This afternoon we had some classic Midwestern stormy summer weather – for most of the day, it was 90 degrees and humid. Then around 4 p.m., the sky turned VERY dark, the wind picked up, and the rain came pummeling down.
Ben later joked that it looked like the Second Coming. Or a scene from a movie. Seriously.
There were severe weather warnings, a tornado watch, etc. as well as threats that we could have grapefruit-sized hail and up to 80 m.p.h. winds. We didn’t have the hail here at our house. But the wind was CRAZY. There are tons of branches down in the area.
But the craziest story of the day was from Ben – he was downtown walking to the train late in the afternoon… as he walked past the Willis (formerly known as Sears) Tower, windows blew out from the 25th and 29th stories. Thankfully he was across the street from the skyscraper, so he escaped unharmed from the glass falling onto the street and sidewalk. 
It was eerily similar to when we were visiting Chicago in 2002 and had the crazy experience with scaffolding falling at the Hancock Building and shattering windows while we were inside eating lunch. Tonight there is still a ton of thunder/lightning, but the worst seems to be over.
I’ll post fun pics of the kids soon : ) I’m STILL catching up from the last few weeks!
Picture from the Tribune.
4 comments:
I was just thinking about your other experience with the hancock building. Ben you live under a lucky star.
That picture is crazy...it does look like a movie!
whoa, he watched the glass rain down?
Holy Cow! He saw the glass? And that was the second time that has happened to you? you guys have got to get out our Chicago :0)! The pic is pretty scary! And I always wondered why foreheads didn't come with more padding for the younger years and went away when we grew up...
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