20 years ago

[ThunderStick]

Anyone recall the Plainfield tornado right around this time 20 years ago?

I was in Aurora with a crew waterproofing basements. We were at a station gassing up around 3pm when the sky got all crazy and GREEEEEN. The storm rolled thru-hail, high winds, nutzo lightening, etc. Afterwards, we starting hearing reports on the radio of the tornado and Plainfield. I think it was an F5 when it hit which is the highest on the scale. A week later, me and some buds were tooling SW on I-55 going camping somewhere and the tornado path was still completely apparent. A farmer's fenceline on the side of the highway was literally caked with debris. I could see where it approached the highway, went over, and continued on the other side. Whoa........

[Rob P]

The day after we were driving from Darien south on I-55.

I vividly remember every fence was covered in debris...for miles.

Both sides of the highway.

Lots of debris in the middle of fields all along the path.

There was also pics of a huge dumpster in a tree by the school.