Yesterday, Chicago got more snow than any other February day in 102 years. Today, standing downtown, that is hard to believe. By morning rush hour, all the main roads downtown were clear, and the two major airports- O’Hare and Midway- were not reporting any delays (although they did preemptively cancel some flights heading to the east coast because of their snow storm). Mother Nature wasn’t done with Chicago after dumping over a foot of snow on it, though- at about 4 am central time, there was a magnitude 3.8 earthquake in the suburbs about 45 miles from the city. The rumbling was felt all the way downtown, but no damage has been reported. Cities on the east coast should follow Chicago’s example- in spite of a minor earthquake and a major snowstorm in the course of 24 hours, Chicago has been able to keep everything running smoothly-so far. The snowflakes have stopped falling, but now motorists must contend with high wind gusts that threaten to blow snow from huge piles alongside roadways and onto surfaces that have already been plowed, which could create headaches all over the midwest.