Thousands are left without power and hundreds of flights are canceled after tornado mega cluster thundered through Chicago

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12294005/Seattle-homeless-encampment-installs-SWIMMING-POOL-vagrant-residents.html
Published: Jul 13, 2023
Author: Horse
Post Date: 2023-07-13 07:57:15 by Horse
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ripping off rooftops and uprooting trees

A mega cluster of tornadoes and thunderstorms have battered greater Chicago, leaving thousands without power and forcing hundreds of flights to be canceled.

Trees were uprooted and rooftops were ripped off, as the series of tornadoes left a path of destruction on Wednesday amid the meteorological chaos.

At least eight tornadoes touched down in four counties in northeastern Illinois, including four in Cook County, which is home to Chicago, as officials warned people to take shelter.

The brutal and freak weather forced O'Hare and Midway airports to halt all air traffic, officials said, as tornado sirens echoed through the third biggest U.S. city.

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#1: BTP Holdings    To: Horse (#0)

I think you have posted the wrong URL for this article. ;)

BTP Holdings posted on 2023-07-13 08:07:49   Reply   Private Reply

#2: Horse    To: BTP Holdings (#1)

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12294729/Tornado-mega-cluster-thunders-Chicago-ripping-rooftops-uprooting-trees.html

Horse posted on 2023-07-13 09:59:55   Reply   Private Reply

#3: BTP Holdings    To: Horse (#2)

Once when working on Illinois State Highways, there was a Soo Line viaduct on Higgins east of Mannheim out near O'Hare airport that would flood after a rainstorm when the nearby creek overflowed its banks.

We went out there and set up barricades. This guy pulls up in the bread truck and says, "I need to get thru there." He drove around the barricades.

The next thing you see is the truck sinking and him swimming for it. LOL

That is old memory and am lucky to recall it because of the meningitis. ;)

BTP Holdings posted on 2023-07-13 19:17:41   Reply   Private Reply

#4: StraitGate    To: Horse (#0)

hundreds of flights are canceled after tornado mega cluster thundered through Chicago

Good. At least half of those people were probably flying to and planning to relocate to South Carolina.

StraitGate posted on 2023-07-13 20:27:05   Reply   Private Reply