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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
  Plow drivers hit the streets early Wednesday morning in Aurora. Bev Horne/bhorne@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
  People dig their stranded cars out from snow drifts on Peterson Rd. West of Route 83 Wednesday near Mundelein. STEVE LUNDY/slundy@dailyherald.com
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