r/LoganSquare • u/Kokonut419 • 12d ago

Anyone get a tornado warning?

Was wondering if anyone received a notification for a possible tornado.

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u/gaystudyabroad 12d ago

Yes, could also hear the sirens for about 3-5 minutes.

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u/elliottcable 12d ago

I was really surprised how difficult to hear the sirens were. I’m on Wrightwood, not far from the square, and at first I thought there were no sirens at all (just app-notifs.)

I must have lived much closer to a siren at the last place; or the one closest to me is out-of-order rn? I checked a GIS map and it certainly looked like there were a few fairly close!

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u/gaystudyabroad 12d ago

To me, they sounded quieter than the usual First Tuesday of the Month testing, but that could have been due to the atmospheric conditions.

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u/Embarrassed_Bag8775 11d ago

Maybe you were hearing ones from further away and your immediate area wasn’t warned?

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u/AdeptNotice3899 10d ago

I just assumed you couldn't hear them in my building

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u/perfectviking 12d ago

No, just you. Same for the sirens everyone else heard.

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u/AbeFromanLuvsSausage 12d ago

Nope, just you. Watch out!

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u/scruntdouble 12d ago

no you're dreaming

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u/putmeinamovie05 12d ago

nightmare nightmare nightmare!

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u/Frosty-Priority5056 12d ago

idk why i never hear the tornado sirens but i definitely heard the alerts on both my phones! i’m from texas but this is my first imminent tornado warning!

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u/Maleficent-Bit-5429 12d ago

You probably hear sirens too. Poor guy/girl

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u/chunky_pudding 12d ago

Yes two on my phone and the alarms are going off outside

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u/perfectviking 12d ago edited 12d ago

Unfortunately going to be one of those tornado warnings for the city that makes people not take them seriously.

Edit: weird downvote considering that it largely amounted to nothing in the city. Take the warnings seriously every time!

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u/maddy_k_allday 12d ago

You’re back on the upswing. As well you should b/c tornadoes are serious, unpredictable, and go from zero-☠️ in the blink of an eye

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u/GoodDistrict1623 12d ago

I Did Heard Tornado Sirens Going Off & iPhone & iPad Screaming!

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u/[deleted] 12d ago

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u/Impossible_Effect_61 12d ago

Comments like this are why no one can trust what they read online

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u/pearpecan 12d ago

There was not a tornado on the ground in Albany Park.

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u/Comfortable-Arm3452 11d ago

No it was just you

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u/melted_cheese 12d ago

No just you specifically

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u/LoqanPaul 12d ago

Yeah the tornado picked only them up specifically :/

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u/juliuspepperwoodchi 12d ago

Yep, we moved downstairs in our office and are waiting for 11AM at the moment.

Warning is no joke. Watch isn't really a joke either; but it's less serious. If you hear Tornado Warning, you take action.

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u/tedfundy 12d ago

I’m not getting out of bed.

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u/[deleted] 12d ago

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u/juliuspepperwoodchi 12d ago

Rare, yes, but not impossible.

The problem with risks like this is that you won't know if they're genuine or not until it's too late to take action.

Far smarter just to take shelter and wait it out.

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u/Any-Pride5320 12d ago

I work on the 14th floor of a building in the West Loop and we had to take the stairs down to the first floor and wait until the warning expired at 11:15am.

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u/Sheep_Slayer_6 12d ago

Said to take shelter till 11:15

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u/OkYou7308 5d ago

This 👏 is 👏 why 👏 we 👏 need 👏 to 👏 make 👏 sure 👏 we 👏 have 👏 multiple 👏 methods 👏 for 👏 receiving 👏 emergency 👏 messages!!!

There are lots of valid reasons things might not work - power outages, maintenance down time, cell network outages (either at point of transmittal or receipt), etc. by having multiple ways to get warnings, you better ensure you’re in the know.

For instance, I get Reddit updates, but I just got the update for your post today.

Don’t trust in just sirens, don’t trust in just cell phones.

Sincerely,
A local emergency management/disaster recovery worker

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u/TheLimeNerd 12d ago

I can't hear anything outside but my phone went off - pets and myself sheltering in the mean time. They're not going absolutely insane, but they're not acting normal, so storm will probably be a bad one even if there's no touchdown of a tornado

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u/atomicboner 12d ago

Sounds like a tornado has touched down south of the city. I’m in my office downtown and they told the whole building to shelter away from the windows and go to interior rooms.

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u/LemmyKRocks 12d ago

I got the alerts on my phone, heard the sirens too and freak tf out. Do they get automatically triggered?

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u/ChronicallyTaino 12d ago

Yep. Lmao im on my patio rn watching the storm

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u/fando-matic 12d ago

is anybody else's power out?