Apparently when most people lose power they do not also lose running water. And if you do lose running water the way we did, it doesn't mean the plumbing will burst and there will be floods if you flush a toilet, it just means there will be no more water, and you can pour containers of water as a source into toilets, sinks, bathtubs, etc. without ( Read more... )

Apparently what happened in Lombard (basically I live closer to Lombard than Glen Ellyn) was an actual tornado. Though the winds were only 100 mph or something (I don't know anything about tornados or what qualifies). Power is still down all around where I live and in a few surrounding towns, though most of the Chicago area did not get hit this ( Read more... )