A TikTok post documenting storm damage in suburban Chicago resonated with Illinois residents after two nights of severe weather earlier this month left neighborhoods strewn with downed trees and many homes still without electricity.
In Oak Lawn, the creator said locals were comparing the destruction with one of the area’s most memorable disasters.
What happened?
The Family Pawtrait Company (@thefamilypawtrait) posted images of the storms’ aftermath in the suburb and explained the extent of the damage in the caption: “The sun was shining in Oak Lawn today, but the last two nights we had some pretty severe storms with winds up to 80 mph. Many of the residents including myself are still without power.
I actually spoke with two separate people who both told me they remembered the tornado in ’67 and that for some reason the damage to the trees that was done by these two storms was worse. I wasn’t around then but when I saw some of the damage today. I knew I had to go home and get my camera.”…