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pretty much the same here

Posted by Gene Parmesan

on July 27, 2026, 21:20:16, in reply to "Still w/o power here since about noon. I think we got the very edge of that tornado cell"

our gas generator is currently powering the necessities

1- our fridges and freezers
2- our internet
3- my computer

the rest of the family has deserted me for greener pastures (in-laws' house with power)

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A bunch of down tree branches along my street

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Severe weather just blew through. We are out of power - Gene Parmesan July 27, 2026, 13:33:46

Our storm track was released. EF-0 about 1.5 miles away.* - SurfTheBoneyard July 30, 2026, 15:00:16
16872 and 16880 Anthony Ave in Hazel Crest… - timmer July 30, 2026, 11:37:56
- “Whew. I’m glad that’s over. Some damage but we all made it, and…” - SurfTheBoneyard July 30, 2026, 11:48:53
- That tornado sounds like it was a real ass* - DocWalk20 July 30, 2026, 11:40:09
My mother in Glen Ellyn will not have power until Friday apparently.* - Warrin'_Illini July 29, 2026, 11:11:10
- Power is back today but the forecast looks pretty rough for the next 3 days. - Warrin'_Illini July 30, 2026, 11:46:19
- Social media phenomenon I wasn’t familiar with until now… - SurfTheBoneyard July 29, 2026, 16:57:30
  - Is this for insurance purposes, or just because they can't find any arguments elsewhere? - Sammich July 29, 2026, 16:59:42
    - The latter. It wouldn’t matter for insurance purposes. - SurfTheBoneyard July 29, 2026, 17:01:37
      - Getting hit by a tornado is way more exciting to tell people about than boring straight line winds* - IlliniOllie July 30, 2026, 11:47:08
        
        They even had to post a big explainer about it today… - SurfTheBoneyard July 30, 2026, 11:51:31
  - Also… - SurfTheBoneyard July 29, 2026, 16:58:51
Waiting on the track but it was an EF-0 that went near us. - SurfTheBoneyard July 28, 2026, 21:59:22
Still w/o power here since about noon. I think we got the very edge of that tornado cell - IlliniSax05 July 27, 2026, 18:09:20
- Below 93K customers out now. Was north of 300K at one point.* - SurfTheBoneyard July 28, 2026, 22:01:04
- So sorry. Hope you get power soon* - bbonb July 28, 2026, 18:43:50
- That’s the realistic thing that I fear when a storm is coming through…losing power. - QcIlliniFan July 28, 2026, 12:40:22
- our house in Deerfield is still without power* - bucktownillini July 28, 2026, 9:49:22
- pretty much the same here - Gene Parmesan July 27, 2026, 21:20:16
lazy timmer. also hearing ord is a mess. a buddy was flying back from switzerland. got diverter - Ari Gold July 27, 2026, 17:42:15
We had a spotter observed tornado about 1.5 miles from us. - SurfTheBoneyard July 27, 2026, 16:15:02
Appleton, WI had a decent sized tornado go through a couple hours ago* - VIV July 27, 2026, 13:44:31
- Menasha got hit really hard.* - MojoJojo July 28, 2026, 7:43:25

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