A car is buried on a residential street in Elgin Wednesday, Feb. 2.

Rick West | Staff Photographer

Pedestrians walk Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 1 in downtown Arlington Heights.

Bill Zars | Staff Photographer

Snow piles at the front door of the Elgin Tower Building on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011.

Brian Hill | Staff Photographer

Hundreds of cars are seen stranded on Lake Shore Drive Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 in Chicago. A winter blizzard of historic proportions wobbled an otherwise snow-tough Chicago, stranding hundreds of drivers for up to 12 hours overnight on the city's showcase lakeshore thoroughfare and giving many city schoolchildren their first ever snow day.

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People snowtube in a farm field near Lees Road and Route 47 in Lily Lake on Wednesday, Feb. 2.

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A commuter walks down the platform at the Libertyville Metra station Tuesday, Feb. 1.

Steve Lundy | Staff Photographer

Drivers maneuver around abandoned cars in the southbound lanes of Kirk Road in St. Charles.

Mark Black | Staff Photographer

An IDOT truck plows southbound on Route 47 past another IDOT truck in Lily Lake on Wednesday morning, Feb. 2.

Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer

Buffalo Grove Police dig out vehicles on Wednesday, Feb. 2.

Bob Susnjara | Staff Photographer

Blinding snow moves through downtown Elgin looking East on Chicago street on Wednesday, Feb. 2.

Brian Hill | Staff Photographer

Snow accumulates in a pickup truck that was stranded and left open on Lake Shore Drive, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 in Chicago. A winter blizzard of historic proportions wobbled an otherwise snow-tough Chicago, stranding hundreds of drivers for up to 12 hours overnight on the city's showcase lakeshore thoroughfare and giving many city schoolchildren their first ever snow day.

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Frank Rizzo, left, and Bill Weigold clear Austin Avenue in Libertyville with neighbors on Wednesday, Feb. 2.

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Snow accumulates in a pickup truck that was stranded and left open on Lake Shore Drive, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 in Chicago. A winter blizzard of historic proportions wobbled an otherwise snow-tough Chicago, stranding hundreds of drivers for up to 12 hours overnight on the city's showcase lakeshore thoroughfare and giving many city schoolchildren their first ever snow day.

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Plows dig out as a pedestrian makes his way through the blizzard in Aurora on Wednesday morning, Feb. 2.

Bev Horne | Staff Photographer

This view reveals downtown Des Plaines following the blizzard on Wednesday, Feb. 2.

JOE LEWNARD | Staff Photographer

An abandoned cars rests in the southbound lanes of Kirk Road in Geneva.

Mark Black | Staff Photographer

Anthony Abernath, 18, of Batavia takes a jump at Fabyan Windmill Forest Preserve sledding hill in Batavia.

Mark Black | Staff Photographer

Mark Hamlen of Palatine is a bit frosted as he uses his snowblower to clear out his driveway.

Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer

Commuters cross Dunton Avenue after catching early trains from downtown Chicago as the blizzard begins Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 1 in Arlington Heights.

Bill Zars | Staff Photographer

This view is looking west on Highland Avenue toward the post office after the blizzard on Wednesday, Feb. 2.

Brian Hill | Staff Photographer

Four-foot drifts block garage doors in St. Charles early Wednesday, Feb. 2.

Mark Black | Staff Photographer

Snow is plastered to the sides of homes after the blizzard.

Mark Black | Staff Photographer

A pedestrian walks through downtown Libertyville as a Blizzard hit the area Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 1.

Steve Lundy | Staff Photographer

Juan Gonzalez continues to cut paths to stores Thursday, Feb. 3 on Highland Avenue and Campbell Street after the blizzard.

Bill Zars | Staff Photographer

Kyle Walter,13, left, helps his friend Steven Tellano, 12, dig out the end his driveway on Wilke Road Thursday Feb. 3.

Bill Zars | Staff Photographer