You can't see or feel the wind in this photo, but this is the view of the complete whiteout blizzard thundersnow storm from my apartment on the 12th floor above Lake Shore Drive in Chicago. Being on the lake means I get the whole 60-mph force of the winds. The windows are rattling and bowing in and out, (a neighbor's window broke and blew out!), the floor is shaking a bit, and that part of the apartment is freezing cold, even though it has steam heat. Outside, you can't stand up at all, cars are sliding, and thunder, lightning, hail and freezing fog are mixed with the sideways-blowing snow. On a typical day, you can see all the way down the lake to the Indiana state line from here, but now you can hardly see the building across the street!