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It's Curious City, where we take your questions about Chicago and the region, and investigate, report, explore, from WBEZ.

Hi, I'm Chloe Percinos.

Curious citizen, Aaron English Bailey,

had a healthy fear of tornadoes as a kid.

She grew up near the northwestern limits of Chicagoland's sprawl,

and she remembers when the tornado siren would go off.

There were plenty of times where I was in the basement with my brother,

like, waiting for the sirens to stop.

Together, they'd sit there, huddled in the basement,

and Aaron's imagination would get away from her.

I was afraid of cars flying through the air and our house blowing out,

our roof blowing off.

Years later, Bailey moved to the big city.

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