One note I haven't seen mentioned here yet, we got a lot of rain last week prior to this storm. Here in Alabama we got around 4.5" in my part of the state, tha

One note I haven't seen mentioned here yet, we got a lot of rain last week prior to this storm. Here in Alabama we got around 4.5" in my part of the state, that's nearly our average for an entire month. The ground was already very soft before this storm, making trees more susceptible to high winds. We also had a lot of lightning here last night. I'm actually surprised I didn't lose power. I'm in a fairly rural area with mostly above ground power lines and lots of trees within falling distance of power poles and lines.