Copied from the national weather service @ 12:28 am wednesday 2/2/2011
"A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY.

* SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND INTO EARLY
WEDNESDAY. VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES...OVER 1 INCH PER HOUR...
WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA BETWEEN THROUGH 2 AM
EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO FLURRIES
AFTER 10 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDDAY WEDNESDAY ARE
EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 INCHES ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A
LINE FROM SIGOURNEY IOWA THROUGH THE QUAD CITIES...TO STERLING
ILLINOIS. NORTHWEST OF THIS LINE...8 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS EAST CENTRAL IOWA TO FAR NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. SOME
ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE.

* STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS...FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WILL
CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO TO 15 TO 25 MPH WEDNESDAY
MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING POWDERY
SNOW WILL RESULT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...INCLUDING HEAVY SNOW...
STRONG WINDS AND VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER MILE THROUGH
EARLY WEDNESDAY.

* ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK TONIGHT WITH
CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING MAKING ROADS DIFFICULT TO KEEP CLEAR
OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. TRAVEL ON AREA ROADS WILL LIKELY
BECOME NEAR IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. DRIFTS OF 3 TO 6
FEET ARE LIKELY.

* WIND CHILL READINGS AS LOW AS 10 BELOW TO 15 BELOW ZERO WILL
BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG
WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE
OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...
MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL! IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF
YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES."

The hardest part of the trip was pulling into my driveway.