The city says it is preparing for major snowfall Tuesday night into Wednesday with an eye on history.
As anyone who's been in Chicago longer than a decade knows, Chicago is no stranger to Groundhog Day snow storms.
While those totals aren't forecasted for Wednesday, OEMC says "anything is possible" and is prepared for what they call "outlier lake effect" which could bring heavier snowfall than expected. "There are sections on Lake Shore Drive that we can pull out, so in a situation that — from 2011 — that we would learn from, that [cars] would be able to make that turn[around] right there," said Cole Stallard, Commissioner of the Department of Streets and Sanitation. "So there's just things that we've learned every [snow-fighting] program that goes by.