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Studs Terkel talks to people on the street about their observations during the blizzard that caused many people to be snowed-in. A veteran news vendor said the deliveries are slower, there are no cars or taxis around and that everyone who works downtown is staying in the hotels downtown. A young police officer said he witnessed more people giving others rides. One gentleman told Terkel that to him, it was as though everyone knew each other, and there were no strangers in a blizzard.
Adria Bernardi discusses her book "Houses With Names: The Italian Immigrants of Highwood, Illinois" which contains oral histories of Italian immigrants who lived in Highwood, Illinois, and other suburban areas.