Take-No-Prisoners Blizzard Plows through Plainfield
Area sees somewhere in the neighborhood of 16 inches of snow.
We may be out of the woods as far as more snow accumulation goes, but National Weather Service reports say the fun is far from over. Wind gusts will continue through tonight, ushering in an overnight low of 18 below. This, on the heels of the blizzard that whipped through Tuesday night -- with its occasional near-zero visibility, howling wind pelting ice against windows and surreal claps of thunder -- makes it all feel a bit Armaggedon-like. According to the most recent numbers available, 16.4 inches of snow were tallied at the National Weather Service office in Romeoville, and weather watchers in Joliet recorded anywhere from 12 to 17 inches. O'Hare International Airport measured 20.2 inches and Midway Airport had 19.9. (To see more …
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Tracey-Just Another Mommy Blog
9:23 am on Wednesday, February 2, 2011
15-20 inches of snow doesn't sound like a lot until you see the 4 foot drifts against doorways and behind parked vehicles. The roads in Wesmere are absolutely untouched at 9:00 this morning and I am hoping to find information on Routes 56 and 59 so that I can alert my husband with an all-clear to come home from his stranded location in Aurora... Any news on road conditions? Any recommendations of… more ›