Monica Maschak - mmaschak@shawmedia.com Garry Bomkamp, with Union Pacific Railroads, salts the walkways of the Harvard Metra Station as the Winter Storm Warning began to take effect promptly at 3 p.m. on Thursday, December 20, 2012.
Monica Maschak - mmaschak@shawmedia.com Jen Sanders holds up her 18-month-old son Jordan Marks to witness his first real snow fall in downtown Harvard Thursday afternoon.
H. Rick Bamman - hbamman@shawmedia.com Sales associate Keith Brandmire (cq) assembles a Toro Power Max snow blower Thursday at the Ziekler's Ace Hardware store in Huntley. Brandmire said they had received a few calls from customers checking on the supply of snow shovels.
Monica Maschak - mmaschak@shawmedia.com McHenry resident Christopher Zak chooses a shovel with the help of Bjorkman's ACE Hardware sales associate Kelly Lanz in preparation for a winter storm said to hit the county on Thursday, December 20, 2012. The National Weather Service predicts four to six inches of snow during the winter storm warning effective between 3 p.m. Thursday and midnight Friday.
H. Rick Bamman - hbamman@shawmedia.com Lake In The Hills public works maintenance mechanic apprentice Tony Vildales (cq) repairs a hydraulic lift fo a snow plow Thursday in preparation of the winter storm. LITH will have 20 plows out during a shift and has 300 tons of salt stockpiled according to Manny Gomez Deputy Public Works Director.
