Looks like the nasty is confined to north of Chicago.
Looks like.
AT 810 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ZION TO ROUND LAKE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS 60 TO 75 MPH... WHICH CAN KNOCK DOWN LIMBS AND POWER LINES...DAMAGE WEAK STRUCTURES...AND PUSH TRUCKS OFF THE HIGHWAY.
Oh, fun, apparently there was tornado sighted in town, too, about 20 minutes ago, but the tornado sirens never went off so I was sitting at my desk, by a window, on the 2nd floor, completely oblivious.
Definitely getting it here.
Also, what does my cat want?
Definitely getting it here.
Yeah, the stuff I saw on radar that I thought was ground-clutter was in fact stormy-poo....
Also, what does my cat want?
Sushi. World domination. Whatev.
You to stop getting out the electric shaver and eyeing her?
You to stop getting out the electric shaver and eyeing her?
Heh.
Well, he already has way-short hair, so I think I'll leave him be.
Also, Miriam got a new old cat - it used to belong to an old person who didn't take care of his fur so it got all matted. They had to shave the kitty, but they left the tip of the tail and the feet unshaved. Poor kitty looked like he was wearing moon-boots and had a pom-pom for a tail.
Made home in one piece (thank God for my 5 minute commute) it is seriously pouring out there. Several inches of water on most of the streets, including the alley between my work building and its parking lot. That was a fun sprint, let me tell you. Saw some hail briefly, but it thankfully stayed away during my sprints from the building to my car, and then my garage to my house.
Seriously hope we don't have another tornado, as the only non-windowed room in my apartment is the very small closet.
Yeah, it's really hitting in the city now too.
Man, now we're being pelted with hail.