Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Nonna's birthday!
Nonna has a very lucky birthdate...August 8. We were lucky that she came to Chicago to celebrate her birthday with us. Here we are having lunch at John's Place.
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Storm damage
These photos were all taken this morning on our block. The Willow end of our street received the most damage.
Possible Tornado
We had a terrible storm last night and are convinced that a tornado tore down our street. Andrew emailed NBC news regarding the tornado and he received a response from our favorite channel 5 meteorologist, Ginger Zee. I will send photos of the damage later.
> Subject: RE: possible tornado
> Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 05:43:01 -0500> From: ginger.zee@nbcuni.com
> To: scrodnals@hotmail.com
>
> Thank you!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: scrodnals@hotmail.com [mailto:scrodnals@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 10:18 PM
> To: NBC5 Weather
> Subject: possible tornado
MESSAGE:
I live near the intersection of North and Clybourn and it appears that
a tornado went through. There is a concentrated path of damage starting at North and Clybourn and heading northeast up to the intersection of
Orchard and Willow and beyond. Not only are the trees down in this
concentrated path, but there are many full and broken-up pieces of hard
styrofoam insulation siding panels along this path as well. The pieces
are in courtyards, fenced in parks, streets, sidewalks and yards. I
counted 10-15 of these 3 foot by 6 foot panels strewn about. It
definitely looks like the pieces were picked up and then dropped down
along the tornado path. And it makes sense that these would be picked
up because there are so light. I am not sure what construction site
they are from, but finding the source would give a good idea of the path
and strength. The source was somewhere to the south west of North and Clybourn. Anyway, just thought I would share my account.
> Subject: RE: possible tornado
> Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 05:43:01 -0500> From: ginger.zee@nbcuni.com
> To: scrodnals@hotmail.com
>
> Thank you!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: scrodnals@hotmail.com [mailto:scrodnals@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 10:18 PM
> To: NBC5 Weather
> Subject: possible tornado
MESSAGE:
I live near the intersection of North and Clybourn and it appears that
a tornado went through. There is a concentrated path of damage starting at North and Clybourn and heading northeast up to the intersection of
Orchard and Willow and beyond. Not only are the trees down in this
concentrated path, but there are many full and broken-up pieces of hard
styrofoam insulation siding panels along this path as well. The pieces
are in courtyards, fenced in parks, streets, sidewalks and yards. I
counted 10-15 of these 3 foot by 6 foot panels strewn about. It
definitely looks like the pieces were picked up and then dropped down
along the tornado path. And it makes sense that these would be picked
up because there are so light. I am not sure what construction site
they are from, but finding the source would give a good idea of the path
and strength. The source was somewhere to the south west of North and Clybourn. Anyway, just thought I would share my account.
Monday, August 4, 2008
Detroit weekend
The Hamm's babysat Elle in Grand Rapids while we went to Detroit with the Freeman Walker's for a family wedding.
Tom and Andrew sitting on the Detroit river enjoying a fried meal of calamari, fried zucchini, fried mozzarella, coconut shrimp, and nachos in between the almost 2 hour ceremony and the reception.
Tom and Andrew sitting on the Detroit river enjoying a fried meal of calamari, fried zucchini, fried mozzarella, coconut shrimp, and nachos in between the almost 2 hour ceremony and the reception.
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