a tree blew down and took the electric line with it. In the process, traffic lights went out at Loop 256 and E. Palestine Ave. and probably a few other places, as well, but at that time of night (and in that kind of weather) traffic tends to be pretty light. We've heard that the county commissioners are out with their crews tending to trees down in areas around Anderson County, but luckily we were spared the destruction that Oklahomans are dealing with today. My prayers go out to those folks.