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Couple of pics from the Wheeling train station this morning looking north.

Lincolnwood to Evanston and North side is in the thick of it with lots of rotation. Hopefully ALEK (and everyone in the area) has hunkered down somewhere safe.

Rumbles of thunder as snow is starting to pick up a bit on the border of lake and cook counties.

Lake county added to the WWA. Calling for 1 to 5 inches with the caveat: ...A heavy snow band is expected near, or just north of, the Wisconsin state line. If this band shifts south, more significant impacts would result.

Lights flickering now. Just east of the tornado in Palatine.

Tornado sirens going off in Buffalo Grove

The drizzle in the past hour temporarily switched to fat flakes under one of the ‘newer’ radar returns that filled in across N. Cook county. A lot of drip-drip ongoing. Still hoping for a few more surprise inches in the region despite latest short term models and guidance.

Also lost power for a few minutes in Buffalo Grove. Power is back on now. Wind is howling….power is flickering again.

Big fatties coming down around 6:30 am in Buffalo Grove this morning

A perfect fall day

Just a beautiful pleasant summer evening.

A nice overachiever tonight in Buffalo Grove.

You are correct, I should have said incorrect positivity rates rather than positive tests. To me it is still rather alarming to see that many labs with such high positivity rates and then have them admit that instead of 98% it should have been 9.8% positivity rate. There should be better checks in place to test the validity of the results before making them public.

Surprised nobody has mentioned yet the potential few hundred/thousand? of incorrect positive tests in FL. Wonder how long has this been going on for and is it happening anywhere else? https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/fox-35-investigates-florida-department-of-health-says-some-labs-have-not-reported-negative-covid-19-results

Took a walk around the neighborhood this afternoon (route 14 and River Rd for those familiar with the Des Plaines area). Remarkably River Rd. is still open, mainly thanks to the higher floodwall that was raised last year. Sharing a few more pics in the link below. Had to compress the attached ones due to size limitations, but the link has a couple from yesterday as well. I can remove link if it is against any of the forum rules. https://photos.app.goo.gl/4aK73Wqgv8136xK37