High winds caused lake-induced wave action which made for risky business for those trying to get from North Avenue to Oak Street Beach on September 30, 2011. | Al Podgorski~Chicago Sun-Times

Traffic on the Stevenson Expressway came to a stop on Wednesday evening June 23, 2010 due to storm flooding just east of Pulaski. A man took off his shoes and just walked through the water. | Rich Hein~Sun-Times

The wind grabs hold of the tarp as the grounds crew attempts to cover the field as a storm hits the area as the Chicago White Sox host the Chicago Cubs in game two of the Crosstown Classic Tuesday June 21, 2011 at US Cellular Field. | Tom Cruze~Sun-Times

High winds caused lake-induced wave action which made for risky business for those trying to get from North Avenue to Oak Street Beach on September 30, 2011. | Al Podgorski~Chicago Sun-Times

High waves caused many boats to become untied from their mooring cans and ended up on the south wall of Monroe Street Harbor. Thursday, October 20, 2011 I Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

An auto seems protected by snowbanks on three sides as it sits in its parking space on Armitage Avenue near Larrabee from the Blizzard of 1979 on January 16, 1979. | Sun-Times Library Photo

Abandoned autos litter South Lake Shore Drive near the 18th Street footbridge hampering snow cleanup in the blizzard of 1967. This view looks north onto the southbound lanes of South Lake Shore Drive with the City in the background on January 30, 1967. | Sun-Times Library Photo

A woman walks with her dog by cars stuck in the northbound lanes of Lake Shore Drive near North Avenue after the cars were trapped in a Chicago blizzard, on Wednesday February 2, 2011 | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

Drivers on the outbound Kennedy Expressway near Lawrence Avenue found themselves in the middle of the severe storm Thursday evening, May 3, 2012. I Scott Stewart~Sun-Times

A fallen tree rests on a home at 2533 S. Hillock from high winds and storms. Tuesday, July 24, 2012 | Brian Jackson~Chicago Sun-Times

Lightning strikes Chicago buildings during a powerful storm on Wednesday evening, June 23, 2010. | Tom Cruze~Sun-Times

Icicles continue to drip as Chicago gradually thaws out with warming temperatures near Fullerton and the lakefront on January 2, 2001. Al Podgorski~Sun-Times