There is no such thing as being snowed-in where I live; life goes on, no matter what. There has been 3 or 4 snow days in 13 years here and even then they were only because of ice, never snow. It is interesting to me that the Midwest doesn't seem to have the equipment or manpower to handle this kind of weather. However, I do remember a few years ago being in St. Louis (during a 2-4 inch snow) and thinking, "For the love of God, some of these people do not have a clue how to drive in the snow." In that regard, it is probably a good thing that it keeps those people off the roads.

I remember growing up in MO and the blizzards we had in the 70s were freaking amazing! less

In Chicago, we got between 1 and 2.5 feet of snow, depending on where you lived. We got more than 2 feet, drifting to more than 35 inches. Our cars had drifts on one side up to the windows.

Everybody OK? We're fine. Our kids all got home OK, although one of my kids thought she missed her train out of the city as the snow started, as they were sending the trains out as soon as they were full. We were glad they added more trains, and she got home safe. Our other dd was going to spend the night at a friend's house, as she was closer to work, only to be told the school where she works was closed Wednesday. Everybody had the day off.

Spent hours clearing snow. Made sure My Man gave me a good time the night the snow started and the morning before we went out, because I knew he'd be exhausted tonight. He went to sleep, after a JimmyJane candle massage at around 7:00 PM today.

People were stranded most of the night on Lake Shore Drive, but they got everybody out by about 3:00 AM. It was bad here, blowing snow, drifting, 3 inches an hour falling. It's supposed to be below zero tomorrow and the next day.

Here's some pics.

I hope everybody in the Midwest is OK. I think the East Coast is due for it soon.

Plow with plow UP coming down our street. This was the visibility at about 8:00 AM

a drift approximately 34 inches

view from our deck, first thing in the morning

house was covered and then it froze over. Snow was coming in around the cracks in the doors, through the screens of the windows that did not have storm windows and around the windows.

more of the street, early morning

chair on our deck

deck, with about two feet of snow less

Oh, we rarely get fazed by snow. We live in Chicago. However, this storm was the worst since '67! It was bigger than '79!

Chicago has excellent equipment (although we live in an unincorporated area, the arterial streets around us are pretty well taken care of.) But, in Chicago, Lake Shore Drive was shut down, and people were stranded. THAT hasn't happened since 1967!!! They were running extra trains and I was so glad my daughter got out of the city in time.

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SnoPocalypse. My Man and I were calling it "Snowgasm 2011."

Hey, Pixi, they canceled school for a week? Wow. Our one child who is still in Grammar school (5th grade) had her second snow day EVER! The first one, several years ago, was due to below zero cold (like today, but school is open.) We're used to it in Chicago, but we got more two days ago, and the day before that. But, even though the next were only a few inches all together, there is NO place to put the snow! We have piles 10 to 12 feet high in parking lots and next to our streets. Our garbage finally got picked up 7 days late. They, of course, couldn't dig out the garbage that My Man so thoughtfully put out the night before the Blizzard. So, it sat there for a week until he dug it out. less