Images: Making the Most of Wednesday's Frigid Blast
See images highlighting suburban solutions for dealing with frigid temperatures on Wednesday.Most school districts canceled classes as high temperatures registered below or near zero.
Braving the sub-zero temperatures to get some sledding in at Wing Park in Elgin are Providence Baptist College students, from left, Daniel Barajas, 18, Jason Bartels, 19, Efren Ramos, 18, and Jacob Bartels, 18. Also pictured but not seen and most likely buried under one of their friends are Alan Ledezma, 18, and Joe Helterbran. All the men are from Elgin.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Making a sledding run Wednesday at Wing Park in Elgin are Jason Bartels, 19, left, Jacob Bartels, 18, on bottom, Efren Ramos, 18, center, and Alan Ledezma, 18, on top, as sub-zero temperatures blanket the Fox Valley area Wednesday. The men, all from Elgin, attend Providence Baptist College.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Metra riders bundle up against the cold and stay warm under heat lamps Wednesday morning at the Crystal Lake station.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Blowing snow creates hazardous driving conditons along Midlothian Road near Mundelein Wednesday morning.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Mundelein Park District employee Brian Jeske sprays water to create the surface of the ice rink at Community Park in Mundelein on Wednesday.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Grayslake Central High School was among those closed on Wednesday due to the bitter cold.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Des Plaines resident Gary Ivy commutes to his work in Palatine via the train and also his bike no matter the temperature.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Palatine resident Donielle Johnson braves the cold at the Palatine train station to catch her ride into the city.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Steam rises off the Fox River in Elgin as sub-zero temperatures blanket the Fox Valley area Wednesday.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
iFly in Naperville was one fun thing to do away from the cold, bitter temperatures on Wednesday.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
Anna Gorski, 16, enjoys a day off from school in Wheaton, as instructor Tim Hunckler helps her at iFly in Naperville.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
Seven-year-old Lukas McCaulou of Mundelein braves the sled hill at Keith Mione Community Park in Mundelein.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Lake County Forest Preserve worker Leon Mata had the unenviable task of flooding the ice rink at Lakewood Forest Preserve's winter sports area.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Jason Birschbach with the Batavia Department of Public Works clears snow from the sidewalk in Batavia Wednesday morning. He didn't think he'd be out so much in the cold weather, not bringing his Carhart pants, but said "If you're working, you stay warm."
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Andrei Patano, 19, of St. Charles East High School celebrates his victory over STC Underground program supervisor Dan Procaccio after playing Super Smash Brothers at the Baker Community Center in St. Charles Wednesday afternoon. The teen rec center opened up four hours early to accommodate students who didn't have school. Darrell Gregg, 14, far right, is a student at Thompson Middle School in St. Charles. "Mom said clean or come here," he said with a laugh.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
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