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Antoinette Tetteh, right, and Ken Turner, center, restock mountains of salt at entrance to the Home Depot, 1232 W. North Ave., Monday in preparation for the expected snow storm. "The last storm of this potential magnitude to hit Chicago was in Jan. 2, 1999," said Richard Castro, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service, referring to a storm that dumped 18.6 inches of snow. <a href="http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/news/local/ct-met-snow-storm-preparation-20110131,0,3482769.story" target="new">Read more >></a>

Stocking up for the big one

( Michael Tercha, Chicago Tribune )

Antoinette Tetteh, right, and Ken Turner, center, restock mountains of salt at entrance to the Home Depot, 1232 W. North Ave., Monday in preparation for the expected snow storm. "The last storm of this potential magnitude to hit Chicago was in Jan. 2, 1999," said Richard Castro, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service, referring to a storm that dumped 18.6 inches of snow. Read more >>