These constant storms are insane.

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In 2026, Illinois has had 463 tornado warnings--so far. It's only August, we of course will have some more before the year ends. Lately we have storms ever day...at some point. Today's storms were long and strong, yesterdays were mild in comparison, and the day before that the storms were damaging and downright dangerous. Streets have been flooded. Branches are down in many places, and our power has glitched on and off so many times today I've lost track. Or it's just off. When it's on, we charge phones and zap our coffee. This is our life the past two weeks, for the most part. It storms, we hunker down, it ends, we recover and are thankful that a tornado didn't swoop down and blow us away. But it's getting so tiring. Hard to sleep when you know bad weather is moving in again. Are you having bad storms and lots of rain/thunder/lightening/tornadoes/whatever?? I am not scared--I take precautions to keep son and I as safe as I can. We have a weather radio, etc. as well as candles, flashlights, and such. It's just hard on the nerves and even harder to get any rest. I know it won't last forever--heck, in a few weeks we could all be screaming for rain if we have more of this intense 100-degree stuff. I get that. I simply would like maybe 3-4 days of no storm warnings, wind or tornado issues, flooding possibilities, etc. I need to buck up...we are forecasted to have more days of this. Maybe I will get out the joke book or watch a funny movie--if the power stays on!