9D1BURD

Lets see....

Roof ripped off one building-check

Roof collapsed on another-check

3 cars crushed by trees-check

Hopefully all of you had a better night than we did here in bloomingdale.

86NiteRider

iTrader: (10)

Yeah I got caught driving my 92 Camaro in it. There was some scary stuff blowing around and the flooding was bad. The storm hit so quick. I was not far from home but when I got there I was blocked from putting my car in the garage. No damage to the car though so I survivied. Just some limbs fell but I had power. Across the street is out of power. Usually it is my side. Oh well...

Jeff91RS

iTrader: (1)

i was nappin on the couch and the thunder set off the alarm on my camaro which woke me up and made me realize that i left the windows down on my other car. i got really wet and the damage was already done but seats dry while i was out there i saw the guy across the street got a tree on his lil hybrid toyota. i wonder of those batteries can leak?

RockinGTA89

whoohoo...that was alot of fun! Seen that blue/green sky forming over Wheaton, was at a outback steakhouse watching the interesting light show ...surprised no hail formed but did hear the sirens going off! Thankful my car was in a garage..
an unconfirmed tornado touchdown in my ol hometown of Elmhurst..

hope everyone is doing okay!

Nater2491

iTrader: (1)

here in south bend it was pretty weak

Thirdgen89GTA

iTrader: (5)

Well, a confirmed tornado visited Tim from what I've read.

Check out this link, no pics though.
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/bloomi...tornado-storms

According to the article the winds were between 85 and 110mph!

vette9190

iTrader: (2)

Sorry to here about all the damage. I fared pretty good this time, didn't even lose power. I live in Park Forest and was hit with the tornado during the last storm. Had no power fo 2 days. Had to help bale my parents basement out bc i flooded.

Wish you a a speedy recovery from this.

9D1BURD

It was pretty crazy for a few minutes, never seen wind so strong before in my life.

Thirdgen89GTA

iTrader: (5)

I was bored and decided to research the Fujita scale. I never new there was a classification for an F6 tornado. Its considered the "Inconceivable" tornado.

F-Scale Number Intensity Phrase Wind Speed Type of Damage Done

F0 Gale tornado 40-72 mph Some damage to chimneys; breaks branches off trees; pushes over shallow-rooted trees; damages sign boards.

F1 Moderate tornado 73-112 mph The lower limit is the beginning of hurricane wind speed; peels surface off roofs; mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned; moving autos pushed off the roads; attached garages may be destroyed.

F2 Significant tornado 113-157 mph Considerable damage. Roofs torn off frame houses; mobile homes demolished; boxcars pushed over; large trees snapped or uprooted; light object missiles generated.

F3 Severe tornado 158-206 mph Roof and some walls torn off well constructed houses; trains overturned; most trees in fores uprooted

F4 Devastating tornado 207-260 mph Well-constructed houses leveled; structures with weak foundations blown off some distance; cars thrown and large missiles generated.

F5 Incredible tornado 261-318 mph Strong frame houses lifted off foundations and carried considerable distances to disintegrate; automobile sized missiles fly through the air in excess of 100 meters; trees debarked; steel re-inforced concrete structures badly damaged.

F6 Inconceivable tornado 319-379 mph These winds are very unlikely. The small area of damage they might produce would probably not be recognizable along with the mess produced by F4 and F5 wind that would surround the F6 winds. Missiles, such as cars and refrigerators would do serious secondary damage that could not be directly identified as F6 damage. If this level is ever achieved, evidence for it might only be found in some manner of ground swirl pattern, for it may never be identifiable through engineering studies

9D1BURD

Are they not keeping you busy enough in Elk Grove bill?

RockinGTA89

haha...nice tim....i'm sure he's keeping busy....but dang! F5 is what was quoted in the movie Twister "the finger of god"....

It been awhile since i saw intense lighting like that on monday...I'm surprised i didn't lose power at my place or saw much damage at all..guess we were lucky in wheaton..today's Tribune got a picture on the front page showing lighting flying across the downtown skys....