Picture of Lake Shore Drive where hundreds of people abandoned their cars overnight during the blizzard and had to be rescued on snowmobiles.
Madden looking out our back sliding glass door this morning, where the snow drift towered well over the top of our porch railing.
Our dumpster is behind that fence. Almost completely buried in snow. You can see a path cut through the snow, it looks like someone tried to make a trip out there to take the trash out but didn't make it and turned around when the powder got chest deep.
the picture on the right is our garage door, covered about half-way up with snow.
words used by the Today Show to describe the Chicago blizzard of '11:
"extraordinarily rare"
"paralyzing"
"worst in decades"
"devastating"
"third-worst storm in Chicago's history"
"40-70 mph wind gusts"
"20.2 inches of snow by 10:30 am, with more snow still falling"
"snow drifts of up to 8 feet"
words used by Randy and myself to describe what we saw out our windows this morning:
"WHAT THE...!?"
"HOLY SH@#!!"
words used by Madden to describe what he saw out our windows this morning:
"Snowmans!! Snowmans!! Snowmans!!"
"uh-ohhhh...."
11 comments:
Amazing pictures! You are part of history. Those pictures of Lake Shore Drive are unbelievable. I see some blue sky in your pictures - I hope the worst is over.
That is CRAZY!!!
Holy Shiz B!! This is reason enough to move back to AZ!! So I got that same basketball hoop at a yard sale last year but it doesn't look half that good!! You are so good at updating your blog.. I am trying to get motivated!!
My words to describe those pictures.....
Holy sheeeeesh-ga-monga-freak-snow-drifting all over the $&<)!*?/_!~ place!
Oh my gosh! Those pictures are crazy! I kind of know how you feel. Last year Virginia had like its worst storm ever and we barely made it home safely and then were trapped for a couple days! It's crazy!
Greg had a friend stuck in that lake shore drive mess! He was there for 7.5 hours before he was able to get out!! I am SO glad I was at home! We shoveled for almost 4 hours yesterday!!! Great pics by the way... I loved the one on Randy's FB from inside the garage. Crazy!
Incredible photos! I saw Lake Shore Drive on the news and thought of you guys. What a wintery mess!
I have never in my life seen snow like that! CRAZY! I wonder how long it will take it to melt!! You might be stuck for quite a while!! Good luck!!
It really makes you grateful for a warm house im sure! Glad you guys are safe! Great pictures by the way!
HOLY COW B! I was watching Regis and Kelly the other morning and they were talking to a reporter in Chicago about all the snow and I thougth of you guys. That is so flippin crazy! I would hate all that! But you did get some really good and cute pics of it. Glad you had all your diet cherry pepsi stocked up before it happened. Thats my kind of girl. :)
That is crazy! It looks fun for maybe a moment then back inside:)
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