Eeek! EEEK! The sky is falling! If Kyoto doesn't pass, we're all
doomed!

Wait, that's not the sky, that's just rain. Rain is *supposed* to
come from the sky. Weather is variable, we don't get the same thing
all the time, and sometimes we get lots of severe rain.

I suppose if Kyoto passes, the climate will behave, and all that nasty
rain will stop falling.

Jason

Melchizedek@USA.com (Psalm 110) wrote in message news:<2275a3c5.0307081345.353f6801@posting.google. com>...
> http://www.wbbm780.com/asp/ViewMoreDetails.asp?ID=24652
>
> Third Straight Day Of Severe Weather In Chicago Area; New Power
> Outages
>
>
> Tuesday, July 08, 2003, 2:15 p.m.
>
> (Chicago)?Thousands of Commonwealth Edison customers remained without
> power this afternoon after another powerful line of thunderstorms
> roared through the area, knocking down power lines and trees and
> giving rise to reports of funnel clouds in the northern suburbs.
>
> It was the third straight day of severe weather in the Chicago area,
> with new outages even as crews worked to repair damage done during the
> holiday weekend.
>
> A severe thunderstorm watch was in effect for northern Illinois until
> 3 p.m.
>
> The the storms are expected to continue through Wednesday.
>
> The city Department of Streets and Sanitation said in a news release
> Tuesday afternoon that crews were still working on 104 tree damage
> cases, 19 traffic signal failures, 15 damaged light poles and 34
> downed wires, which were to city light poles and not utility wires.
>
> Some of the problems remained from Saturday's storms, and some
> occurred since then, the release said.
>
> ComEd officials could not be reached for updated power outage totals
> as of 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. As of 10:30 am no problems were reported at
> O'Hare. Midway has 60 minute delays for northbound departures only.
>
> The heaviest rains this morning swept across areas north and northwest
> of the city in Lake, McHenry and suburban Cook Counties.
>
> At about 9 a.m., the McHenry County Sheriff's Department received a
> call from a citizen who reported a tornado touchdown just east of
> Marian Central CatholicHigh School at 1001 McHenry Ave., Woodstock.
> Though the sheriff's department could not confirm the report, storm
> sirens in the area were activated as a precaution.
>
> Sirens also were sounded over much of northwest suburban Cook County
> after a Streamwood police officer reported sighting a funnel cloud
> about 9:15 a.m. There was no touchdown.
>
> As of midday, 33,000 ComEd customers were without power in the Chicago
> area. Another 25,000 customers were without electricity in the
> Rockford area. In all, more than 328,000 customers lost service during
> the course of the storms that passed through over the weekend.
>
> The latest forecast calls for periods of thunderstorms continuing
> through the day, some with damaging winds, large hail and heavy
> downpours. Highs will be in the mid to lower 80s, with winds of 5 to
> 10 m.p.h. swinging around to the northeast.
>
> Showers and thunderstorms are expected to continue through tonight,
> with lows in the mid to upper 60s, and into Wednesday, when highs will
> range from 75 to 82 degrees.