Wow, so many people from IL! Haven't lived there for 5 years now, but it's my home and it's where I grew up (Oswego, outer west suburb of Chicago). I graduated from NIU in '96.
I too thought for sure by the title of this thread that some freak snowstorm had dumped a bunch of snow. After talking with my father and hearing how cool it's been, wouldn't be too much of a stretch would it?! ;-)