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A pedestrian retrieves his blown-away plastic raincoat from a motorist on Kinzie at Wells during a sudden downpour in Chicago on Friday, July 13, 2012. | Richard A. Chapman~Sun-Times
Allie Gott, 21, uses a plastic bag as she walks north on Wells Street near the Merchandise Mart. Pedestrians use umbrellas, plastic bags, or whatever they had with them for protection from a sudden downpour in Chicago on Friday, July 13, 2012. | Richard A. Chapman~Sun-Times
A bicyclist rides his bicycle southbound on Wells at Kinzie during a sudden downpour in Chicago on Friday, July 13, 2012. | Richard A. Chapman~Sun-Times
A pedestrian crosses Kinzie at Wells during a sudden downpour in Chicago on Friday, July 13, 2012. | Richard A. Chapman~Sun-Times
A pedestrian caught without an umbrella runs from the rain during a sudden downpour in Chicago on Friday, July 13, 2012. | Richard A. Chapman~Sun-Times
The Willis Tower is shrouded in a cloak of rain during a sudden downpour in Chicago on Friday, July 13, 2012. | Richard A. Chapman~Sun-Times
Pedestrians cross Wells at Kinzie during a sudden downpour in Chicago on Friday, July 13, 2012. | Richard A. Chapman~Sun-Times
A pedestrian runs from the rain along Wells using a briefcase as protection during a sudden downpour in Chicago on Friday, July 13, 2012. | Richard A. Chapman~Sun-Times
A pedestrian crosses Wells at Kinzie during a sudden downpour in Chicago on Friday, July 13, 2012. | Richard A. Chapman~Sun-Times
A pedestrian crosses Kinzie at Wells during a sudden downpour in Chicago on Friday, July 13, 2012. | Richard A. Chapman~Sun-Times
A pedestrian crosses Wells at Kinzie during a sudden downpour in Chicago on Friday, July 13, 2012. | Richard A. Chapman~Sun-Times
A pedestrian runs from the rain at Kinzie and Wells during a sudden downpour in Chicago on Friday, July 13, 2012. | Richard A. Chapman~Sun-Times
A bicyclist rides his bicycle southbound on Wells at Kinzie during a sudden downpour in Chicago on Friday, July 13, 2012. | Richard A. Chapman~Sun-Times
A pedestrian crosses Kinzie at Wells during a sudden downpour in Chicago on Friday, July 13, 2012. | Richard A. Chapman~Sun-Times
Thunderstorms raced through the Chicago area on Friday afternoon, leaving some pedestrians unprepared and others happy they remembered to bring an umbrella. …