Wicked

Some wicked storms ripped through Chicago last night. A tree in my backyard split in half and blew across the yard. It's sorta resting on some live wires and our back porch. The tree, last night, was actually on the back porch but some overnight winds actually blew it back away from the house.

I still can't enter my apartment without walking through my neighbors apartment. ComEd said it will be 3 days before they can tell us when they will come and look at the wires. And the tree can't be touched/moved until ComEd looks at the wires. So my backyard will most likely be a bit messy for this week. But in the grand scheme of things, this isn't bad at all.

I have spent the morning airing out my apartment, cleaning up the debris and dirt that blew through the windows yesterday. The apartment smells a bit more fresh (it was musty smelling this morning) and it looks 80% better than it did when I walked in last night.

Pua is still a bit shaky and has been hiding under my bed all day. But I bet by the end of the day she'll be out and about again.

I hope to take more photos this afternoon. My neighborhood got hit pretty hard and most people are without power still. There is a lot of police tape around because tress fell on houses, cars, etc. More later...