Live weather report as of 7:00 a.m. CST from North Central Illinois...in the words of Frank Barone; "Holy Crap!". Snow drifts, freezing winds snow and all around miserable conditions! Everything is closed. A few of us made it here to the printing plant - I begged a ride from a guy with a huge 4 wheeler. There was no way to get out of my driveway this morning...drifts at least waist high! Many smaller towns around us have no power and the thunder snow last night was eerie! Dogs were going crazy! I got a guy coming to clear my drive way later once the snow and winds die down. No way i can shovel that mess!