Commentary: The polar vortex was Chicago's common enemy. And I miss it.
by Nara Schoenberg, Chicago Tribune
Feb 07, 2019
3 minutes
CHICAGO - I don't miss the minus 23 degree temperature, the eerie cold radiating from the windows in my 90-year-old house, the fear that even a quick walk could lead to frostbite. But there are things I do miss about the recent historic cold snap.
I miss the good deeds: not just the generosity of Candice Payne, the good Samaritan who became a national news story when she paid for 20 hotel rooms for homeless people, but also the caring of Mount Greenwood's Shannon McCann, who spearheaded an effort to
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