Holy shit, I just drove my rig through Champagne IL

[davsand]

5. Lots of rain and wind. No tornadoes I've heard about.

We live here in Urbana. You were here at an awful time. Lots of wind blowing and a lot of rain coming down. Several trees blown over and lots of limbs down. A couple of houses out by I-57 had some serious damage from winds and trees and limbs blown down. A few power outages but nothing as bad as other places have had.

Sorry your trip through was so awful. Unless you catch us in winter it usually is pretty low key around here.

BTW, that railroad overpass you mentioned? I had my first car accident on that same overpass over 30 years ago when I hit a patch of ice on my way to college. By the time I got the car stopped, I had bounced off all the guardrails and was turned facing back the way I'd come--with cars coming up the hill at me. I was 19 at the time and I was wondering if I was gonna live to see 20. That overpass has creeped me out since then.



Laura