Chicago Humbled by Powerful Storm
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Drivers along Lake Shore Drive found themselves trapped by a blizzard, 70-mile-an-hour gusts of wind and blocked exit ramps. No serious injuries were reported. More Photos »
By MONICA DAVEY and EMMA GRAVES FITZSIMMONS
Published: February 2, 2011
CHICAGO — When Jenny Theroux plotted her commute home Tuesday afternoon, she was certain she would arrive well before the full force of the blizzard hit. For the final leg of her trip, she turned onto Lake Shore Drive, this city’s wide and busy thoroughfare along Lake Michigan, at 4 p.m.
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But instead of spending her usual 20 minutes along that stretch of road, Ms. Theroux sat in her car for the next 12 hours and 45 minutes at a dead stop, trapped in a line of hundreds of other cars and at least three city buses, everyone going nowhere.
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