blizzardlike

The thick dust cloud formed in minutes, engulfing part of Interstate 55—Illinois’s main thoroughfare between Saint Louis and Chicago—in blizzardlike whiteout conditions on May 1.

High rates of snowfall and blizzardlike conditions were set to cause poor visibility and hazardous travel conditions throughout Illinois, state police had warned earlier Thursday.

So, instead, I prefer to unfold my well-used street map of Old Quebec City, where my mind’s eye can see in reawakened soft focus the blizzardlike conditions blurring the groomed trails on the Plains of Abraham.

A major snowstorm has already pummeled parts of California and is heading east, blanketing the Plains with blizzardlike conditions.

It was tough to notice in the blizzardlike conditions, but Thursday was warmer than it’s been.