SchaumburgStormer

Looks like a docile entrance into August next weekend. Top shelf weather in order.

Normally I wouldn't mind dry and mild, but I need a lawn in order to get my final occupancy permit on my new home (which is dumb, but i digress). So I am going to be wasting money watering some dirt until the grass comes in.

Velocity showing some nice gusts

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For sure, already in full swamp mode. Surprisingly that line is still chugging towards NW IL

Real good shots of the overall structure at the end of this video.

Yeah been parked over me for over an hour. Give me this kind of pivot in the winter months

You aren’t kidding. Getting the old tropical style fire hosing right now.

Actually I think he was quite polite. I would have used a much more crude term.

A bigger sample size will show if it is truly effective, and should show potential side effects. But 100% rate of antibodies is great news any way you look at it

LOT with a 70 mile long severe warning

KMLI gusting to 80mph

What was the language on the tornado warning? Forward speed of 1-2mph?

Broad rotation just went overhead here in sycamore. nothing exceptionally noteworthy but a nice wind punch followed

Tornado warning near freeport

That area has a strange look on velocity at the moment.

Trailing cell may follow 88 all the way in

Lining up nicely to get smoked by the earned cell near Rochelle

Yeah I am expecting to be cleared out nicely around the noon hour. Plenty of time to crank before initiation.

Going to be a line of significant rain totals from Peoria to N Burbs. Some serious training in that area. Meanwhile, my back yard has been dry all day.

Quoting an old reply here, but I also filled out the survey and in general favor a "blend" of the two options. Continue to use the advisory as that is an easily identifiable indicator to the public that the weather event warrants at least some attention. However, begin using plain language in the advisory text. If those who view the advisory have a jargon free summary of what weather to expect, I feel the advisory will be better fulfilling its purpose and the elimination will be unnecessary.

Can really tell that restriction fatigue is building around me. People are basically going about their daily lives, and even the court system which had all but stopped to prevent the spread, is working on opening the doors again.

I think if there is any light in the darkness that is this dark cavern of our economy, it’s that this crisis will show average Americans that small business is important and vital to our way of life. Problem being, many many many small businesses won’t survive to see the other side.

Luckily for me, construction was allowed to continue at my new house. I was in an interesting position when my current dwelling was under contract to sell (April 24 close), but my new home was no where near ready to be inhabited. Had all construction work been prohibited, I would have been in the interesting position of deciding to violate the stay at home order, violate the construction prohibition, or whatever legal consequence may occur from failing to sell my home as contractually agreed. Due to this, I have had to make a couple trips to my local hardware store to grab some life/safety stuff for my new home. Handrails, electrical boxes, etc. It is insane how many people are there buying things which would be tough to consider essential, like flowers, mulch, etc. It seems that people are slowly getting back to normal. I even heard one person mention “cases are slowing down in Illinois so I decided to venture out”. This is the equivalent of stopping your antibiotic course halfway through because you feel better. I firmly believe, and you can here Lightfoot and Pritzker laying the groundwork, that this stay at home order will be extended again into mid-late May. While some of these orders may be confusing or dubious in execution (looking at you Michigan), I don’t think that this is the “beginning of the totalitarian state” as some of my friends Facebook posts would lead you to believe. I am frustrated like everyone, and I have a hard time justifying the fact that I cannot walk 18 holes by myself, but can contact 15 people in a liquor store. But I get it. I can walk 18 holes by myself and be confident I will be responsible. However the general public as a whole is stupid, and if you give them an inch, they will take a mile.