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MerryBlooms

(11,728 posts)
Tue May 13, 2014, 08:05 AM May 2014

Hope everyone's ok

The last two nights have been wild!
No real property damage for us. We have had a crap load of rain here in Lake county. Our recycle bin's lid was left open last night and my husband said there was at least 6 inches of water in the bottom. Lost power some time in the wee hours this morning. We had water come into the garage and in the basement entry. Lots of towels and fans, and of course the kitties are unhappy having wet paws stuck with kitty litter. :/

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truebrit71

(20,805 posts)
1. Yeah, last night was lively....
Tue May 13, 2014, 09:58 AM
May 2014

...I'm in Kane county so we just got a great light show...the torrential rain doesn't appear to have created too many problems for folks in my area either...

MerryBlooms

(11,728 posts)
2. Same here,
Tue May 13, 2014, 10:35 AM
May 2014

there was a steady stream of lightning and the thunder shook the house a couple of times-- those gave me the adrenaline tingles. lol

WhiteTara

(29,676 posts)
3. In NW Arkansas
Tue May 13, 2014, 11:09 AM
May 2014

we had a deep soaking rain with only a small light show and wind. Lots of wind, but none were damaging around here.

mopinko

(69,803 posts)
4. that big cold puddle is chasing all my rain away.
Tue May 13, 2014, 11:32 AM
May 2014

i am in the bowl of the lake, and i have seen even more than usual number of storms that hit that cold air mass, and bounce right off it.

we did get some rain, but not more than a couple inches.
i need a new rain gauge

ChairmanAgnostic

(28,017 posts)
5. I was driving in the sodden suden suburbs of Chicago when the power went out
Tue May 13, 2014, 11:55 AM
May 2014

Robbins, Crestwood, Blue Island - totally black. And I just saw photos of my old stomping grounds, my old home sitting in several feet of water on the north side.

What a lighting show. What a dark and stormy night.

MerryBlooms

(11,728 posts)
8. You just knew we were going to rock-n-roll, the humidity yesterday was absolutely wretched.
Tue May 13, 2014, 12:02 PM
May 2014

Glad you made it safe to high ground.

ChairmanAgnostic

(28,017 posts)
9. The storms are definitely more intense,
Tue May 13, 2014, 12:09 PM
May 2014

far more than my childhood several decades ago.

It also seems as though Deep Tunnel is a failure. Too small, too easily overwhelmed, and not designed for today's storms.

ChairmanAgnostic

(28,017 posts)
11. My honey has led several groups through Deep Tunnel
Tue May 13, 2014, 01:18 PM
May 2014

from the orient. When her clients did the math, they realized that a storm greater than 1.5 inches per hour would fill it, greater than 2 inches per hour would overwhelm it. The response from the Deep Tunnelers was "We don't foresee rains as heavy as 2 inches per hour. That's ridiculous!"

ColesCountyDem

(6,943 posts)
12. Here in southern IL (south of I-64), we had torrential rains, hail and lots of lightning.
Wed May 14, 2014, 06:27 AM
May 2014

We were spared any damaging winds, but several rural roads (mine included) were closed due to flooding.

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