“The Windy City”
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The Cincinnati Enquirer used the term in 1876
in reference to a tornado that blew through the city,
while also capitalizing on the term’s double meaning
to highlight local speakers who were “full of wind.”
I suppose that would depend on how much damage was done. If a F4 like the one that hit Mayfield, KY, roared through The Loop during the daytime, that wouldn’t be much fun.
This system caused serious flooding as far south as Nashville, IL, causing, among other things, the emergency spillway of their City Reservoir to dump a lot of water downstream.
https://www.kfvs12.com/video/2024/07/16/homes-evacuated-after-nashville-ill-dam-overflows/
I’m further south and while the clouds blowing off really helped with temperatures today, now the air is “so “thick” you could cut it with a knife”. Or as local TV met used to say “air you can wear” (but sure as heck don’t want to.) Heavy rains expected tonight.
The night we got the call for the adoption of our son, a tornado touched down just two miles from us near Rochelle, IL. The power was out, so I had to drive into Rockford to get online to get my wife’s airplane tickets ordered. Just west of Chicago is pure tornado alley. Belvidere, IL seems to get hit bad every couple of years.
Definitely annoys the shooters.