'We're just having fun out here in the snow,' Kelly Whelan said. 7 Day Forecast Todays Forecast Interactive Radars Snowfall Forecast. 'I think we have more competition now with less physically intensive job choices,' she said.īut if you don't have to plow it or shovel it, this snow has a silver lining. You can see the total amount of snow accumulated in the past days or use the. 'Yeah, it has been difficult these last two winters,' said Maggie Downer, president of Northwest Snow Removal.Įven after doubling employee pay from two years ago, Downer is still seeing staffing shortages. Clair said.īut some private plow companies are asking for patience as they work to clear the snow away. 'Keep the guys going as much as you can during the slow periods and once we get the big snow, get everybody in and it's all hands on deck,' St. Klein welcomed in a behemoth to plow his gas station lot, courtesy of Joseph St. 'It was a strong one, but it was a nice one,' gas station owner Mitch Klein said. SEE ALSO | 4 winter storm tracks that can bring heavy snow to Chicago 'I have to drive like 5 miles per hour, like turning into the this parking spot was like so hard.' 'It's really bad,' Evanston motorist Honor Michel said. That mess made the roads a major hazard, stressing out motorists clutching the wheel. The neighboring north suburbs were hit hard by lake effect snow that didn't slow until after noon. More than seven and a half inches of snow fell in Wilmette, with Evanston not far behind. 'I came out from a meeting and just took a look and I had lost the tracks from earlier.' 'Oh it was insane, yeah,' Wilmette resident Mark Furtig said.

My neighbor over here makes us cookies too every time we do it, so my kids love that.' 'I'm from northern Michigan, so this is perfect. Red Gerster in Wilmette cleared snow from in front of his home and also helped his neighbors. In Wilmette, whole neighborhoods were left to dig out after the wintry wallop.

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