Thursday, February 03, 2011

Blizzard Blitz 2011

In the end, the great Blizzard of 2011 didn’t set a record — but still dumped 20.2 inches on the city of Chicago, shut down schools, closed businesses and even major shopping malls, knocked out power to hundreds of thousands and left hundreds stranded on Lake Shore Drive.
The total snowfall made it the third worst snowstorm on record, behind only blizzards in 1967 — when 23 inches blanketed the city — and 1999 — when 21.6 inches fell.
Bob and I decided to press the "pause" button on the great blizzard and create some special memories of our own with Isabella and Baxter. While I could have taken several photos of the snow piled high outside, I decided to capture Isabella frolicking in the snow and creating snow balls for the first time with daddy. See the short video below:

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