that time it was so hot

It was so hot in Chicago that the fire department needed to hose down the Michigan Avenue Bridge after the steel expanded, reducing clearance for boats. https://abcn.ws/2yWsa9X

the rain in the summertime

Almost 48 hours without rain and now, back to your regularly scheduled deluge and flooding. The upswing: Illinois homeowners who wanted waterfront property, you probably have it by now