Chicago Storms Sound And Fright Show
To say it's been a little stormy around here lately is like saying BP has recently poured a little water on troubled oil.
It's got so bad I now can't sleep unless I hear a rumble of thunder to send me off to dreamland.
Last night we had tickets to see Harry Connick Jr perform at the Chicago Theater and we preparing to leave when it happened again. To be fair, the weather forecasts are spot on. If they say rain will start at 4 p.m. if you look out the window by 4.01 p.m., there it is. And there it was.
We left the house at 5.30 p.m., not too concerned because as I said this has been a more or less daily occurrence for the past week. Plus, it's quite fun being treated to a free sound and light show when you're in the passenger seat.
It was beginning to clear as we left the house. By the time we got on the tollway we were approaching the eye of the storm.
Having lived in the Chicago area for sometime, I was just happy it wasn't a blizzard.
The skies became blacker and blacker, the rain heavier and heavier. The lightening flashed around us with such ferocity it was like being in a petrified forest.
Grumpy was indeed petrified. Not that our little convertible would be struck by lightning, but that we wouldn't have time to stop for dinner before the show. The thought of having to grab a McDonalds somewhere on route terrified me.
Fortunately we had our navigation queen to steer us through. After an hour or so she took us off the freeway on the scenic route, if you can call Cicero scenic.
We drove past a cemetery so full of water I was worried some of the residents were going to bob up to the surface like apples.
Row after row of traffic lights were out. Finally GPS woman told us to turn left - straight into a river which I'm guessing was actually a road unless she was feeling really mean.
We made several attempts at different river roads before finally finding one shallow enough to pass. In the distance we finally saw the Chicago skyline, just in time to see the Sears (sorry, but it's going to take me a long time to get used to calling it the Willis) Tower grab a huge bolt of lightning with its conductors.
Finally after two hours we reached our destination, just in time for us to pop into a neighboring deli, grab a sandwich and make to our seats just in time for the show.
And Harry Connick? Luckily he was electrifying too.....
It's got so bad I now can't sleep unless I hear a rumble of thunder to send me off to dreamland.
Last night we had tickets to see Harry Connick Jr perform at the Chicago Theater and we preparing to leave when it happened again. To be fair, the weather forecasts are spot on. If they say rain will start at 4 p.m. if you look out the window by 4.01 p.m., there it is. And there it was.
We left the house at 5.30 p.m., not too concerned because as I said this has been a more or less daily occurrence for the past week. Plus, it's quite fun being treated to a free sound and light show when you're in the passenger seat.
It was beginning to clear as we left the house. By the time we got on the tollway we were approaching the eye of the storm.
Having lived in the Chicago area for sometime, I was just happy it wasn't a blizzard.
The skies became blacker and blacker, the rain heavier and heavier. The lightening flashed around us with such ferocity it was like being in a petrified forest.
Grumpy was indeed petrified. Not that our little convertible would be struck by lightning, but that we wouldn't have time to stop for dinner before the show. The thought of having to grab a McDonalds somewhere on route terrified me.
Fortunately we had our navigation queen to steer us through. After an hour or so she took us off the freeway on the scenic route, if you can call Cicero scenic.
We drove past a cemetery so full of water I was worried some of the residents were going to bob up to the surface like apples.
Row after row of traffic lights were out. Finally GPS woman told us to turn left - straight into a river which I'm guessing was actually a road unless she was feeling really mean.
We made several attempts at different river roads before finally finding one shallow enough to pass. In the distance we finally saw the Chicago skyline, just in time to see the Sears (sorry, but it's going to take me a long time to get used to calling it the Willis) Tower grab a huge bolt of lightning with its conductors.
Finally after two hours we reached our destination, just in time for us to pop into a neighboring deli, grab a sandwich and make to our seats just in time for the show.
And Harry Connick? Luckily he was electrifying too.....
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