i remember bak in 97 i was only in 2nd grade when chicago had a microburst i seen a tree in front of my house practically get ripped out of the ground it was nuts!!
Quite the exciting day. I just barely made it to the Washington/Wells station downtown before the full force of the storm hit. I waited about 40 minutes for the brown line to finally show up and on my ride back home to Lincoln Square I could see trees down everywhere, particularly from the brown line between Addison & Montrose. Definitely a day that's still fresh in my memory.
It was the second day of school for me. Right when we were about to get released, the principal frantically announced that Teachers, do NOT release the students. when she was done, the Tornado sirens sounded. We had to stay in class for an extra 30 minutes. And my teacher started drinking a beer in front of us, lol.
it was the first day of school and school ended at 12:00 pm
i went home and my parents were out.. i looked outside and the clouds looked very gray and a few mins later it started raining and storming like crazy! our trees hit our roof and destroyed are windows... and my parents were out at the time, that was the scariest.. but they were okay, they stopped at domenicks and they were fine... the next day the damage was everywhere! power off for 7 days
i was in school when that storm hit. it was 3 05 when we were being dismissed early due to the storm. we were headed out the cafeteria doors when the tornado sirens started to go off. we all ran back inside to the back wall. i looked outside and saw everything was a greenish color. we were on a lockdown for 3 hours. when the storm passed, we were dismissed from school. i went around looking at the damage. there were power lines down, windows blown out, etc. the storm was a confirmed supercell.
i remember this like it was yesterday, lol i was home alone and i was only 13 and when i closed the door(i didnt want it wet inside) the door got locked and and i was locked outside with the wind pushing me everywhere and getting wet like crazy----thats windy city for you!!!
I live in Elgin, IL. I was picked up from school and me and my dad were on our way to a car shop "woody auto shop in elgin" and while i was waiting for our car to get new wheels i looked out the window and i saw big black clouds. i looked at the t.v. in the waiting section and it said severe t-storm warnings. a few minutes later literally everyone is looking aout the window. there were straight line winds at about 70 mph. it was pretty scary, i tell ya.
I was smoking a fat blunt in florida when this happened I came back 3 days later and saw the trees and all this shit I was like the hell happened here and when they told me I was like what! LETS SMOKE A FAT BLUNT NIGGA!
I was living in ne when this happened..there was a storm a couple days earlyer that was bad..I hadn't moved back to Illionis yet..i missed it...kid of happy about that
That was one of the scariest storms that I've ever seen in this area; (I live in Naperville), man--that was just a horrable storm... Later that day, we had a worse storm. Luckily, I got missed, BOTH TIMES; my oh my...
In Woodridge I was lucky, right between two different storms, one to the north, one to the south. A friend in Lemont (south) had a flooded basement and a friend in Lombard (north) didn't have power for a few days.
YA! i was looking out my window and it came, my room like went into negitive pressure or something cuz i was almost sucked out the window. QUESTION: is anybody hiring? im about to get layed off ) :
Oh, I remember this! I live in North Aurora, far west of Chicago. I was just about to leave soccer practice from my school when the sirens started up. the Chicago area got pounded not once, but twice in a row with dangerous storms.
here in nw suburbs near palatine we didn't have power for almost 80 hours-thursday through monday morning
i got out of school 10 min before the storm hit and it looked horrible, as soon as i got home the sirens went off, if i walked home i probably would've gotton hit by a tree that fell just down our street
When you have late summer air masses meeting fall cold fronts, severe storms are the result! Chicago may have another threat of Severe weathere on Tuesday as another stronger front will move into the area.
Terrible storm, the wall cloud over Joliet was nasty. Clouds turned turqoise and pitch black. Power went out in the Orland Park Mall and people were just going nuts. We were without power for 48 hours down in Frankfort and had to work all night during the sirens to keep water from flooding the basement. Good video to showcase the damages.
thanks for posting. crazy storms. here in bartlett (nw burbs) we had alot of flooding, the taco bell had its windows blown out, and alot of power outages.
wow what a video...i didn't know all that happened...i also live in chicago...i think i was sleeping lol while chicago was like on a tornado =S and all that damage and i didn't notice it...
i remember bak in 97 i was only in 2nd grade when chicago had a microburst i seen a tree in front of my house practically get ripped out of the ground it was nuts!!
saladfingers2590 2 years ago
Quite the exciting day. I just barely made it to the Washington/Wells station downtown before the full force of the storm hit. I waited about 40 minutes for the brown line to finally show up and on my ride back home to Lincoln Square I could see trees down everywhere, particularly from the brown line between Addison & Montrose. Definitely a day that's still fresh in my memory.
ohioweatherguy 2 years ago
It was the second day of school for me. Right when we were about to get released, the principal frantically announced that Teachers, do NOT release the students. when she was done, the Tornado sirens sounded. We had to stay in class for an extra 30 minutes. And my teacher started drinking a beer in front of us, lol.
DemBombs 2 years ago
the scariest storm i have ever lived threw...
it was the first day of school and school ended at 12:00 pm
i went home and my parents were out.. i looked outside and the clouds looked very gray and a few mins later it started raining and storming like crazy! our trees hit our roof and destroyed are windows... and my parents were out at the time, that was the scariest.. but they were okay, they stopped at domenicks and they were fine... the next day the damage was everywhere! power off for 7 days
ddr122 2 years ago
I was out when this happened and we had to go to the basement. My cousins roof was blown off.
yomamasofat1000 2 years ago
that was a bad storm
randommoviemaker1 2 years ago
i was in school when that storm hit. it was 3 05 when we were being dismissed early due to the storm. we were headed out the cafeteria doors when the tornado sirens started to go off. we all ran back inside to the back wall. i looked outside and saw everything was a greenish color. we were on a lockdown for 3 hours. when the storm passed, we were dismissed from school. i went around looking at the damage. there were power lines down, windows blown out, etc. the storm was a confirmed supercell.
bearsfan213 3 years ago
Wow I cant believe its been over a year since that storm.
Jenzo101 3 years ago
Yep. I was in Lincoln Park at night and there was a storm. I lIve In the City of Chicago.
missthang61606 3 years ago
I was on state street (27 floor). The bulding was swayoing so bad my dishes fell of my table.
nexus2xl 3 years ago
yea i lived in mount prospect
i was 12 and it was only me and my brother
and the winds were so strong
that it uprooted a whole tree and the tree almost fell on the house
just too much stuff to type what that did
JordanandCompany 3 years ago
i remember this like it was yesterday, lol i was home alone and i was only 13 and when i closed the door(i didnt want it wet inside) the door got locked and and i was locked outside with the wind pushing me everywhere and getting wet like crazy----thats windy city for you!!!
champunito2 3 years ago
that was the scariest storm i could remember
fattymagee1 3 years ago
oh shit i live like rite there where u were recording
cooldude35 3 years ago
I live in Elgin, IL. I was picked up from school and me and my dad were on our way to a car shop "woody auto shop in elgin" and while i was waiting for our car to get new wheels i looked out the window and i saw big black clouds. i looked at the t.v. in the waiting section and it said severe t-storm warnings. a few minutes later literally everyone is looking aout the window. there were straight line winds at about 70 mph. it was pretty scary, i tell ya.
eldorko87 3 years ago
I was smoking a fat blunt in florida when this happened I came back 3 days later and saw the trees and all this shit I was like the hell happened here and when they told me I was like what! LETS SMOKE A FAT BLUNT NIGGA!
deathwishrecords 3 years ago
i was on inbound lake shore dr on my way home when it hit...scariest day ever.
goose86 4 years ago
I was in my car on Irving Park when that storm hit, I was litteraly 2 feet short of a gigantic tree falling on top of my car when it fell.
mattchu24 4 years ago
this was the scaryiest day i live by romeville i waz so scared i waz about to cry
marglyn 4 years ago
I was living in ne when this happened..there was a storm a couple days earlyer that was bad..I hadn't moved back to Illionis yet..i missed it...kid of happy about that
angeltess1988 4 years ago
i remember this.. i was so scared
i live in chicago and the storm did a lot of damage
mgsroka11 4 years ago
That was one of the scariest storms that I've ever seen in this area; (I live in Naperville), man--that was just a horrable storm... Later that day, we had a worse storm. Luckily, I got missed, BOTH TIMES; my oh my...
MrMoo7999 4 years ago
In Woodridge I was lucky, right between two different storms, one to the north, one to the south. A friend in Lemont (south) had a flooded basement and a friend in Lombard (north) didn't have power for a few days.
Nurichiri 4 years ago
YA! i was looking out my window and it came, my room like went into negitive pressure or something cuz i was almost sucked out the window. QUESTION: is anybody hiring? im about to get layed off ) :
midaran 4 years ago
Oh, I remember this! I live in North Aurora, far west of Chicago. I was just about to leave soccer practice from my school when the sirens started up. the Chicago area got pounded not once, but twice in a row with dangerous storms.
ScienceOfThePS3 4 years ago
I Remember this one, Louddd storm! loved it! felt bad for my co-workers, their basments were all flooded.
LastBattle2006 4 years ago
here in nw suburbs near palatine we didn't have power for almost 80 hours-thursday through monday morning
i got out of school 10 min before the storm hit and it looked horrible, as soon as i got home the sirens went off, if i walked home i probably would've gotton hit by a tree that fell just down our street
urdaloser15 4 years ago
This storm was a big scare! My basement flooded so many inches and my power was out till yesterday!
Giggity08 4 years ago
omg this was so scary :[
i hated this day
i was at school..
crying
hahaha
veryspecialcase 4 years ago
When you have late summer air masses meeting fall cold fronts, severe storms are the result! Chicago may have another threat of Severe weathere on Tuesday as another stronger front will move into the area.
padude647 4 years ago
This iis Horrible! >_< poor Chicago! i never thought something like this could happen! Thanks for Posting ^_^
svufanatic1 4 years ago
Terrible storm, the wall cloud over Joliet was nasty. Clouds turned turqoise and pitch black. Power went out in the Orland Park Mall and people were just going nuts. We were without power for 48 hours down in Frankfort and had to work all night during the sirens to keep water from flooding the basement. Good video to showcase the damages.
moofloops 4 years ago
thanks for posting. crazy storms. here in bartlett (nw burbs) we had alot of flooding, the taco bell had its windows blown out, and alot of power outages.
clubhead24 4 years ago
LOL were you out boozing on Wednesday night? heheh
iconeater 4 years ago
wow what a video...i didn't know all that happened...i also live in chicago...i think i was sleeping lol while chicago was like on a tornado =S and all that damage and i didn't notice it...
amre90 4 years ago