New here, but not to the community- same username about the interwebs relating to our hobby. Anyway, I see a lot of fmailiar faces and hope to be able to contribute to the nice site you all enjoy.
Welcome aboard. I too was born and grew up in Illinois, the Prairie State. I do miss those theatrical thunder storms in July. We have all kinds of weather in N.C., but not exactly those.
I guess since I normally say welcome from Fort Worth, Texas, I'll join these others and say I was actually born in Peoria Illinois. But I've been in Texas since I was two or three years old.