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Classic Chicago winter thunderstorms.
Jokes aside it just rained for six hours straight. I've hear stories of people clearing storm drains by hand--they're clogged with fall leaves because this is not usually something we have to worry about--to clear the six to ten inches of standing water in their streets. Usually it's -10°C around this time of year after the New Year Temperature Drop but today it was 12°C and all that snow we should have gotten was rain. I can still hear thunder in the distance.![[instagram.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/profile_icons/instagram.png)
sashagee and Laila got drenched walking back from gymnastics and that was hours ago and then it kept raining.
At one point lightning lit up the entire house brighter than the noonday sun, and then the crash of thunder didn't come for at least five seconds afterward. This is crazy for January in Chicago.
Jokes aside it just rained for six hours straight. I've hear stories of people clearing storm drains by hand--they're clogged with fall leaves because this is not usually something we have to worry about--to clear the six to ten inches of standing water in their streets. Usually it's -10°C around this time of year after the New Year Temperature Drop but today it was 12°C and all that snow we should have gotten was rain. I can still hear thunder in the distance.
sashagee and Laila got drenched walking back from gymnastics and that was hours ago and then it kept raining. At one point lightning lit up the entire house brighter than the noonday sun, and then the crash of thunder didn't come for at least five seconds afterward. This is crazy for January in Chicago.
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Date: 2026-Jan-09, Friday 10:03 (UTC)