2nd worst commute of my life tonight. ridiculous storms ripped through northern illinois today, from the far south suburbs of chicago up to the wisconsin border. trees were ripped from the ground all over the area, there was high standing water in areas that were already flooded from earlier this week, downed powerlines, part of a roof on lake shore drive (pictured below. more pictures
here). as i drove home, the tornado sirens went off, and i was rerouted way off my normal route several times, and my usual 35-40 minute commute took close to 2 hrs. scary hours. it was a huge downpour for most of the time and i couldn't wait to get home.
poor heath is making his way back from champaign, where he has been for the last few days for work. he's stopped of south of the city to wait out the next wave or so of the storm to see if driving conditions/roads/etc improve enough to make the rest of the drive. i'm hoping he can make it home because i miss him, but if it's too dangerous to drive, and he has to get a hotel for the night, i'd rather have him do that than drive in unsafe conditions.
hopefully the weather is good enough for our camping trip this weekend. i'm mainly hoping it stops in time that we don't have to set tents and stuff up in the rain!
