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FEBRUARY 3, 2011 10:44PM

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Snowtopolis in the Midwest. WISH YOU WERE HERE!

fachwerk haus

The night before when thundersnow was roaring, Fachwerkhaus under siege.

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As the wind began to blow the drifting snow would begin to make itself known, from flatness to fullness, sculptural explosion!

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The depth of snow at a local business was astounding, the morning after.

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The Mickey antenna is the only clue to a car that really, really wanted to go to school in Florida, but got turned down for a cooler model.

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Yeah, big drifts, snow in trucks and well, a mini business complex, or better known as SNOWTOPOLIS.

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This is what had to be dug out for the folks to get into their shop door, then the real fun began, clearing all the cars to plow the lot. That was after they cleared the drives in the neighborhood, just to be nice.

Chicago, a train ride away, is such a fantastic city! The Daly Plaza has a special snow removal apparatus. Small loaders clear the snow and deposit it into a special snow melter which carries the resulting water to an underground pipe and away. This is where the Christkindl Market is held annually and the farmers market in season. Many people cut through this on the way to different parts of the city, it is not far from the Metra station, it was one of my favorite paths!

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wow...

Hermione the Witch

February 03, 2011 10:53 PM

sweet

Rw005g

February 03, 2011 10:57 PM

Okay, I wasn't going to post any pictures, but my friends posted the you tube video and I could not resist! Enjoy!!!!

SheilaTGTG55

February 03, 2011 10:58 PM

Whoa! It's an ice age!!! xox

Robin Sneed

February 03, 2011 11:03 PM

Very cool.

trilogy

February 03, 2011 11:05 PM

Cool...literally so! r

A Persistent Muse

February 03, 2011 11:51 PM

I cannot believe the amount of snow.. wowwwwwwwww
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Linda Seccaspina

February 04, 2011 12:05 AM

whoa, sheila. i've talked to family back there, but these photos are jaw-dropping. those drifts!!!! and thanks for the daley plaza vid - am sending that around to some folks i know. great piece, just great.

femme forte aka candace

February 04, 2011 12:51 AM

OMFG that looks terrible. Thank the almighty duck I'm far enough away to only have little flurries.

Great photos!

Doug Socks

February 04, 2011 01:31 AM

Great pictures. And thank you for reminding me of why I remain in California, despite the Surreal Estate, and the high cost of living. =o)

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Shiral

February 04, 2011 02:32 AM

I keep saying, everyone needs to take a snow-removing lesson from Chicago. Here, in Maryland, school was out on Monday because there was a prediction of snow...it rained.

Fay Paxton

February 04, 2011 03:25 AM

Yup, that's what it looks like. Nice job capturing the sense of it. :)

Kent Pitman

February 04, 2011 05:32 AM

That video was amazing!!!

For someone who's never seen snow like that ... well.. I am amazed!!! Wow!

Little Kate

February 04, 2011 05:54 AM

Great pictures! That time lapse was a cool way to wrap it up. I found one from our neighborhood.

Looks like this could stick around a while.

bikepsychobabble

February 04, 2011 07:44 AM

So white and so cold...Looks like. I have never experienced it, but if it gets any worse maybe this is the year in Florida!

Linnnn

February 04, 2011 07:51 AM

As Hermionedwith said.... "Wow..."

Harp

February 04, 2011 08:29 AM

Thanks everyone for visiting, all the plowing and shoveling is catching up with folks and they are moving rather slow today! My son finished his lab early and headed back from Milwaukee to lend a hand. It will be a busy couple of days, but hopefully we are done with the blizzard thundersnows. We are not plowed back to our barn yet, and in order to work on the 49 Chevy pick up that is important!

SheilaTGTG55

February 04, 2011 10:26 AM

Yea well - mid 70s today with a touch more humidity!

Happy Super Bowl Day! / R

toritto

February 04, 2011 12:10 PM

Toritto: In the midst of the thundersnow, our K sent a picture to her dad's phone of the ocean and waving palm trees. Stinker! Ha.

SheilaTGTG55

February 04, 2011 12:26 PM

I just came back to Saudi from England where they were complaining about the cold - but nothing like that. That reminds me of Edmonton in the winter. Rated for potential snow giants!

Geraint Isitt

February 04, 2011 12:37 PM

Windy too. Those flags were WHIPPING. Thanks for posting the time lasped vid and I added a special thanks to my gratitude list today - that I don't own that store! Where do you even start?

Gabby Abby

February 04, 2011 12:52 PM

Wow!

Linda Shiue

February 04, 2011 06:10 PM

The snow looks so inviting, I could trade my tropical paradise in a heartbeat.

A. Walrond

February 04, 2011 09:58 PM

Great city, Chicago. It proves it time and again. No wonder Europeans consider it the quintessential American city.

Second to none, says this New Yorker. Thanks for the snow pix.