That is what my mom said. (I live about 80 miles away from STL) She said the lightening was awful. She lives out by the airport.
Some photos here...
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My folks are in St. Ann. I called my dad to check up on them -- he was just getting ready to turn in to his street and found that there was a big tree across it. He and a couple neighbors were taking matters into their own hands and not waiting for the clean-up crews. Sounds like that might take a while!!
The lightning was SPECTACULAR!! As the storm was leaving, the lightning was happening above the clouds and just scattering and rolling all across the sky -- it was gorgeous!!