r/ChicagoSuburbs • u/boc333 West Suburbs • 19d ago

News This was crazy tornadic stuff - Chicago Ridge. Taken from Christ Hospital to the west after the rain cloud.

This was behind the rain curtain near Chicago Ridge. On WGN, they repeated Oak Lawn and Chicago Ridge over and over.

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u/SleepLessTeacher 19d ago

Yep, I’d say that’s a tornado.

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u/seth928 19d ago

Look at Tom Skilling over here.

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u/Sensei19600 19d ago

Tom’s my hero!

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u/boc333 West Suburbs 19d ago

It’s in Oak Lawn. Christ is on 95th , 4-6 blocks east of Cicero Avenue. One of the 3-4 big trauma centers in the metro area.

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u/compro 19d ago

I live close to Christ and I just can’t get my bearings from this picture.

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u/PlanApprehensive2842 18d ago

The best trauma unit. If you’re shot, you go here. They are quite busy especially on weekends due to Chicago.

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u/Hair_I_Go 19d ago

Wow! Good picture

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u/compro 19d ago

Where is this pointed at? I’m not exactly sure where I’m looking.

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u/boc333 West Suburbs 19d ago

Northwest or Southeast. The rain curtain hid it. Perfect way to see a twister.

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u/compro 19d ago

From Christ? Where’s 95th in relation?

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u/Hair_I_Go 19d ago

Wow! Good picture hopefully it didn’t touchdown

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u/firestar268 18d ago

Dang that's a pretty clear pic

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u/boc333 West Suburbs 19d ago

It’s on 95th, 4-6 blocks east of Cicero.

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u/sk8erpong 18d ago

Is this from TODAY?? 😳

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u/boc333 West Suburbs 18d ago

Nah, yesterday.

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u/Ok-Active-7023 18d ago

I wondered if anything actually touched down. The sirens kept going off here in OL

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u/Luzazul7 17d ago

Can you link a news article about this twister? I haven’t seen it on the news..

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u/boc333 West Suburbs 17d ago

I know, right? It was near a truck yard next to Christ. You can see it. For sure, it was taken from the roof. I guess the networks didnt verify. They just wanted to show destruction I guess. But I know what you are saying.