First day of summer

Today was the first day of summer. 

People often use the terms lion or lamb to describe the weather on the first day of spring.  I don't think I've ever heard those terms used in conjunction with summer.  But if they were . . . this first day of summer would definitely be a lion with a capital L and a great big ROAR!

After a pretty warm day (high 80s) we had a wicked storm blow through this evening.  The tornado sirens went off five separate times.  The first two times it was a little nerve-wracking.  But by the third, fourth, and fifth time, I was like, "oh yeah, there's the tornado siren, again."  Not a good attitude to have when disaster is poised to drop down from the sky.

Just a few miles to the south of us a wind gust of 75 mph was recorded in Wheaton.  It was pretty darn windy at our house -- strong steady winds and even stronger wind gusts.  M and I were watching Gnomeo and Juliet, but the storm bothered her so much she decided to go to bed and try to sleep through it.  : /    I watched the rest of the movie while the storm died down.

Now it's still, almost no air moving, and the temperature has dropped about twenty degrees.  It's too bad the humidity is still through the roof, but at least we have power.  According to the Chicago Tribune more than 271,000 Com Ed customers are without power across the metropolitan area.

Summer . . . ai yi yi . . . and it's only the first day.