Tornado Warnings

Last wednesday (June 23rd) Duane and I were having a merry-old evening when we heard sirens go off in the city. If you've ever heard city-wide sirens, they can have a pretty eerie sound to them, and for us new-chicagoians we just though "Oh Shi-cago!" (lol)

After talking with our neighbors, we learned the the sirens warned of possible tornadoes in the area - and indeed, the storm outside looked like it could produce a tornado quite easily. Rain was pouring down, and the streets around downtown were flooding.

When the sirens went off the second time, I began to get a little nervous (we do live in a fishbowl, you know) and so Duane and I went down to the laundry room to "fold some laundry". The doorman told us there was nothing to worry about, but I wasn't taking any chances.

Well, There was no tornado (count your many blessings. . . ) but there was an amazing lightening show! See some of it here:

Lightning strikes three of the tallest buildings in Chicago at the same time! from Craig Shimala on Vimeo.