As a "seasoned" winter driver in Illinois, I've learned that keeping the essentials in my car can mean the difference between a stress-free, safe journey and a dangerous, miserable one.
Granted, we haven't gotten much snowpack this season, so any amount is noticeable, but if you want to see true blizzard conditions, you'll need to look elsewhere.
Over the past few days, we've been treated to a lot of news about snow. First, the Rockford area got some long-overdue snow to (hopefully) wrap up the season. Then, over the last two days we've been bombarded with news about the blizzard on the east coast. But, how many of us remember the Big Snow, or the Chicago Blizzard of 1967?