Saw/heard news reports saying the storm that blew through was actually a worse storm (as far as barometric pressure goes) than the storm from the Blizzard of 1978 as well as others. If the temps had been cold enough, it would have been another blizzard.
http://www.foxnews.com/weather/2010/...ikes-illinois/ .....and via numerous other news sources as well.
We didn't get whacked in central OH as badly as what was predicted. But it still wasn't fun - temps dropped a bunch after the front came completely through.
Bill