the calm [orange] before [after] the storm

picture from thechicagoist.com

Wednesday night we had a storm. a MASSIVE storm. and we were on the nice calm side of it. it was not nice everywhere.

the tornado sirens went of in the loop for the first time in a LONG time. lightening overwhelmed WGN's weather sensors.

and then the sky got weird. all orange-y. so I took pics. (and am crossing my fingers that these storms stay away this weekend while camping)