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Our images: Expanded blizzard coverage

  Snow covers North Edison Street in Elgin Wednesday morning. Brian Hill/bhill@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
  Shops on Glenview Road were buried in five-foot drifts in Glenview Wednesday. George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
  Steve Kern of Mundelein tries to dig out his car after the blizzard pounded the area Tuesday night in Lake County. Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
  Snow is piled up in Glenview Wednesday. George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
  An Elk Grove resident watches a snowmobiler zoom by on Leicester Road, Wednesday morning in Elk Grove Village. SCOTT SANDERS/ssanders@dailyherald.com
  The mailman’s pledge may be put to the test today as four-foot drifts remain at Pine Avenue and Northwest Highway in Arlington Heights Wednesday morning. Village Hall is in the background. Bill Zars/bzars@dailyherald.com
  Andrew Kaar, 12, of Glenview tries to cross Harlem Avenue near the Glenview Library in Glenview Wednesday. Kaar said he was trying to earn money shoveling walkways. George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
  Buried cars line the streets in Palatine as their owners dig out from the snowstorm. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Mark Scalia starts the process of clearing his driveway in the 1500 block of Williams Ave in St. Charles after the blizzard of 2011 hit the Chicago area. Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
  Snowdrifts along Williams Ave. in St. Charles measure well over 26 inches in some places after the blizzard of 2011 hit the Chicago area. Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
  A sideview mirror is about the only evidence that a car lies beneath a snow bank in Elgin Wedensday morning. Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
  Sean and Maryann Kopeny of Palatine walk the loney streets Wednesday morning. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Dan Hess of Elgin gets a face full of snow as he tries to clear his driveway Wednesday morning. Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
  Crystal Lake resident David Ferguson takes a break from digging out his driveway Wednesday morning. Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
  Pine Avenue north of Northwest Highway is desolate with the snow still coming down hard Wednesday in Arlington Heights. Bill Zars/bzars@dailyherald.com
  Parked cars buried in snow along Prarieview in Aurora after the blizzard on Wednesday. Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
  A Mundelein Public Works plow tries to clear Huntington Drive as the blizzard continues to sweep through the area Wednesday in Lake County. Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
  A maintenance worker removes snow from the parking lot at The Clipper’s Edge on Dewes Street in Glenview. George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
  A snowplow on Arlington Heights Road crosses Northwest Highway Wednesday morning in Arlington Heights. The National Weather Service is saying travel by car may cost your life. Bill Zars/bzars@dailyherald.com
  Plows dig out from the blizzard in Aurora on Wednesday. Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
  Mark Scalia starts the process of clearing his driveway in the 1500 block of Williams Ave in St. Charles after the blizzard of 2011 hit the Chicago area. Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
  Whiteout conditions still exist on Northwest Highway east of Arlington Heights Road as the blizzard continues Wednesday in Arlington Heights. Bill Zars/bzars@dailyherald.com
  Dundee road in Palatine is void of traffic in the early morning of the blizzard of 2011. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Drifts block garage doors Wednesday morning in Arlington Heights. Bill Zars/bzars@dailyherald.com
  The clearing of the snow begins as large amounts of snow hits the Elgin area. Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
  The Glenview Metro train station was empty Wednesday morning as they were operating on a modified schedule because of the storm. George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
  Stephanie Roberts of Elgin digs out her car using an ice scraper Wednesday morning. She stayed at a friends house last night when travel became impossible. Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
  Andrew Kaar, 12, of Glenview was out early Wednesday to earn money shoveling walkways. George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
  William and his son Jacob RaRocca dig out their driveway in Palatine Wendesday. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Abandoned cars dot the landscape in Palatine Wednesday morning. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  A vehicle was abandoned by its driver in the middle of a street in Elgin Wednesday morning. Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
  John Wilson of Lake Villa clears several driveways along Huntington Drive in Mundelein as the blizzard continues to sweep through the area Wednesday in Lake County. Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
  A snowdrift block the front door of this St. Charles after the blizzard of 2011 hit the Chicago area. Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
  Mark Hamlen of Palatine is a bit frosty after using his snowblower at his house. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  A car navigates the snow-filled roads after large amounts of snow fell on the Elgin area Wednesday. Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
  Thomas Smith of Elgin set out on foot to check out the conditions Wednesday morning as the area endures one of the worst blizzards in memory. “It’s so unusual,” he said ”I just had to check it out. I’m sending pictures to people I know if Florida and Las Vegas.” Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
  Stacey Colin, 7, of Palatine helps her dad dig their car out from under a huge snow drift Wednesday morning. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  People try to brave the roads as snow hits the Elgin area Wednesday. Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
  A privately-owned snow plow is the only vehicle in sight along McLean Blvd. around sunrise Wednesday morning. Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
  Snow drifts pile up to the windows following overnight snow. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Franklin De La Porre’s car is completely under snow in an alley of his Glenview home Wednesday. George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
  A woman takes her dog for a walk along Glen Ave. in Crystal Lake Wednesday morning. Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
  A car is three-fourths buried on a residential street in Elgin Wednesday morning as the area endures one of the worst blizzards in memory. Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
  Bob Glim struggles to get through the snow with his snowblower while clearing his sidewalk in the 1500 block of Williams Ave in St. Charles after the blizzard of 2011 hit the Chicago area. Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
  Plows dig out from the blizzard in Aurora on Wednesday. Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
  Rose Cantu of Elgin says she actually likes shoveling the snow and decided to do it before the plows came through her townhouse community Wednesday. Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
  Adam Newell starts the process of clearing his driveway in the 1500 block of Williams Ave in St. Charles after the blizzard of 2011 hit the Chicago area. Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
  Leighton Glim, 10 shovels as his dad Bob works with a snowblower to starts the process of clearing his driveway in the 1500 block of Williams Ave in St. Charles after the blizzard of 2011 hit the Chicago area. Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
  People try to dig themselves out from the blizzard in Aurora on Wednesday. Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
  Luis Santos of Elgin walks down College Green Drive Wednesday morning as the snow blows in his face. Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
  Plows dig out from a pedestrian makes his way through the blizzard in Aurora on Wednesday morning. Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
  Kids play in the winter wonderland Wednesday following the blizzard. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  A Crystal Lake resident hacks away at his driveway with a snowblower along Route 176 Wednesday morning. Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
  Snow covered streets in Glenview Wednesday. George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.comScott Jansen of Libertyville digs out his drivewayafter the blizzard hit the area Wednesday in Lake County. His dog Erma watches him work.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.comKnightsbridge Drive in Mundelein remains unplowed Wednesday morning.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.comLibertyville residents take to the streets Wednesday morning talking to neighbors.
  Zibi Szwejkowski uses a snow plower to clear his driveway in Mundelein as other neighbors work on theirs Wednesday in Lake County. Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
  A snow plow clears the parking lot at Westfield Shoppingtown Hawthorn in Vernon Hills after the blizzard hit the area Wednesday in Lake County. The mall was closed Wednesday. Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
  Sean Naughton, 11, of Mundelein eats the snow while his parents shovel the driveway Wednesday. Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
  A man walks into Ace Hardware in Libertyville which opened after the blizzard hit the area Wednesday in Lake County. Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
  Richard Liss, left, and Betty Fox of Mundelein clear their driveway Wednesday morning. Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
  Russell Altersohn finds a fun way to cope with the blizzard cross country skiing in the streets of his Geneva neighborhood. Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
  Abandoned cars sit in the southbound lanes of Kirk Road in Geneva. The blizzard of 2011 left a five cars stranded along Kirk Road between Tyler Ave. and Route 38 in Geneva. Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
  Jim Appleberg and daughter Katie, 15, use teamwork to dig out their driveway on Hanson Road in Lily Lake on Wednesday. Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
  Roads in Lily Lake were plowed and protected from snow drifts, but outside of town, cars were abandoned on Route 47. Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
  Jordan Chapman sits at the intersection of Route 47 and Hanson Road in Lily Lake debating where to explore next on Wednesday. Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
  Jenna Dubinski, 7, jumps off a snow mound piled at the corner of Hanson Ridge and Hanson Road with friends Cynthia and Samantha Delgado, both 8, in Lily Lake on Wednesday. Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
  Jim Appleberg and daughter Katie, 15, use teamwork to dig out their driveway on Hanson Road in Lily Lake on Wednesday. Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com