This storm was predicted early. It was announced all over the news, radio, newspapers, internet... every person in Chicago was talking about it. Some number of the population took a "Yeah, right. We'll probably get 2 inches!" attitude.

Anyone with an IQ over 10 knew to get home as soon as it started, because it was supposed to come on hard and fast. It did. It started at 2:00, and I headed towards home immediately. By 2:15, the streets were getting bad. By the time I got home at 3, the roads were very bad.

Over 700 "We'll probably only get 2 inches" people decided to drive home from the city at 7 pm. By then, the roads were completely screwed. They ended up stuck in their cars on Lake Shore Drive where they were eventually rescued by firefighters on snowmobiles.

Dumbasses.