Tornado

Another strange thing about living in Chicago, Illinois is the risk of tornados. Kansas isn't that far away...

Today at home, S and the kids were watching TV and all of a sudden the TV show stops and a weather warning replaces regular programming:

Tornado warning for Cook County in effect until 12 midday

No-one seems to raise an eyebrow, life continues as normal. My response is to just have a look around in the building that you're currently in and identify the room or rooms that are listed as "Tornado Shelters". About 3 times in the last 6 months the sirens at work gone off indicating that the risk of tornado is high. Talking to locals, there hasn't been a tornado in living memory around here, but nonetheless the warnings continue to go out.

| 02 Mar 2005 | #