Odd:

We are expecting a foot or more of snow with very windy conditions and whiteouts expected.

While it will likely suck for a while, neither Chicago nor any of the smaller cities in Illinois nor NW Indiana are expecting to shut down the roads or public transportation. Every service will work as normal. No Martial Law, no roads shut down (at least not until the conditions warrant it) no panic in the Supermarkets.....No one is planning for a SnowMageddon, (and even if we got one it'd just be a 24 hour inconvenience at worst)

Strange..... Shouldn't we be panicking and closing roads and shutting down our way of life and all that? I mean, SNOW!

I guess the Midwest population is different than the East Coasters.