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« on: August 23, 2007, 06:15:21 PM » |
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Hey guys i dont know if you guys got hit by this huge storm that just passed over chicago. the North Shore did and we got pounded hard. i think the wind got up to 70+ and there were huge walls of water just falling from the sky. it was kinda cool. well anyway a few of the trees in our house got pwned hard. and i thought i would share some damage shots.     the trunk of our willow tree that just got blown over was probably 7 feet wide. the storm was crazyyy  the rest of the pics are on here if u wanna see( http://s226.photobucket.com/albums/dd182/notochord_2007). did anyone else get hit by the storm? |
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« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2007, 06:22:00 PM » |
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Scary. Hope everyone is ok out by you.
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« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2007, 06:44:41 PM » |
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Holy sheet! It was pretty bad by my office too(Prospect Heights). It's not over yet so I hope everyone stays safe!
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« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2007, 07:10:48 PM » |
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I drove my dad to Ohare, when the 1st storm came through. On my way home almost every side street was flooded in Park Ridge and Niles. I jumped onto my side street to get home and thank god i was in my dads new Toyota Tundra, the whole street was flooded all the way to the houses!!! Easily almost 2 feet of water... Fun drive seeing the little cars trying to get through when i was in a hugh pickup lol Just got home now..
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« Reply #4 on: August 23, 2007, 07:45:42 PM » |
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It wasn't a bad ride from Glendale Heights to Chicago except for multiple signal lights being down. Took almost two hours to get and it's normally a 45 minute drive.
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« Reply #5 on: August 23, 2007, 07:56:37 PM » |
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lol, im still getting pwnd by Naperville.
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« Reply #6 on: August 23, 2007, 08:46:06 PM » |
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its still kinda raining here. today was our first day of school, and i didnt have class during the last period of the day, so i walked home. luckily i got to my house about 5 minutes before it started to rain, thank god. everyone else at my school had to wait for an hour and a half before they could leave  . anyway i saw the pine and the trees falling down and it was kinda scary. |
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« Reply #7 on: August 24, 2007, 12:56:42 AM » |
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Here is a stiched together pnorama of the second storm. The first one flipped my cedar Adirondack chair across the patio. (weighs about 30 pounds). Otherwise no damage thank God.  |
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« Reply #8 on: August 24, 2007, 01:19:45 AM » |
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 photo courtesy of ChicagoTribune.com - Barrington Metra StationADAM STAY AWAY FROM BLUE MINIs WITH LOW LOW PRICES! ! ! i would just about die if Mighty was drowning like that  |
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« Reply #9 on: August 24, 2007, 03:01:45 AM » |
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My friends and I got stuck in a Wendy's on Touhy. The power went out and they locked all the doors on us for some reason. Outside the wind was so bad it was making little waves of water in the roads.
I wish I took some pictures of the sky. Around 7:30 in Highland Park everything was orange and not raining. But there was lightning all over the place and floods and you could see waves of storms coming towards you. I was driving north on 41 and it was bright straight ahead but when I looked behind me it seemed like it was midnight. Crazy weather recently.
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« Reply #10 on: August 24, 2007, 09:29:24 AM » |
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well, its friday, and im still alive! ugh, what a night, lightning everywhere!
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« Reply #11 on: August 24, 2007, 10:13:36 AM » |
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no school! lol. that was a crazy day.
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« Reply #12 on: August 24, 2007, 03:55:00 PM » |
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no school! lol. that was a crazy day.
So im driving to OCC on golf, where i find Golf west of 249 is closed, ok des plains campus closed, nice no quiz today.... i drive out to my cousins in lincolnwood to hang out and go to the OCC in skokie where i find out that its closed because of the power being out.. lol all of lincolnwood is going to be down for another 2-3 days |
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« Reply #13 on: August 24, 2007, 03:59:42 PM » |
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lol, my house had a moat around it this morning. |
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« Reply #14 on: August 24, 2007, 10:34:45 PM » |
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lol, my house had a moat around it this morning. Ant gators floating there? |
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