Images: Blizzard 2011, staff photos
Shops on Glenview Road were buried in five-foot drifts in Glenview Wednesday.
George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
A maintenance worker removes snow from the parking lot at The ClipperÂ’s Edge on Dewes Street in Glenview Wednesday.
George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
Tom Fowler, left, of Turkey and Jill Ridderboss of St. Louis get ready to jump from a building into a snow drift on the campus of Wheaton College Wednesday.
PAUL MICHNA/Pmichna@dailyherald.com
Victoria Zepeda, of Itasca, cleans snow from the roof of her neighbors home Wednesday.
SCOTT SANDERS/ssanders@dailyherald.com
Russell Altersohn finds a fun way to cope with the blizzard of 2011 by cross country skiing in the streets of his Geneva neighborhood Wednesday.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
Adam Newell clears his driveway on Williams Ave. in St. Charles Wednesday morning.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
Snow is plastered to the sides of homes after the blizzard of 2011 hit the Chicago area.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
Bob Glim snow blows his sidewalk on Williams Ave. in St. Charles Wednesday.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
David Ferguson takes a break from digging out a Crystal Lake driveway Wednesday morning.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
A Mundelein Public Works plow clears Huntington Drive as the blizzard continues to sweep through the area Wednesday in Lake County.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Marie Larsson of Libertyville cross-country skis down Brainerd Ave. in Libertyville Wednesday morning.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Libertyville residents take to the streets talking to neighbors after the blizzard hit the area Wednesday in Lake County.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Buffalo Grove police were busy digging out squad cars after the snow tapered Wednesday morning.
Bob Susnjara/bsusnjara@dailyherald.com
Michael Link of Evanston pulls Rachel McLinden, 14, of Libertyville on a sled down Cook Ave. in Libertyville Wednesday.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Steve Kern of Mundelein digs out his car after the blizzard pounded the area Tuesday night in Lake County.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
The front entrance of a Mundelein home is blocked by snow drifts after the blizzard swept the area last night in Lake County.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com