08042008 - A SEVERE storm blew through the Windy City around 8:22pm.
There was a tremendous amount of rain, wind, thunder and lightning.
The windows bowed and suspended lights swung. - At times you could not
see out the window - good night.
see the video - flickr.com/photos/siefken/2734998129/
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Doug Siefken
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Terri.Flickr.Chic ♥ 59 months ago | reply
A wonderful night capture, awesome lightening! Have a great week dear friend!
normalityrelief 59 months ago | reply
Great capture! I was hoping you'd caught some of the storm from your vantage point
tk21hx 59 months ago | reply
Nice capture!!
spincast1123 59 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Illinois Thunderstorms, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Marie C. Cudraz 59 months ago | reply
I'm Jealous !!
I tryed to got one last week but no way to catch one from my balcony too much protected by other building and the angle of my building ... I cannot got anything !
Marvellous shot !
whitepine1 59 months ago | reply
great capture
mwboeckmann 59 months ago | reply
awesome photo!
WV Ron 59 months ago | reply
A wonderful lightning image!
atena-w. 59 months ago | reply
seen in Still Art
so fantastic
Carolina Shots 59 months ago | reply
Great capture! Well done!
fotowosch 59 months ago | reply
simple. wonderful. simply wonderful. congratulations!
Tabitha Montgomery 59 months ago | reply
woohoo! I love storms..that's fantastic!
papalars 59 months ago | reply
Wow. You were there. It sounded amazing from the news reports. Great capture BTW.
Chicagos~Finest 59 months ago | reply
Doug ~ 2300 hrs....got stuck driving home on the Kennedy
in it when it picked up again with the 2nd cell.
On top of the most terrifyingly non-stop beautiful lighting....
and the rain smashing sideways on our windshields
at full speed...a huge cloud started rolling onto the
Kennedy where folks didn't know if there was a crash
ahead, or what? With the rain, the non-stop
most blastingly brilliant lightning,
and the cloud that was magnifying the lightning in our
eyes....we all became blinded and
the whole Kennedy came to a stop with folks
just stopping and putting on their flashers in the middle
of the expressway with this cloud dropping down
and covering us in addition to the wind, rain and
lightning. It was the most terrifying drive ever!
I said later....it was like we were driving straight into
hell.
From the height of your building...I can't even imagine
the movement in your building. You had to be pretty
shaken yourself. You probably don't have a basement
to run to either!
Thanks for sharing with us.
I can now view it in the safety of my little chair
on my little 'puter. Much more enjoyable.
And........I generally LOVE thunderstorms.
ropesack 59 months ago | reply
that storm ruled so hard. no power for a day and a half however, did not.
BƛƬƲĐΐƧƮƐ [deleted] 59 months ago | reply
oh my god, how did you manage to exactly shoot at the right moment? great job!
nature_photog 55 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called ATMOS-FIERCE, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Tina Bean (away) 54 months ago | reply
Dramatic capture! Nice job!!!
Rory Trappe 53 months ago | reply
Wow perfect timing !!
NebraskaSC 53 months ago | reply
Seen in Illinois Thunderstorms
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