Illinios Members***

Illinios Members*** · by 77mali on Sun Nov 17, 2013 8:58 pm

Hey you guys wanna check in?

I heard about 65 tornado's touched down your way. Hopefully you guys made it through unscathed.

Re: Illinios Members*** · by Hawk03 on Sun Nov 17, 2013 9:55 pm

I drove from parents house in Eastern Iowa back to Indianapolis today. I drove I-74 the whole way until I-65 in IN. I was dodging tornadoes and fighting crazy winds and rain the whole way. I ran into hail in Peoria, pulled over and then kept going little did I know a tornado was some where around me. Got to Bloomington and the same thing happened there and then in Champagne and then in Danville IL. I got off to get gas in Indiana twice but the stations didn't have power, not fun when you only have 30 miles till empty. I got on I-65 in Lebanon IN 20 mins after a tornado hit there, traffic was backed up due to a semi being blown over and around.
I saw four large information signs blown over, 3 digital road construction signs blown down in the road, countless orange road construction barrels blown all around having to weave around them, 2 semis blown over, and a mustang in a ditch on my drive.
Needless to say, it was one of the craziest drives I've ever had. And this was all in a rented Chevy Spark, its so small it cut through the wind like a knife!
Hope everyone else made it out okay.

Re: Illinios Members*** · by 77mali on Sun Nov 17, 2013 10:03 pm

That's NUTS! Glad to hear you're ok.

Re: Illinios Members*** · by ant7377 on Sun Nov 17, 2013 10:34 pm

Paul ,I have family near Chicago I gotta call now,I didnt know about this.

Re: Illinios Members*** · by 77mali on Mon Nov 18, 2013 10:47 pm

How's your family Ant? I saw pics of the devastation online today...scary.

Re: Illinios Members*** · by 77mali on Thu Nov 21, 2013 8:50 pm

Anyone else?

Re: Illinios Members*** · by Tom77 on Fri Nov 22, 2013 9:23 am

Storms split to the north and south of me here in Indianapolis. Thought and prayers are with all the family's that were not as lucky as I was.

Re: Illinios Members*** · by JB2wheeler on Fri Nov 22, 2013 12:28 pm

Ghost Rider wrote:Storms split to the north and south of me here in Indianapolis. Thought and prayers are with all the family's that were not as lucky as I was.

Same thing happened here, it happens quite often. I guess it's because of all the concrete heating up in the cities. I had a tornado go directly over my head in 1974, I was at the bottom of a ravine working inside a school. JB