snowfall

It was only a week ago Wednesday that we Northern Illinois residents were flung headlong into the deep-freeze, with area temperatures dipping as low as -23 in places like Rochelle, while Rockford hit -19.

Over the weekend, the building we work in and broadcast from suffered some damage from a collapsed ceiling. No one was in the room where the damage took place, so we're beyond happy to report no injuries.

We got a little preview yesterday, resulting in fender-benders to multi-car pileups. Tonight, it appears there'll be enough snowfall to make it interesting once again.

I know, you were really looking forward to grabbing your shovel or trying to fire up a reluctant snowblower, but Mother Nature can be fickle.

So, you got your garbage together last night, then schlepped it out to the curb. Yeah, about that...

Mother Nature delivered some snowy poetic justice for those of us with friends and/or family living in Arizona (you know, the ones who constantly remind us of how warm and nice it is out there in the desert).

Now that you're probably done shoveling yourself out, let's check out some footage captured on Sunday around the area.

If you hate everything having to do with snow, you'll probably not care, but we did just set a snow-related record here in the Rockford area.

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.

My wife Amy, who loves any and all things involving snow more than most little kids do, looked at me last night as we were outside with our dog, and sadly said, "Remember when Rockford used to get snow in wintertime?"