Images: Flashback to 2011 blizzard
A car is 3/4 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
Plows dig out from a pedestrian makes his way through the blizzard in Aurora on Wednesday morning.
Bev Horne/bhorne@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
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
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
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
An Elk Grove resident watches a snowmobiler zoom by on Leicester Road, Wednesday morning in Elk Grove Village.
SCOTT SANDERS/ssanders@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
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
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
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
The front entrance of a Mundelein home is iblocked by snow drifts after the blizzard swept the area last night in Lake County.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Parked cars buried in snow along Prarieview in Aurora after the blizzard on Wednesday.
Bev Horne/bhorne@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
Pine Avenue north of Northwest Highway is desolate with the snow still coming down hard Wednesday in Arlington Heights.
Bill Zars/bzars@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. Its so unusual, he said .I just had to check it out. Im sending pictures to people I know if Florida and Las Vegas.
Rick West/rwest@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
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
A Crystal Lake resident hacks away at his driveway with a snowblower along Route 176 Wednesday morning.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
A woman takes her dog for a walk along Glen Ave. in Crystal Lake Wednesday morning.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Crystal Lake resident David Ferguson takes a break from digging out his driveway Wednesday morning.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
People try to brave the roads as snow hits the Elgin area Wednesday.
Brian Hill/bhill@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
The clearing of the snow begins as large amounts of snow hits the Elgin area.
Brian Hill/bhill@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
A side-view mirror is about the only evidence that a car lies beneath a snow bank in Elgin Wedensday morning.
Rick West/rwest@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
Dan Hess of Elgin gets a face full of snow as he tries to clear his driveway Wednesday morning.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
A vehicle was abandoned by its driver in the middle of a street in Elgin Wednesday morning.
Rick West/rwest@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
People try to dig themselves out from the blizzard in Aurora on Wednesday.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
Kids play in the winter wonderland Wednesday following the blizzard.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@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
Buried cars line the streets in Palatine as their owners dig out from the overnight snowstorm that hit the Chicagoland.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Dundee road in Palatine is void of traffic in the early morning of the blizzard of 2011.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Sean and Maryann Kopeny of Palatine walk the loney streets Wednesday morning.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
William and his son Jacob RaRocca dig out their driveway in Palatine Wendesday.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Mark Hamlen of Palatine is a bit frosty after using his snowblower at his house.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
The mailmans 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
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
Franklin De La Porres car is completely under snow in an alley of his Glenview home Wednesday.
George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
Andrew Kaar, 12, of Glenview was out early Wednesday to earn money shoveling walkways.
George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
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 Clippers Edge on Dewes Street in Glenview.
George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com