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Blizzard conditions stretching from Chicago to Cleveland were the Story of the Day. Both CBS and NBC led their newscasts from a windswept Illinois. ABC anchored its newscast from Illinois too, with Charles Gibson taking us behind the scenes at Chicago O'Hare Airport, but ABC did not lead with winter weather. It chose the latest twist in Iraqi politics instead.

"This powerful slippery mix has enveloped much of the country in a blanket of misery," complained ABC's Barbara Pinto from Chicago amid 40 mph wind gusts. CBS' Cynthia Bowers was there too: "Old Man Winter socked us sideways knocking pedestrians in Chicago's Loop for a loop." NBC's Janet Shamlian was in Bloomington Ill, where all commerce stopped except for the local florist, who had to make 100 more deliveries before St Valentine's Day.

The storm did not shut down O'Hare, so Gibson's (subscription required) feature concentrated on the hub's smooth operation and the ground crews who make that happen--one million flights each year carrying 75m passengers in all. "There is so much going on at the depot that one might be excused if he, or she, thought this is the city."

Andrew Tyndall 2/14/07 5:24:18 pm

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