Windows blown out in Chicago
Posted by
JAC on 2/2/2011, 7:14 am

Gust to 67 mph in downtown Chicago with a gust to 70 mph at the Harrison Crib water intake 3 miles out into the lake.
Lakeshore Drive in Chicago was closed with numerous people trapped in vehicles.
Some were trapped for 9 hours!
http://www.wgntv.com/weather/chibrknews-lake-shore-drive-closed-due-to-blizzard-20110201,0,1675125.story
The Interstate in Kane Co. also has people stuck in stranded vehicles.
The National Guard has been activated in Illinois where possibly "thousands of vehicles" have gone off the road or have been abandoned.
123,000 customers are without power in the Chicago area.
A Civil Emergency has been declared in SE Wisconsin with Snow Emergencies in Battle Creek and Kalamazoo.
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Megastorm cranking up -
JAC,
2/1/2011, 8:14 am- Dry Air Saved the Day.... - Anung Mwka, 2/2/2011, 6:49 pm
- Windows blown out in Chicago - JAC, 2/2/2011, 7:14 am
- ICE - nyjames11955, 2/2/2011, 4:54 am
- Just about finished chisling my driveway - JAC, 2/2/2011, 1:45 pm
- Ice StormWarning for NYC and LI - JAC, 2/2/2011, 6:58 am
- Re: ICE - JAC, 2/2/2011, 6:07 am
- Re: ICE - Fred, 2/2/2011, 8:41 am
- Re: ICE - soflodeb, 2/2/2011, 10:33 am
- Re: ICE - JAC, 2/2/2011, 8:55 am
- Re: ICE - Conclue, 2/2/2011, 10:50 am
- Re: ICE - Conclue, 2/2/2011, 10:52 am
- Re: ICE - Conclue, 2/2/2011, 10:52 am
- Re: ICE - Fred, 2/2/2011, 9:11 am
- About 3-inches snow for LA & MS on Friday - JAC, 2/1/2011, 10:38 pm
- Incredible - Conclue, 2/1/2011, 9:52 pm
- Near Blizzard for the Morning Rush Hour - Anung Mwka, 2/1/2011, 7:04 pm
- Coming down hard in Chicago - aen, 2/1/2011, 4:36 pm
- Severe Weather moving into FL Panhandle - JAC, 2/1/2011, 2:50 pm
- Re: Megastorm cranking up - JAC, 2/1/2011, 2:47 pm
- Ice storm warning for Indy - JAC, 2/1/2011, 2:33 pm
- Re: Megastorm cranking up - Conclue, 2/1/2011, 2:24 pm
- Re: Megastorm cranking up - Conclue, 2/1/2011, 10:41 am
- Re: Megastorm cranking up - Conclue, 2/1/2011, 8:43 am
- Current Blizzard Conditions - JAC, 2/1/2011, 8:33 am
- Severe Weather LA - JAC, 2/1/2011, 8:17 am
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