Chicagoist: 1.21 Jiggowatts! Times 90,000

Rob Christopher

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:34:51 -0600

It was like being inside the Mutara Nebula.

matty

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:04:03 -0600

i was asleep wtf

groggy

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:57:38 -0600

I watched the storm and lightning downtown from Evanston's beach. It was so, so beautiful.

Retardo Montalban

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:46:15 -0600

At one point, as I was huddled with my cats in a carrier in the basement, I heard someone on the radio say there were 15 lightning strikes per second. Great Scott, indeed.