>>>You have my sympathy for the winds there in Rancho Cucamonga ;-) (One of the first places I worked was a consulting job at Stater Brothers in Colton). It's still a mess here. I have lived in Chicago off and on since 1975 and have never seen a blizzard like this. None of the roads where I live have been plowed yet. Heck, Lake Shore Drive, one of the major roads in Chicago, is still littered with stuck cars and buses. Almost all schools are closed for a second day, which is rare in a city familiar with snowstorms.
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>>Rare is the right word. I heard that yesterday was the first time in _12 years_ that Chicago Public Schools were closed for snow.
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>Milwaukee is about 1h+ drive from Chicago. We had schools closed yesterday, but they were opened today. It took quite a while to shovel our driveway, but we did it. I can not say that blizzard was bad here.

My daughter is at UW-Milwaukee and she said it wasn't as bad up there. I am SO sore from shoveling yesterday.