The Cubs-Tigers game was delayed due to a Tornado Warning, and fans stuffed in the bathrooms for safety live tweeted the whole thing.
Sometimes baseball games just can’t carry on during storms, and that was the case during Tuesday night’s Cubs-Tigers game which saw Wrigley Field evacuated due to severe storms that rolled through the area.
Tornado sirens were sounded not long after the game started and torrential rains soaked the field and fans who couldn’t get to safety quick enough. For those fans who were evacuated, it was an experience that varied from the pretty chill to the bizarre and interesting. As is a safety procedure at Wrigley, fans were brought into the bathrooms around the concourse and it made for a less than friendly experience to some.
Fans live tweeted the evacuation, noting that all hell pretty much broke loose from people lighting up what could be their last cigarette to fans being hoarded into the bathrooms.
@jmwtrucker tigers game on rain delay. Tornado warning. Wrigley field being evacuated.
— 🔥S.D. Ganja 420 🌿💨 (@SDGanja420) August 19, 2015
Guy next to me just lights up a cigarette... anything goes? #raindelay #WrigleyField
— A McG (@aamcg) August 19, 2015
ABC7 News. People being moved into Wrigley Field washrooms for safety. Personally, I'd take my chances with the storm. #nasty
— David Jakes (@djakes) August 19, 2015
Raining at #wrigleyfield doesn't happen at the trop pic.twitter.com/JpWsA0nwhQ
— SBN (@NickoAC) August 19, 2015
RT WCIA3Derick "RT CarrieMuskat: Fans at Wrigley Field asked to seek shelter because of lightning in the area. #Cubs #Tigers"
— Martin Dull (@martindull) August 19, 2015
This is not special effects. @Cubs @CubsNoHitStreak @BrianGarza1 @brianazzarello pic.twitter.com/uyNsXnBNRv
— Bill Savage (@RogersParkMan) August 19, 2015
What's worse? Enduring a t-storm at a baseball game or taking cover in the #WrigleyField bathrooms? Those poor people...
— ɹǝlɐǝʇsɹǝʌᴉ˥ (@Liverstealer) August 19, 2015
They say going to Wrigley Field is a once in a lifetime experience — but the Friendly Confines sure has a way of making each experience unique.
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