Storm!

I got to work literally a minute before it started. Whoa!

I hope everyone out there has taken shelter and otherwise safe.

Tags: bad weather, rain, storm, thunderstorm

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Permalink Reply by James BlackHeron on July 11, 2011 at 8:28am

It seems over now -just a bit of light rain. We lost power for a second. I've yet to go outside and see how bad it is. I had to shut the window during the blow and when I looked out it was like a hurricane out there. All the car alarms were going off in the street and the rain was going sideways.

Hope everyone is ok!

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Permalink Reply by Spencer Schmid on July 11, 2011 at 8:34am

Woke up too late. Power went out for a while. I don't think I'm biking today!

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Permalink Reply by yaj 3.2 on July 11, 2011 at 8:51am

Trib's breaking news has a photo of a cyclist in the storm. Anyone we know?

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-severe-thunde...

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Permalink Reply by Serge Lubomudrov on July 11, 2011 at 8:58am

Where, where? I only see a photo of a certain Rob Johnson of Palatine . . .

y a j said:

Trib's breaking news has a photo of a cyclist in the storm. Anyone we know?

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-severe-thunde...

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Permalink Reply by Adam Kitzmann on July 11, 2011 at 9:05am

Yea, I was at Grand and Damen when it hit (That's what i get for thinking i could beat it in). After a minute or two I was so wet it didn't really matter anymore and was actually one of the funnest rides I've had into work in a while. The only times things got a little sketch was when the wind would whip up and play games with the wheels and rolling over the awesome metal bridges we have. Other than that it was all good. Props to eveyone who said "fuck it" and kept riding, I hope there is a warm pot of coffee and Jameson waiting at your destination.

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Permalink Reply by yaj 3.2 on July 11, 2011 at 9:06am

When I pull up the full story, it includes a photo with the following caption:

A severe storm hits as a pedestrian walks his bike on the 1300 block of N. Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago on Monday. (Jose M. Osorio, Chicago Tribune / July 11, 2011)

Serge Lubomudrov said:

Where, where? I only see a photo of a certain Rob Johnson of Palatine . . .

y a j said:
Trib's breaking news has a photo of a cyclist in the storm. Anyone we know?

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-severe-thunde...

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Permalink Reply by igz on July 11, 2011 at 9:15am

i got caught in it in wood dale. i got off the train and only a few drops started, but i could see clouds of doom. i put on my rain gear in anticipation. within two minutes, a violent wind came out of the trees up the hill and kept coming towards me. it looked like an invisible monster just shaking all the trees in a path in my direction. wind almost blew me off the bike. branches large and small were falling around me. i needed shelter. i know it was completely dumb, but all i could do was hid under a tree. i picked a flexible fine tree. the oaks were the ones dropping all the branches. the two beautiful oaks i pass every day just up the street looked like gate to hell. i stayed put for a few minutes and continued as it seemed it was about settle. another moment of riding and just past the gates of hell, the wind and rain picked up again as i turned onto wood dale rd. cars were stopped on the side. i chose the sidewalk. my rain gear started to leak. i forgot to zip the vents on my jacket and the pants seemed to just give up. warm water sprayed on my feet. my flipflops were squishy sponges. another 10 minutes of that and i finally walked in to my office. my collegues of course laughing at me.

im still afraid of being struck by lightning.

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Permalink Reply by Serge Lubomudrov on July 11, 2011 at 9:23am

Oh, now it's there (the photo of a cyclist, I mean). But . . . why Jose Osorio thinks that he got a picture of a pedestrian walking his bike, not of a cyclist taking shelter under a canopy? It was dark and all that, but one can clearly see a helmet and a posture of a man standing over his bike, not walking it. Just sayin' . . .

y a j said:

When I pull up the full story, it includes a photo with the following caption:

A severe storm hits as a pedestrian walks his bike on the 1300 block of N. Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago on Monday. (Jose M. Osorio, Chicago Tribune / July 11, 2011)

Serge Lubomudrov said:

Where, where? I only see a photo of a certain Rob Johnson of Palatine . . .

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Permalink Reply by Serge Lubomudrov on July 11, 2011 at 9:25am

Hee-hee. You should have put it in verse, Iggi ;)

iggi said:

i got caught in it in wood dale. i got off the train and only a few drops started, but i could see clouds of doom. i put on my rain gear in anticipation. within two minutes, a violent wind came out of the trees up the hill and kept coming towards me. it looked like an invisible monster just shaking all the trees in a path in my direction. wind almost blew me off the bike. branches large and small were falling around me. i needed shelter. i know it was completely dumb, but all i could do was hid under a tree. i picked a flexible fine tree. the oaks were the ones dropping all the branches. the two beautiful oaks i pass every day just up the street looked like gate to hell. i stayed put for a few minutes and continued as it seemed it was about settle. another moment of riding and just past the gates of hell, the wind and rain picked up again as i turned onto wood dale rd. cars were stopped on the side. i chose the sidewalk. my rain gear started to leak. i forgot to zip the vents on my jacket and the pants seemed to just give up. warm water sprayed on my feet. my flipflops were squishy sponges. another 10 minutes of that and i finally walked in to my office. my collegues of course laughing at me.

im still afraid of being struck by lightning.

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Permalink Reply by James BlackHeron on July 11, 2011 at 9:33am

Legacy media...

Serge Lubomudrov said:

Oh, now it's there (the photo of a cyclist, I mean). But . . . why Jose Osorio thinks that he got a picture of a pedestrian walking his bike, not of a cyclist taking shelter under a canopy? It was dark and all that, but one can clearly see a helmet and a posture of a man standing over his bike, not walking it. Just sayin' . . .