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Gleissberg Cycle. 89-100 years. 2025 is the maximum drought year in the cycle. Today is just a warm up. 12,000 years in the making. If you are not familiar with the cycle you should read about it. It explains much.

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As just a boots on the ground report, I live in Aurora, IL. We had a tornado warning, but it was nothing unheard of. I understand O'Hare airport had a small tornado - I assume an F1, with only some minor damage, but none dead. Temps here virtually all summer have been extremely pleasant, maybe one or two (or three) 90F days. We had a drought up to about 10 days ago, maybe a month or so, but nothing unheard of, then a lot of rain. So, mid July, no drought, no extreme temps. But with all due respect and love for Michael, but this area is for sure known for tornadoes, including ones 20 years ago that killed a lot of people in Plainfield, another one in Oak Park. Of course, the Loop has not, but then major urban areas, as a heat sink, virutally never have tornadoes (exceptions OKC or Knoxville, a couple decades ago; Joplin MO was a smaller city that also had a horrible F5) I have been here for a long time, and have been in multiple tornadoes somewhere around me.

And this non-Einstein journalist who said "he had “never seen anything like this in Chicago before”… well, maybe he isn't from the area. ANYONE who lives in the area, outside of the Loop, has DEFINITELY been in tornadic weather. Maybe he's from the Loop and now living in a suburb? A new resident? But that one by this "journalist" (CNN probably) is simply not true... but of course, journalists lie as regularly as they breathe

That's the weather report from Lake Wobegon

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