There's No Business Like Snow Business

There's much chatter going on about the blizzard -- except for the people who delight in griping that it's just snow, it's Chicago, get over it.  But while you should be used to snow in Chicago, a ton -- like you hear about in Boston or Buffalo or maybe Minneapolis -- is pretty rare.  And thanks to our hard-working government employees, we can see that as far back as records have been kept (125 years), only 6 times have we seen snowfalls of at least 15":  Chicago Snow History

And, apparently, a "blizzard" means that there are 35+ mph winds accompanying snow that reduces visibility to a quarter mile or less for at least 3 hours.  How about that.