My roommate works at the 911 comms center (Ramsey County ECC) and has just been mandated for an additional shift.
To make matters worse, Metro Transit has shut down all bus and light rail service effective 4PM today.
The Post Office has suspended deliveries in the affected neighborhoods.
Rosedale Shopping Center has closed - apparently at the request of local authorities.
The recently re-opened Mall of America has closed at 2PM.
A reporter on KARE-11 is at the Midway Target and says the crowd has grown and are throwing things at the police. The police are asking them to disperse or else...