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posted by Rich Miller
Tuesday, Aug 2, 22 @ 8:58 am

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Sangamon county’s turn to get whacked by storms.

Comment by Skeptic Tuesday, Aug 2, 22 @ 9:01 am
Nah. Our worse weather is a week away when State Fair number one starts.

Comment by Lurker Tuesday, Aug 2, 22 @ 9:04 am
The baseball trade deadline looms, the Cubs are sellers, which players will be packing?

Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Aug 2, 22 @ 9:11 am
“Our worse weather is a week away when State Fair number one starts.” That’s when it will get hot. Today it’s heavy weather.

Comment by Skeptic Tuesday, Aug 2, 22 @ 9:22 am
I can’t even with the Sox…..

Comment by Amalia Tuesday, Aug 2, 22 @ 9:29 am
Hopefully everyone is safe after the storms over the last couple days. It looks like areas in Jasper, Richland, and Clay Counties got hit with multiple backbuilding storms with some places getting 10+ inches of rain. Be safe out there if you encounter floodwater.

Comment by MoralMinority Tuesday, Aug 2, 22 @ 9:44 am
== “Our worse weather is a week away when State Fair number one starts.” That’s when it will get hot. Today it’s heavy weather.==

You’re both correct.

Comment by fs Tuesday, Aug 2, 22 @ 9:47 am
Man, 7-plus inches of rain in Effingham so far today.Too bad Illinois can’t sell some of our excess rainfall to California.

Comment by up2now Tuesday, Aug 2, 22 @ 9:50 am
More than that SE of Effingham, 130 closed between Olney and Newton and more to come.

The NL baseball team will continue its latest clearance sale. What will the Sox do?

Comment by Vote Quimby Tuesday, Aug 2, 22 @ 10:10 am
Kass didn’t like that it was reported that he fled to Indiana. Wonder if he will imagine a Combine there?

https://www.everygoddamnday.com/2022/08/and-john-went-down-into-land-of-indiana.html?fbclid=IwAR0duE52BGsK7SBkN1JIOM90I-l34MpZSJHWPwA3VwIdQzIz9VZcgLmNhMc

Comment by Big Dipper Tuesday, Aug 2, 22 @ 10:25 am
CUBS offering any BOGOs just to clear out the overstock?

Comment by Annonin' Tuesday, Aug 2, 22 @ 10:50 am
Amalia- absolutely re: the Sox. Ten hits and one run against a bad team. Ugh. Pretty decent pitching by Kopech.

Comment by Friendly Bob Adams Tuesday, Aug 2, 22 @ 11:55 am
The I-72 corridor between Springfield and Decatur got drenched this morning, some areas up to 6 inches. Some of those areas had been getting into slight to moderate drought conditions prior

Comment by Just Sayin Tuesday, Aug 2, 22 @ 12:14 pm
It seems like every year for the past five or six we have been told that this is the year for the Sox to dominate.

Comment by Big Dipper Tuesday, Aug 2, 22 @ 1:25 pm
@Big Dipper, I think that Kass is angry that he cannot continue to comment on Chicago as if he is a resident. His hypocrisy was unmasked. And you are right about the Sox. every year is the year. and so it goes.

Comment by Amalia Tuesday, Aug 2, 22 @ 2:41 pm
About the heavy rain and flooding…

I have said for some time that when they build/built the Interstate Highway System, there should have been 48-inch or so culverts built down the center medians. However many pumping stations it would take to move flood waters to firestruck areas could not exceed the billions of dollars in damage done by the fires and floods.

Comment by Behind the Scenes Tuesday, Aug 2, 22 @ 3:33 pm
Big Dipper,

Oh my, I really enjoyed reading that. Seems like without having an editor, Steinberg can speak his mind and get as esoteric as he wants to be. I think I will read him more going forward.

Comment by cermak_rd Tuesday, Aug 2, 22 @ 3:36 pm