Blizzard 2011: A Long Ride Home

Elizabeth Brackett's harrowing trip home the night of the big snow Tuesday, Feb 1st. The next day the big dig out began..without much success for Brackett or the cars stranded on Lake Shore Drive.

[@jungleblazers1249]

Love watching these vids in the middle of a hot summer day. Bring on the winter!

[@Mymieke]

I live in Whiting Indiana ( right next to the south side) and that was a wicked storm. I can only remember the blizzard of 67 being worse. Thanks for sharing this.

[@jerseyguy242]

Elizabeth Brackett, you are a wonder! Thank you for a superlative account of what had to be Chicago's worst snowstorm ever. I was trapped by a 1960 blizzard in Jersey, trying to drive from Newark to Elizabeth. It took 8 hours to go 3 miles, but the actual storm was not so dangerous to human life as your storm.

[@favofame48]

LOVE THE HOW U NARRATED UR STORY IT REMINDED ME FROM HOW CRAZY THIS STORM WAS REAL SCARRY

[@kjchicago1]

Reminds me of 1967 & 1979-biggest snowstorms ever in Chicago and 1999 too

[@mark1968]

Love Elizabeth Brackett's voice. Lovely video.

[@dracothedrangonful]

I can't stop laughing at the guy who went to get the newpaper. XD And the neighbor who did a half twist onto South Lake Shore Drive. Then again it was pretty much what EVERYONE was doing that day. It was COLD that day after the whole thing was done dumping all of that snow. Went out with some friends and we had to go back after about an hour or maybe an hour and a half cause it was cold and the wind was stinging against our cheeks.

[@mauricetaylor1063]

nice to see our neighbours across the pond get on with the snow,we get a flake and the country brides to halt.

[@andrisbukovskis6158]

Thank you for your video! :)

[@rickkephart5690]

Excellent video to watch in the middle of summer! LOL

[@JayCeen]

AMAZING!!

[@ZombolicBand]

Nice, gotta love snow, comes so natural :P

[@nicholastosoni707]

I was going to Chicago State at the time...I led a whole line of people from a stuck bus on 95th and St. Lawrence to the 95th/Dan Ryan CTA station.Why was I leading them? Because I had the good sense to carry a pair of goggles in my coat pocket, and thus could see in the driving blizzard. :)

[@21blueleaf]

nice video! Loved it! You live in a beautiful area.

[@meguell2]

Wow, that's a lot of snow. Very beautiful though.

[@terencewilliammckenna6121]

I love snow

[@101southsideboy]

i love how people who live in a fancy area like Hyde Park section of chicago can not have a parking structor to park in i bet the cost of living is triple what i pay in the south burbs and i have a driveway lol

[@lewismarable6740]

nice reporting

[@trolliverl.7088]

R.I.P. Elizabeth Brackett. So sad the way she died.

[@shizlnit]

Here in wisconsin, still waiting for our first inch lol

[@charleskesner1302]

WOW!

[@darrellchavez5906]

y'all got good snow storm here in NM it's dry never get snow like that.

[@armandoivanzamorabravo3190]

I remember that night I was able to get home in only 1 hour from elk grove to schiller park il all other coworkers stay around factory in gas stations dunking donuts and business that stay open all night to help people

[@danieltaz6555]

I was busy pulling stuck cars and plowing with a 2004 dodge 4x4 2500 diesel near ohare airport on the dupage county side during that storm we also had an 86 454 4x4 suburban plowing and Pulling stuck cars out near ohare airport

[@USAMex00]

10 years later and were dealing with a lot of snow again!

[@victorromo1901]

Right

[@gethsenamane]

Talk about bringing a knife to a gun fight. He is out there with a broom. In five ft. of snow. OK honey. The car is not going anywhere. But, at least you can see out of the windows. Oh. Never mind, you can't get in. Sorry bout that.

[@36kasper00]

nice

[@perryman12345]

shit thats deep.

[@Andrew1224gd]

its gonna happen again this winter!

[@USAMex00]

It’s happening now

[@robertpreston2220]

Remember it well

[@ZahiraLoveable]

The wind caused it to pile up..

[@wongtimefunguy]

Tip that paperboy.

[@Awesomeness3738]

1:23 was Prolly a car! Lol.

[@death2pc]

Darwin Award for leaving your car right in the middle of the street. Real genius! Why bother backing up, turning around and driving till you find a spot on the curb of a given street so as to do the right and intelligent thing to thusly allow plows to do their job instead of completely blocking the street?

[@lmorrison17]

With blizzard reports days In advance. May god take no pity on people fail to prepare and then have somewhere that just can't live without them being there. May god have mercy on the people who's roads they leave their cars in blocking plows and emergency response vehicles.

[@jjwalker5658]

Jesus.........quiet

[@gman345ish]

I live on Ellis in Hyde Park

[@highwaymaintainer]

Chicago weather is nasty, sure it doesn't snow as much as let's say Buffalo, but the city is way too congested and heavy snows are always a bit*h because everyone lives right on top of one another, and why fix up your house? The weather will fu*k it up eventually

[@BoOsTFeRLiFeSRT4DSM]

yea thats what i was thinkin hahaha

[@BoOsTFeRLiFeSRT4DSM]

that dude was jumping on someones car.

[@sldecker38]

This sounds like I'm listening to an audio book. -___- wtf.

[@oncepwnd]

Way to get stuck so Emergency vehicles can't access the street if someone needed assistance.

[@Gisankim]

I like you. .

[@jflandrvr00]

cool video, but what the hell is up with your narrating?

[@USAMex00]

She was a journalist . Her name was Elizabeth Brackett .

[@nocoolname32]

your husband was working on "digging out the car" he was using a broom and his hands" you sure he wasn't just cleaning the snow off the windows? don't think that quite qualified as "digging out the car"

[@solow4451]

Yeah pass

[@williamallen8980]

Sound like you are reading a book to children.

[@stephaniemominey5457]

boaring