Crews cut through debris

As Steven Wardlow's family headed for the basement Monday night, Wardlow stood at the front windows watching the wind whip around the family's Sycamore neighborhood. Then he watched a tree fall right onto his 1998 Ford Ranger. “I said, ‘We have insurance on the car, right? I just watched a tree fall on it,'” he said Tuesday as his 12-year-old son, Anthony Deutsch, took photos of the damage. Trees and utility poles fell throughout the county Monday night as a severe storm blew through the area with winds of 60 to 80 mph, Northern Illinois University meteorologist Gilbert Sebenste said. DeKalb received about an inch of rain in less than an hour, while Genoa received nearly 2 inches. The storm started near the Illinois-Iowa state line and blew