Severe Weather - Page 13

SWTXBelle · #1 12-20-2012, 03:37 PM

The wind is wreaking havoc in Texas - especially bad in Lubbock, but even here in the Houston area trees and power lines are down.

AGDee · #2 12-21-2012, 12:05 AM

I hope this winter storm doesn't mess with Hypo's flight home tomorrow. It isn't supposed to snow in NYC and we are only expecting about an inch that shouldn't stick to the roads but air travel is so messed up in some places, it could affect things if crews or planes can't get to where they need to be. Her dorm closes at 9 am so she'll be stuck at the airport. *fingers crossed*

adpimiz · #3 12-31-2012, 01:26 AM

We are supposed to get even MORE snow tomorrow here in Southern Illinois (we already have about 6 inches where I live). Since I live out in the country, I'm not a big fan of snow because it makes it hard for me to get to town. At least now I have a four wheel drive SUV instead of my old sports car! Hopefully the snow doesn't ruin my New Years plans :/

IUHoosiergirl88 · #4 12-31-2012, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by adpimiz

We are supposed to get even MORE snow tomorrow here in Southern Illinois (we already have about 6 inches where I live)

Send it to meeeeeee! This is my first winter in DC after growing up in the Chicago/NWI area and going to school at IU...and I am going through serious snow withdrawals. It snowed here Saturday but didn't stick

adpimiz · #5 12-31-2012, 05:13 PM

Aww. I wish I could send it over! I'm sick of it haha.

lovespink88 · #6 04-18-2013, 08:56 AM

Bump!

I'm sure lot's of GCers are affected by the storms, so I figured I would post. I woke up in the middle of the night to lightening and thunder and when I checked my phone, I saw a HUGE line of very red looking storms form Michigan to Texas. We've had TONS of rain in Chicago. My high school is closed, my parents got water in the basement and parts of the Kennedy, Edens and Eisenhower (the 3 big highways basically serving the northern half of Chicago) are/were closed. My dad even just sent me a picture of a sink hole in the area that was on the news! Stay safe!

honeychile · #7 04-18-2013, 09:15 AM

Before going to bed last night, I noted a small puddle in our "garden apartment". We are now flooded, and trying to figure out how how to get everything possible off of the floor and/or bagged. It's only supposed to get worse, so we're trying to figure out how much to actually mop up.

agzg · #8 04-18-2013, 09:12 AM

So glad I decided to work from home today.

IUHoosiergirl88 · #9 04-18-2013, 04:50 PM

The Dan Ryan is closed, parts of the Edens and the Kennedy were closed, and like half the lanes on the Bishop Ford are closed for flooding. Not to mention they just opened the flow of the Chicago River into Lake Michigan to try to relieve some of the suburban flooding. Complete opposite of this time last year when it was dry as a bone.

lovespink88 · #10 06-15-2015, 06:33 PM

Do we still do this thread? lol

Watching my newsfeed blow up from family and friends back home in Chicago. Sirens were going off at my parents NW side neighborhood home about 20 min ago, as well as sirens going off in the loop! That's pretty rare, I can count on one hand the number of times I heard sirens going off in the city when I lived there.

On top of that, the Hawks may bring home the cup (at home) and the Cubs have a home game (Wrigleyville is a big party area and many people will be filling the streets there if the Blackhawks win).

Chaotic night in Chicago! Stay safe Chi-Town GCers!

SWTXBelle · #11 06-15-2015, 07:09 PM

Report from Houston - MORE RAIN? Please, God, no!

Cheerio · #12 06-15-2015, 08:26 PM

Our area is in Day Six or Seven of the Forty Days and Nights routine. This time I think He means it.

DaffyKD · #13 06-15-2015, 09:13 PM

For all of you who are tired of the rain, PLEASE SEND IT TO CALIFORNIA!!!!

DaffyKD

Cheerio · #14 06-15-2015, 09:57 PM

If only I could, DaffyKD!

aephi alum · #15 06-24-2015, 12:02 AM

^ Amen to that.

My commute home was not the worst drive I've ever had to do, but it's up there. I have to drive through "Springfield" Town Center, and when I got there, I found out that Main Street was CLOSED. (This was NOT reported on the local radio station traffic reports.) The cops diverted all traffic from the main artery onto the back streets I normally take, and then they diverted all traffic to the even-more-back streets, and then they decided, "The hell with you, you're on your own." (Our tax dollars at work. Sigh.) I couldn't pick up a Google Maps signal on my phone, my Garmin was sending me in circles, my husband (who can't read a map to save his life) sent me on a wrong turn, and I got completely lost. AUGH.

Still, I'm sure there were a lot of injuries, maybe some lives lost, and plenty of property damage, so I count myself among the more fortunate as I (eventually) got home in one piece.