[Magdalen] Safe?

[Jay Weigel]

i understand the flashpoint for the demonstrations (which admittedly turned
into rioting) was the killing of a 15 year old kid by Chicago cops. Again.
Why is no one talking about that? And what were the circumstances? We can't
even find out.

On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 9:55 PM Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu> wrote:

> Oh,my! I heard about the looting,  and that was bad enough, but did not
> hear about the tornado!  My niece moved  to  Volo  about a year ago,  and
> loves  it.  I will certainly  keep Chicago in prayer!
>
> Ann
>
> The Rev. Ann Markle
> Buffalo, NY
> ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 9:47 PM Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > A rather horrible day it's been for beloved Chicago. We woke up to read
> > about the results of a night of looting downtown, and then a rare derecho
> > passed through this afternoon, wreaking havoc.
> >
> > A friend, a former ELCA pastor, lives in the Loop with his husband, and
> > found himself outside their highrise building last night pleading with
> > looters not to damage the shops on the ground floor. I understand he was
> > interviewed on the scene by the CBS station. I'll look for that. Anyway,
> > his requests were to no avail, and he posted some scenes of destruction
> on
> > his FB page.
> >
> > The derecho brought hurricane-force winds and tornadoes across northern
> > Illinois, and this was the first time many of us here can remember
> hearing
> > the tornado sirens sound for real rather than just the monthly test at
> 10am
> > on the second Tuesday of the month or something like that. When all was
> > over, our friend Mike had a tree piercing his car's windshield (thank God
> > he wasn't in the car at the time), and the Chicago police and then fire
> > department spent some time in our alley dealing with, I assume, a live
> > power line that had been pulled down by a falling tree. Some very old and
> > large trees were uprooted all over the city, bus-stop benches thrown into
> > streets, windows blown out of high-rise apartments, and power cuts. Our
> > power remained, thank God. I've never seen the temperature drop so fast:
> > 86F to 71F in about 2 minutes, and the wind went from 0 to 60 mph in just
> > seconds. Lots of sirens all over the neighborhood.
> >
> > Downtown is cut off from all traffic tonight: bridges have been lifted,
> > expressway exits and Lake Shore Drive closed.
> >
> > Please pray for Chicago. Lord, have mercy.
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 4:33 PM P. Dan Brittain <pdan.brittain at gmail.com
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 9:39 AM Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Thank you for all the updates.
> > >
> > >
> > > We're about as usual - not going anywhere we absolutely don't have to;
> > > working in the garden and canning. Those things are going well and we
> are
> > > both ok.
> > >
> > > Did hear from my son and daughter-in-law in Iowa (they live near Tama).
> > > Today's "Direcho" went over their house. She saw a funnel and headed
> all
> > to
> > > shelter. Funnel never touched down (and no one hurt), TBTG, though they
> > do
> > > have a fair amount of tree limbs and the like; both cars are blocked
> in.
> > > Jason's car was in an uncovered drive, no trees or branches except
> behind
> > > and blocking him in. Jaz's car was backed into a covered carport, limbs
> > > still managed to get on the front of the car; not sure about any
> damage.
> > >
> > >
> > > P. Dan Brittain
> > > Harrison, Arkansas
> > >
> > > Transcriptions, Arrangements and Original Compositions
> > > Wind Band, Brass Band, Choir, and Ensembles
> > >
> > > http//:pdanbrittain.com  Or  at Sheet Music Plus
> > > http://tinyurl.com/yb9fl39r
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Scott R. Knitter
> > Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
> >
>