Chicago's Snowpocalypse 2011 in Pictures
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Chicago's Snowpocalypse 2011 in Pictures
By Elizabeth C.THE BEAUTY AND CHAOS OF CHICAGO'S SNOWPOCALYPSE 2011 WAS CAPTURED BY CAMERA and shared by residents with the Chicago Tribune which solicited them for "posterity."
By Wednesday night, more than 700 photos had been submitted depicting everything from disaster and fear to delight and forlorn. And they still keep coming.
Here's the best culled from the bunch.
Above, the deliriously joyful Bailey takes flight and the move was shared by, of course, the "Chi Guy." Awesome pic, awesome dog!
A homeless man pleas for intervention as the storm approaches. Photo credit: Tom Lonka.
Abandoned cars block Lake Shore Drive Wednesday following the city's third worst blizzard in history. This picture was taken by Kip Wilkinson of northbound lanes near North and Fullerton on Lake Shore Drive.
Abandoned on Lake Shore Drive, this car was devoured by white stuff. Pic by Andrew Secrist.
A sojourner travels alone at Montrose Harbor Wednesday. Photo by Pichonjo.
A snowman chills in Andersonville.
Boy meets wonder. Here, Frances Franca Palermo's nephew greets the aftermath of the storm.
The setting sun casts shadow along the lakefront about 6pm Wednesday. Photo taken by 'BrandInnovator."
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