{"id":8801,"date":"2011-02-04T10:00:56","date_gmt":"2011-02-04T16:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=8801"},"modified":"2014-05-22T13:34:49","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T18:34:49","slug":"blizzard-of-2011-photos-from-woodstock-il","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/8801-blizzard-of-2011-photos-from-woodstock-il\/","title":{"rendered":"Blizzard of 2011 Photos From Woodstock IL"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8821\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8821\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/blizzard2011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8821\" title=\"blizzard2011\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/blizzard2011-300x207.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8821\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(click to enlarge)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The official count says approximately 20 inches of snow fell across the Chicagoland area from the &#8220;snowpocalypse&#8221; that raged with even lightning at times from Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>However, out here in Woodstock, though, we set the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crh.noaa.gov\/news\/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=lot&amp;storyid=63488&amp;source=0\">record total for the greater Chicago area with 21.1 inches<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But, if you are familiar with our wide open farm fields and picturesque country roads, there were many locations that had snow drifts close to 10 feet tall.<\/p>\n<p>All considered though, things could have been worse. 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