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August 24, 2007

The Storm

Filed under: In the Hood,Weather — Hayden @ 2:28 pm

Chicago storm damage

Last night, we had a pretty massive storm that uprooted many trees and left over 140,000 homes and businesses without power. On top of that, there was some heavy flooding which caused a closing of I-94 towards Milwaukee, which I was driving on last night and was forced to make a detour. After getting back home and searching for a parking spot, I noticed a lot of damage right in our neighborhood, including a tree which had fallen on top of two vehicles. The photo above is of that tree minus the cars, which had already been removed that morning when I arrived on the scene with my camera. Unfortunately, more storms are expected for this evening.

Here are some more photos of storm damage I took in the neighborhood.

Update: Do Go BP/Amoco?

Filed under: In the Hood — Hayden @ 9:20 am

Well, it looks like the pressure worked, and BP has now decided NOT to go through with their plans of dumping more waste into Lake Michigan. Check out Apryl’s comment from the previous post for a news link from the Chicago Tribune as well a link to the official word from BP, which basically states that while they feel that there isn’t anything wrong with what they were about to do (in fact, amazingly, it wasn’t against the law), the proposed action would have “created an unacceptable level of business risk for this $3.8 billion investment”. Sounds more like an explanation to the stock holders rather than the public, but I’ll take it as a victory.

Also, check out the post from the Chicagoist website, which is sure to have a lively crowd leaving comments.

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