Author: DXO

  • Storm Damage, Indian Boundary Park

    Storm Damage, Indian Boundary Park, originally uploaded by juggernautco. So I’ve taken a lot of storm damage pics, documenting the results of the huge storm that passed through Chicago on the afternoon of August 23, 2007. None are more dramatic than the ones here at Indian Boundary Park. Some huge trees took a dive, and…

  • CTA Alerts-style system could ahve saved lives at Virginia Tech

     The official line on the Virginia Tech report is that the University should have alerted people earlier. But the fact is that some plain-old electronic rumor-mongering and unofficial rush-to-post twittering would have done the trick, too. Report: V. Tech could have saved lives :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Nation Had university officials not waited more than…

  • Brothers on first day of school, 2007 -2008

    Brothers on first day of school, 2007 -2008, originally uploaded by juggernautco. Impossible to take a normal picture, apparently.

  • Fish drying in window, Oakland, CA

    Fish drying in window, Oakland, CA, originally uploaded by juggernautco.  

  • Storm Damage, Logan Boulevard

    Storm Damage, Logan Boulevard, originally uploaded by juggernautco. The City has been out in force since the storm– using all kinds of equipment and crews to clean up trees. I’ve seen garbage truck crews cutting up trucks and stacking them. Water Department dump trucks hauling stuff away, and this tractor clearing the streets. Nicely done.…