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Are_grits_groceries

(17,139 posts) Sun Nov 17, 2013, 02:31 PM Nov 2013

Whoa! Looking out a window in Peoria, IL as a tornado bears down: [View all]

@MeredithFrost: Eyewitness view of the tornado that struck, in Peoria, IL (Photo: Anthony Khoury via @JamesGhareeb) http://t.co/PFmoibimxm

Washington, IL:

Pekin, IL

Jeebus!

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Whoa! Looking out a window in Peoria, IL as a tornado bears down: [View all] Are_grits_groceries Nov 2013 OP

Today??? Holy Bovine! Siwsan Nov 2013 #1

As I post. It's twitter so lag time is small. nt Are_grits_groceries Nov 2013 #3

Best thoughts and hopes winging out to my Illinois neighbors! Siwsan Nov 2013 #6

i think the 2nd pic is washington questionseverything Nov 2013 #14

I just checked the forecast model for Flint - could get rough at around 6 Siwsan Nov 2013 #16

The Bears game had to be interrupted for Weather. bvar22 Nov 2013 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author damnedifIknow Nov 2013 #2

Holy cow! Vashta Nerada Nov 2013 #4

Yikes! MineralMan Nov 2013 #5

Are nearby TV stations covering? SheilaT Nov 2013 #7

Don't know. NFL Red Zone has stadium's radar showing some maps. Are_grits_groceries Nov 2013 #8

That second picture looks like Parkerburg, Iowa, did a couple of years ago. Skidmore Nov 2013 #9

Oh shit. My mom lives in Peoria. B2G Nov 2013 #10

Is she okay? calimary Nov 2013 #23

She is. Thank you! B2G Nov 2013 #24

Just looking at the pic scares me. lpbk2713 Nov 2013 #11

Is that a hail ball in the window?? nt B2G Nov 2013 #12

Terrible, HereSince1628 Nov 2013 #13

Not good. AndyA Nov 2013 #17

Damn! malaise Nov 2013 #18

Oh man. Thank you for the photos and oh man. uppityperson Nov 2013 #19

The worst of the storm passed just east of my home in Downers Grove, IL Martin Eden Nov 2013 #20

And teeshirts and shorts in Peoria in mid-November Gman Nov 2013 #21

Shit. My boys were performing in Springfield IL last night and they're in Sauget IL calimary Nov 2013 #22