Well, that was a fun ride. Before the storm took down the weather station on our roof, we recorded a gust of 41.6mph—although I’d say the gust that really brought it down was probably closer to 55-60mph. I managed to bring it back up within 15 minutes once the storm calmed down a bit.

There are some trees down and other miscellaneous damage here in the Wicker Park area, but nothing incredibly serious as far as I can tell. Other areas were affected quite a bit more.

7:12pm Update: Second round is coming through currently; it also appears the rain gauge jammed—a first. Rather frustrating, that. Looks like I’ll have to get back out there and take care of it when the weather settles. This storm’s not as powerful as the first go-around in terms of wind, but there’s far more lightning associated with it.