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Atmospheric events Accidents Odds and ends
Not Chicago (but close) Bald Hornets Maxima pictures

Snow
You know it's gonna be a crappy day when you wake up to this...
I've lived in Chicago all my life, with the exception of some long vacations and some lengthy business trips...

I keep a cheap point and shoot camera in my glove compartment, precisely for those time that you see an interesting situation, weather condition, or unusual event.

One day I'll get around to scanning in all of my local pictures, and this section will probably get a lot larger.

I realize that many of the scans here could be cleaned up. Maybe one day, but it's not in my top ten priorities right now...



Atmospheric events are just odd cloud or weather formations that you don't generally see on a daily basis. I've probably got dozens of sunrise shots over the lake, but in the end, they're just sunrise shots over the lake...

Atmospheric events...
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You've seen 'em, and passed by 'em and possibly even gawked at 'em. I'm just thankful I'm not in any of 'em...

Accidents...
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Odds and ends...
!00009Chi_004XM100KankRiv !00009Chi_008XM104KankRiv !00009Chi_015XM116Granada 198400Chi_036XScanRallyRabbit 198503B_037XSl01BrkfldZoo 198503B_038XSl02BrkfldZoo 198503B_039XSl03BrkfldZoo 198503B_040XSl04BrkfldZoo 198900Chi_072X0109Chgo 198900Chi_073X0523chgo 198900Chi_074X0524chgo 199000Chi_087Xm113Elxsi 199000Chi_088Xm114Elxsi 199100Chi_101X0112chgo 199100Chi_102X0113chgo 199100Chi_105X0314chgo 199100Chi_106X0315chgo 199100Chi_107X0316chgo 199100Chi_108X0317chgo 199100Chi_109X0319chgo 199200Chi_119XS5301155 199700Chi_133XK115Chgo 199700Chi_134XK116Chgo
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Snow...
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These are some pictures from the Feb 1, 2011 Chicago Snow Storm. The snow started at 3pm, Feb 1, and stopped 36 hours later. Comments are on the picture pages.

Feb 1, 2011 Chicago Snow Storm
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Not Chicago (but close)...
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Imagine waking up one day and finding out a tumor is growing on the side of your building. An internet search showed these were Bald Hornets. They live a year, the queen lays it's eggs in the ground in the fall, the hornets all die and the nest is essentially abandoned.

When they build a nest on, say a tree, it's round like a pinecone. You then take the nest after the hornets have died, shellac it, and it's supposed to be beautiful. Unfortunately, since they built their nest on the side of the building, it would fall apart when taken off.

Had I known they were going to build a nest on the window of a room I use as a storeroom, I would have cleaned the glass. :-) It was fascinating watching them build the layers, the striations from they type of material they used. And they'd pose as they were cooling the nest...

Bald Hornets...
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I was taking pictures of my car to use as a signature pic. I normally wouldn't put them here, but they're the only pics I have of the Chicago Skyline...

Maxima pictures...
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