For Eastern Will County residents, July 27, 2026, probably will be remembered for the damages left in the wake of torrential rainfall and violent wind bursts.
The afternoon saw the roofs torn off the Monee Fire Station and a Beecher church, a tree-impaled cavernous hole in a park building, and floodwater that closed a wildlife rehabilitation center.
Cleanup was nearly complete by Sunday, as streets were cleared and electric and internet services had been restored in most areas.
But the devastation very likely left behind a fresh new crop of astraphobiasists (persons who fear storms)…