Images: A winter storm hits Chicago and the suburbs Wednesday
People dig out after a winter storm hits Chicago and the suburbs Wednesday.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.comJacob Bugielski and Nikolette Latzke of Glendale Heights shovel their driveway Wednesday morning. "Its a little unbelievable" Bugielski. "I thought we were only going to get an inch" Latzke added.
Helen Slowinski of Glendale Heights didn't have to work today so she went for a run. Slowinski was breaking in her new shoes which provided good traction on the slippery roads.
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A plow clears the way as a school bus follows Wednesday, February 2, 2022 in Elgin.
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Sherry Swistowicz of Elgin clears her sister-in-law's driveway as snow continued to fall Wednesday, February 2, 2022 in Elgin.
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Illinois State Police attend to a disabled driver on Route 53 at the Palatine exit during Wendesday's snowy commute.
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A woman walks to a bus shelter on Dr. Martin Luther King Drive as a man waits in the shelter during the pre-dawn hours Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Chicago. A major winter storm with millions of Americans in its path brought a mix of rain, freezing rain and snow to the middle section of the United States as airlines canceled hundreds of flights, governors urged residents to stay off roads and schools closed campuses.
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A panhandler walks between cars as he navigates windy, falling snow and slushy street conditions Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Chicago.
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Pedestrians navigate Chicago's famed Loop in windy, falling snow and slushy street conditions Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. A major winter storm with millions of Americans in its path brought a mix of rain, freezing rain and snow to the middle section of the United States as airlines canceled hundreds of flights, governors urged residents to stay off roads and schools closed campuses. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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Motorists navigate Roosevelt Road as commuters wait for a train at the Roosevelt elevated train station during a winter storm Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Chicago.
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A lone pedestrian navigates Chicago's famed Loop in windy, falling snow and slushy street conditions Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022.
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Motorists navigate the northbound, left, and southbound lanes of Interstate 90-40 during a snowy morning, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Chicago.
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Cars slowly make their way south into downtown as snow continues to fall Wednesday, February 2, 2022 in St. Charles.
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Traffic on Route 53 makes it way northbound at the Dundee Roadoverpass in Palatine Wednesday.
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Marc Janiak of Palatine, who is originally from New Hampshire and is used to shoveling snow, clears off his driveway Wednesday.
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Gene Payne walks his dog, Daisy, as snow continues to fall Wednesday, February 2, 2022 in St. Charles.
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