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Tornadoes and Straight Line Winds Chase Me to Chicago

posted on May 22, 2011

I’m on my way to Blog World in New York City first driving into Chicago to catch a Southwest flight out of Midway airport in Chicago. I opted to hit the Holiday Inn Express right next to Midway which makes it extremely convenient to get to the airport.

Holiday Inn Express has an excellent breakfast, I love the eggs flipped with the Cheese in between and the biscuits and gravy. The best part is the Cinnamon rolls that are extremely fresh and tasty!

I held off a little bit before I left. Hail storms were everywhere along with a couple of touchdowns of Tornadoes.  Turns out, the trip would be full of excitement.

The weather coming in started off very rocky with a close call with some very strong storms as I drove into Chicago. Driving in Eastern Iowa, as I looked to my right I noticed what at first look like clouds on the ground—the wind blowing extremely hard, and as I looked again, I noticed lowering out of the sky, the clouds on the ground turns out to be debris.

I can’t say that it was a tornado—it may have been straight line winds—I wanted to stop and take a picture—it was too close and I kept going. This was the beginning of the squall line that produced Tornadoes in Illinois.

I stopped a few times during the trip—each time the storm would catch me—I was able to once again drive out as I didn’t get to far in.

Finally, I drove a little South that took me out of the storm completely.  I was able to get to Chicago and get my bags in my room.

I made it just in time to turn on the TV, literally two minutes to spare. I was able to watch the entire Storm Chasers special. It had excellent coverage of the Alabama Tornadoes. I was surprised at how serious Reed Timmer was and surprised that other storm chasers weren’t interviewed.

Next up! Time Square in New York City…

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