Oh No! Wind!
Gee, you'd think there was never an autumn breeze in Chicago the way the media is going on and on about this "storm." Isn't there an election or something on the horizon?
They’re already calling it “The Great Lakes Cyclone” — so get ready for a windy Tuesday.
A high wind warning is in effect for Northern Illinois, with gusts expected to surpass 55 mph Tuesday and sustained winds coming in between 35 and 40 mph.
It’s all thanks to a low pressure system cyclone moving down from northern Minnesota, bringing storms we have seen in decades, experts say.
“It will rank among the most powerful cyclones in the last hundred years,” said National Weather Service meteorologist Jim Allsopp.
Honest to god, we thought Tommy Skilling was going to explode on live TV last night. All this means is that (A) we're going to be raking up the neighbors leaves from half a mile a way instead of ours and (B) the west side will be cleaner than it has been in years as the garbage blows into the lake.
It's weather. It happens all the time around here.
It's weather. It happens all the time around here.
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posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
49 Comments:
And soon.... SNOW! Whatever shall we do?
er? Shovel, like we always do.
Getting tired of alarmists.
Next thing you know, some weatherman will be telling us it’s going to snow.
I don't think they're kidding here. I expect downed power lines, downed tree limbs, damage to signs and rooftops and at construction sites, possibly an old building or two that they're working on collapsing. Be glad your business doesn't have some shaky old billboards -- thousands of pounds of steel -- overlooking it.
Gonna be a lot of airborne witches and giant black cats and other Halloween stuff...
This should be interesting. At least as bad as the storm that sunk the Edmund Fitzgerald. It's being called a "Cyclone," to match others of this type. Barometric pressure might get near an all-time low for this area, worst in 70 years. ABC's Kaplan calls this sort of storm formation a "bomb-o-genesis," when a solid cold front hits the unnaturally warm air we've been having here.
Heads up, people...be safe.
...hopefully wind will blow all the bullshit madigan/olivio signs that are all over my neighborhood far away...
Two worthless, do nothing hacks
It should read 'storms we haven't seen in decades'. Lazy editors.
The red-hots bags are swirling around like crazy out there, the grape soda cans clanging end-over-end along the street, and the new Daley aluminum streetlights are begining to rock...
Its the same thing in the winter, tom skilling getting a hard-on because there might be an inch of snow on the ground. What would we do without media blowing smallest shit out of proportion??? Yes bad weather does affect a lot of things but its not something we havent seen before. Plan ahead and be prepared for worst.
The funny thing was they were repairing the windows in the cbs building today from the last windstorm. You know the one where rocks were launched off City hall's roof. Fixed just in time for tomorrows destruction.
In Detroit they are calling it the storm of the century!
A few weeks ago we had a wind storm that caused about 80 fires and somehow it was the fault of Detroit FD. What city can fight 80 fires at once?
It seems like there are more illegal power hook ups than legal ones here but those same citizens get all kinds of crazy when their shack/house burns down because of the stolen electricity.
It's a twister! It's a twister!
Wind? It's all the hot air that all the politicians have been spewing in the last couple of months.
" . . with gusts expected to surpass 55 mph Tuesday and sustained winds coming in between 35 and 40 mph. "
. . . . . . .
Are you kidding?
I get smoke blown up my ass more than that from these fuckin' bosses on this job.
C...... All the political signs will be gone for a day will be the best thing from the wind
ComEd guys stated they were told 75-80 mph winds.
Crews seating in D/D waiting for assignments as we grabbed coffee for Midnights.
And guess what? I'm betting this winter that we get this stuff called snow.
Honest to god, we thought Tommy Skilling was going to explode on live TV last night. All this means is that (A) we're going to be raking up the neighbors leaves from half a mile a way instead of ours and (B) the west side will be cleaner than it has been in years as the garbage blows into the lake.
The above was really funny, SCC! If your pets are pacing back and forth like mine, you know we are in for a rough ride. Be careful out there!
Oh nooooooo! Not the GREAT LAKES CYCLONE! That does it, I was looking for a reason to call in today and that is it. Wait, shit, aw I am rdo today, well, if I was working I woulda' called in!
The Great Lakes Cyclone! ...of 2010!
Wish it could blow some of these loud mouth politicians away with it.
It's to bad today isn't election day. The Dems would never show up.
HOLY CRAP! THE SKY IS FALLING!
NO, SERIOUSLY!
I THINK THE SKY IS FALLING AND IT LANDED ON MY ROOF!
Oh, never mind. It was just my neighbors car.
What a bunch of A-hole weenies talking heads on local alphabet channels.
One of them was standing in a wind tunnel telling viewers to "watch his pants."
I thought I saw the WTA building an ark in the HQ parking lot. JPW as Noah and M-cubed as gilligan.
All of the exempts will march in two by two so they can rebuild the department after the storm of the new-millennium has passed. The rest can eat cake.
CPIC has been putting out weather alerts since yesterday afternoon. It's Chicago weather. What's the big deal. It's not the Apocalypse.
The problem is that people like Skillings with his fucking "European Model" blow everyday shit out of proportion. Then when a really significant event like this comes along, everyone blows it off. Don't take this one lightly! Predictions include wave 19 ft on Michigan. There will be a lot of shit blowing around, so keep down.
And speaking of things that blow...
11-Dubs confirmed as NO CHANCE WHAT-SO-EVER of going to MSF (or any other unit) because of his checkered past.
Sorry guys and gals in 011. You all truly deserve a break from that moron...other supervisors included.
Looks like I picked the wrong week to give up smoking.
...to give up booze.
... to give up glue sniffing.
AUNTIE EM, AUNTIE EM, IT'S A TWISTER!!!
wetsuit----CHECK!
board-----CHECK!
wax-------CHECK!
surfing Lake Michigan this afternoon= PRICELESS!
weather guys saying 6-10 footers close to shore, gonna be a great RDO!
I love when they throw around that word "cyclone" when it is really nothing more that an area of low pressure with a counter-clockwise flow, in the northern hemisphere.
It's snowing now
The wind is the backlash from how much Daley & Co. suck.
Tommy Skilling gets a major Chub every time the Weather has something occur outside the norm.
It's Chicago. It's weather. It's the change of seasons from Autumn to Winter. Nothing more. Its been going on for hundreds of years. Relax Skilling and Company, before Al Gore gets stirred up again with another half-baked scam.
OBAMA will order the Storm to bypass Shitcago. Shortshanks will bow-down to the high Imam-Jackass Wizard.
Wow! last night driving home at 10 down Archer Ave from Damen to Harlem shit looked like everyone stayed home,traffic was like 3 in the morning "Are you scared yet"WTF! If we ever get a real event weather,terrorist etc we are so fucked with the sheepish reporters we have!
The Edmund Fitzgerald sunk in the middle of November, 1975. It is a bit early in the season to get a storm of that magnitude. I feel it is another weatherman inspired false alarm.
I'm coming out of the storm cellar for a while to get some more donuts and fresh milk, than back downstairs so I don't get all blown away and shit.
I really wish they hadn't publicized this.
I was going to tell JFED that the new department canoes were in and suggest he and Masters take a leisurely paddle around Lake Michigan.
Nice day to brush the dogs summer coat. Why should it only be leaves flying around.
I am sure Tommy Skillethead had a major chub going on down there.
I would call 80 fires in Detroit urban renewal
Some fascinating links on the Armistice Day Storm, November 11, 1940, meteorologically very similar to this one. It happened to hit when it was hunting season in Minnesota, and a lot of guys simply never made it out of the woods...
"Nobody had heavy clothes. It was so warm that morning..."
http://www.herald-journal.com/archives/2004/stories/snow.html
"The Winds Of Hell" --
http://minnesota.publicradio.
org/display/web/200011/10_steilm_blizzard-m/
Five vessels sunk on Great Lakes --
http://www.carferries.com
/armistice/
In those days, all of the weather forecasts for the Midwest came from the Chicago office -- which had taken the weekend off, not anticipating any bad weather. People had no warning. In Chicago, ABC's Steve Kahn says "southwest winds with speeds as high as 65 m.p.h. swept across the city during the afternoon hours producing damage estimated at $1.5 million. There was widespread damage to trees, power lines, large signs and buildings including countless windows blown out by the high winds."
So I didn't get whacked by a falling limb. I still learned a lot here. (grin) Had never heard of this type of storm before.
Good overview of the whole thing -- weather chart looks a lot
like the one I saw last night.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Armistice_Day_Blizzard
That high-definition Doppler weather radar -- it's going 3-D now -- and the computer-assisted forecasting, is really a modern-day miracle. Saves lives.
Here's an on-line radar with a street map overlay; you can zoom in so tight, you'll literally see if it's raining on one side of a street but not the other.
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/
feature?section=weather&id=
6665563
I am sure Tommy Skillethead had a major chub going on down there.
He was dang near boxing his clown right during the weather forcast last night!
Well, looks like we came through OK. Tornado touched down between Beecher and Peotone and wrecked someone's place, about 55,000 people without power and Com Ed out working hard, lots of downed trees, etc. out by Harvey, but seems to be nothing major here in town. Thank God it wasn't worse. I've been in a building when the roof came off and don't much care for it...
"80 fires in Detroit"...
Nothing a little creative writing by an CPD Arson dick couldn't roll into one RD# and close them all Non-Criminal.
If your pets are pacing back and forth like mine, you know we are in for a rough ride. Be careful out there!
Mine were going nuts for about 12 hours, but they've finally calmed down. I guess they're getting used to the wind.
The newsies always get excited when there's something "new" to talk about.
I guess they're tired of Chicago/Cook County/Illinois scandals, how badly the democrats are going to do this election (DON'T NEGLECT TO VOTE!), and there's been no "good" video of Chicago Cops doing wrong, so this is all that they can come up with.
As usual, they'll have some poor dumbass reporter standing out in it; "My it's windy out here!"
Uhhh...Hello! It's called "The Windy City" for a reason.
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As usual, they'll have some poor dumbass reporter standing out in it; "My it's windy out here!"
Uhhh...Hello! It's called "The Windy City" for a reason.
10/27/2010 01:37:00 AM
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Uhhh...Hello!, Yes it is called "The Windy City," for a reason, but that isnt' the reason. Look it up.
Skilling is a circus act !
Mr. Superlative
Here's what that 2,000 mile-by-2,000 mile storm did -- and is still doing -- as it rolls east out of here.
Massive Storm Brings 2nd Day Of Snow, Rain, Winds
By MITCH WEISS, Associated Press – 8 mins ago
"VALE, N.C. – Yolanda Corona prayed she wouldn't die.
"She was watching television with 10 relatives when winds from a massive storm tearing across the U.S. roared through her neighborhood.
"The windows blew out of the living room. The chimney caved in. A tree plunged through the roof.
"The family huddled in a back bedroom, whispering prayers, crying and holding each other. Somehow, they survived.
"'We thought we were going to die. We were just so scared. We didn't have time to do anything. We all just listened and prayed for our lives..."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap
/us_severe_weather
Yeah, Tom Skilling's the jagoff for acting concerned about this. Just because he's a skilled meteorologist with the best equipment in the world is no excuse. If it isn't right in your back yard, it isn't happening. Stick with that.
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Maybe next time, huh?
Oak Lawn, 1967...look at the pictures. Just "wind."
http://www.crh.noaa.gov
/lot/?n=OakLawn_tornado_
pics
•There were 92 significant tornadoes in the 8 county Chicago metro area between 1855 and 2008.
•The deadliest tornado occurred on April 21, 1967 during an outbreak of 5 significant tornadoes. A violent F4 tornado formed in Palos Hills in Cook County and traveled through Oak Lawn and the south side of Chicago. 33 people died and 500 people were injured by this 200 yard wide tornado that traveled 16 miles and caused over $50 million in damage.
•The most recent significant tornadoes occurred on June 7, 2008 over Will and Cook Counties.
•The only F5 tornado to ever strike the Chicago area was on August 28 1990. This tornado formed near Oswego and passed through Plainfield, Crest Hill, and Joliet. The tornado killed 29, injured 350, and caused $165 million in damage along a 16 mile path.
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lot/?n=SigChiTorn
"The Chicago area is overdue for a major tornado. An entire generation of Chicagoans has been born since the last violent tornado, and many more have transferred to the area from other parts of the country and other parts of the world, and have not experienced a major tornado here. This poses the danger of a vulnerable and unprepared population. Areas that were once open farm fields have been developed, putting more people in harm's way."
"Uhhh...Hello!, Yes it is called "The Windy City," for a reason, but that isnt' the reason. Look it up."
Times change. Definitions change. Here's why it's called the WC these days:
"The wind is the backlash from how much Daley & Co. suck."
Anonymous said...
And soon.... SNOW! Whatever shall we do?
er? Shovel, like we always do.
Getting tired of alarmists.
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I was going to write almost the same thing. These damn news reporters act like we live in Houston or Miami. Why, it will snow several inches on one day this winter! Damn twerps. I wish they'd hire a weatherman (no, not that stinkin' Ayers terrorist) from Buffalo where they get some snow. These dum dumbs act like they'll wet their pants they get so excited.
"These dum dumbs act like they'll wet their pants they get so excited."
--10/28/2010 06:55:00 AM
No such thing is happening anywhere but in this forum. It's a great example of "group think," everybody piling on and repeating and repeating something. Worse than a bunch of little old ladies.
Oak Lawn.
1967.
http://www.crh.noaa.gov
/lot/?n=OakLawn_tornado_
pics
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