Images: A frigid Thursday in the suburbs
See images of people dealing with another day of double-digit subzero weather as the polar vortex impacts the suburbs
Steam rises along the Fox River in Geneva as temperatures hovered at 20 degrees below zero Thursday morning.
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Fred Kuehn, owner of Lifestyle Cycle in Libertyville, second from right, leads a brave group of cycling enthusiasts on a short ride to Bakers Square in Libertyville as temperatures hovered around minus 20 Thursday morning in Lake County. "Today was not about the ride, it's about bragging rights," said Kuehn.
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Aras Tijunelis of Green Oaks is bundled during a ride to the Bakers Square in Libertyville.
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Matt Carlin of Libertyville shows the frigid affects after a bike ride with fellow cyclists from Lifestyle Cycle in Libertyville.
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A wind-blown field reveals interesting patternsin the snow in Lake County.
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Fred Kuehn, owner of Lifestyle Cycle in Libertyville, has a frosted face mask after a ride to the Bakers Square in Libertyville.
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Peter Sherman of Old Mill Creek pushes his bike up to the Bakers Square in Libertyville after a group ride.
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Icicles hang from the Harrington Inn in Geneva as commuters hit the road on Thursday morning as temperatures were 20 degrees below zero.
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Waukegan Police Sergent Scott Chastain plays with his dog Copper after some training by T.O.P.S. in Grayslake Thursday. Dogs are trained outside for short periods of time in cold weather. "We train outside so in real life, when we've got to put them into that, they are used to it," said Chastain.
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Waukegan Police Sergent Scott Chastain, middle, goes through training with T.O.P.S. trainers Tim Branon, left, and owner Alex Rothacker in Grayslake.
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The sign at Libertyville Bank and Trust on Milwaukee Aveneue read minus 21 at 7:00 A.M. Thursday morning.
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An electronic sign in front of Portillos and Sam's Club in Elgin reads 23 below zero at 7 a.m. Thursday.
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A temperature sign in front of the Animal Clinic of South Elgin seems to be missing the negative annotation from the minus 20 reading at 7:06 a.m. in South Elgin Thursday.
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Jeff Roessler of Elgin pauses at the side of the Fox River in South Elgin by the dam to take a cell phone picture Thursday morning as temperatures dropped to minus 25 around 7:15 a.m. "It's actually not too bad. I am dressed for it so that helps," said Roessler of his adventure.
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Jeff Roessler of Elgin pauses at the side of the Fox River in South Elgin by the dam to take a cell phone picture Thursday morning as temperatures dropped to minus 25 around 7:15 a.m.
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Though it may have actually been a few degrees colder, the temperature sign outside the Wheeling Community Campus nonetheless reads a bone-chilling minus 17 degrees.
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The temperature sign outside the Wheeling Community Campus displays minus 17.
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The subzero temperatures created sundogs on Thursday morning in Carol Stream.
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City Hall in St. Charles is shrouded in steam from the Fox River Thursday.
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City Hall and downtown St. Charles are shrouded in steam from the Fox River.
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