Friends and former colleagues, including Vice President Joe Biden, two former Pennsylvania governors, judges and others on Tuesday mourned the loss of former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, calling him an “irreplaceable” man who was so determined to beat a string of illnesses that he managed to teach one last law class less than two weeks before his death. Specter, 82, died at home Sunday of complications from non-Hodgkin lymphoma. His funeral service was held Tuesday afternoon at Har Zion Temple in Penn Valley, near Philadelphia. No cameras are allowed in the service, but cameras did capture dignitaries arriving at the synagogue throughout the morning. Biden said he’d never seen someone with as much “undaunted courage” as Specter. He said his former Senate colleague’s fights with cancer should give hope to all families battling the disease. “He believed he could change the world, if he just worked hard enough at it,” Biden said.
The old saying goes, "April showers bring May flowers." But, with at least another three days of chilly, rainy weather on the horizon, Chicagoans might be singing a different refrain.
Andy Avalos is predicting rain showers all week with temperatures only going as high as 65.
The weather played a cruel trick by giving Chicago sunshine and blue skies over the weekend, only to turn cold at the start of the week.
Today, thunderstorms could develop in the late afternoon and evening with heavy rain and temperatures in the mid to upper 40s. Although Tuesday will be one of the warmest days with highs in the mid 60s, Chicago won't see much sun until Thursday.
Friday will be the light at the end of the tunnel with mostly sunny skies and highs in the mid 60s again.
While it feels like spring won't ever be around the corner, it could be worse. On this day in 1910, Chicago had 2.5 inches of snow on the ground, the National Weather Service Reports.
