[dr_lew]

Here at 1AM 2/2 in the western 'burbs I just measured 8" to 10" in the street in front of my house. We've had very high winds and lots of drifting. I went to the drugstore earlier in the evening and it was really something to see the snow swirling around the tall street lights, making them look like fence posts in scale.

I was predicting earlier, based on the NWS radar, that it would quit by midnight. Not quite, but I think the bulk of the accumulation is past. Chicago is caught in the "curley cue", but this is a very fast moving storm, and the snow will surely end in a few more hours.

[blondee123]

Southwest of Chicago, we've had so much wind, hard to tell how much snow we actually have gotten, cause you cannot measure it, we have 4 to 5 ft drifts on side of house, 2ft drifts in yard, some 3 ft on deck, no way to measure for sure anywhere!

WE had the thunder & lightening about 10 p.m. or so, it was different to say the least, we are used to that in warm weather not in a blizzard! My grandkids were like "WHAT?" then it would thunder & they were freaked out by it! LOL

Will try to get some pics in the daylight too, but I think our snow is pretty much over, but the wind isn't!

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

Homer Glem Highway Dept marked 18 inches at 03:00. Looks like another 4-5 hours of snowfall left.