Images: Wednesday Snow
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Pedro Castrejon of Martin & Associates Landscaping shovels sidewalks in front of businesses in Woodland Commons in Buffalo Grove on Wednesday. The overnight snowstorm forced area residents to once again dig out their driveways and face morning traffic problems on commutes to work and school.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Traffic backs up along Route 31 in Elgin as snow hits the Fox Valley hard Wednesday complicating much of the morning commute to work.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
A driver emerges from his car after sliding into a ditch along Terra Cotta Road in Crystal Lake Wednesday morning. Another car sits in the same spot from an earlier incident.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Snow falling faster than the plows could move it caused major traffic delays on the eastbound Jane Addams expressway Wednesday morning.
Jeff Knox/jknox@dailyherald.com
Gustavo Ernandes rides his bicycle to work on Lee Street in Des Plaines on Thursday.
George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
An unidentified person navigates some of the drifts in Algonquin as snow hits the Fox Valley hard Wednesday complicating much of the morning commute to work.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Marianos grocery store employee Heidi Snodie pushes carts in the snow at the new store in Lake Zurich on Wednesday. The overnight snowstorm forced area residents to once again dig out their driveways and face morning traffic problems on commutes to work and school.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Snow plows were out in force Wednesday morning along Route 176 in Prairie Grove.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Snow is starting to pile up in parking lots, such as Coscto in Naperville. Crews had to deal with more snow Wednesday morning.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
A sign on the Golf Road circle fell or was knocked down in Des Plaines on Thursday.
George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
A driver gets stuck in a ditch and waits for a tow truck along Route 176 just west of Island Lake Wednesday morning.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Snow is starting to pile up in parking lots, such as Coscto in Naperville. Crews had to deal with more snow Wednesday morning.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
John Gerlach blows snow at a neighbors house with friend Bob Rogers (not pictured) in Geneva Wednesday morning. We do the neighborhood, he said. Were both retired and we love being outdoors. Were getting a little bit old, but what the heck. Our wives look out the windows every 10 minutes to see if were still upright, he said.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Traffic moves slowly looking north toward Oak Brook from Rt. 83 and Chicago Ave.
Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
Jeff Lennard and his wife Val shovel snow in front of their Elgin home Wednesday morning.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
A driver waits to have his car pulled out from a snowbank along Route 176 in Island Lake. Wednesday mornings commute was hampered by overnight snowfall.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
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