calm-er. still thundering and showering coming at us. more than 100,000 without eclecticity. lots of lights out, trees down, getting to court was fun.

whew, luckily no deaths.

but still, a tornado in chicago's LINCOLN PARK? There is a line of highrises west of the park - how can a funnel form?

Lake Michigan had a saitch, a movement of water from one shoreline to the other. (it is kinda bowl shaped at our end) think of a bowl splashing on one side, then returning to the other side. we had one yesterday. nasty things those walls of water.

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