Photo gallery: Jan. 31 – Feb. 1 winter storm

photo by: Mike Yoder

Yu Yang, a KU student from China, walks down 19th Street in blowing snow Tuesday. Yang was on his way to meet a friend after KU canceled classes Tuesday.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Even after 8 inches of snow Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011, the city's main thoroughfares were drivable Wednesday morning. But the excess of snow pushed to the side of the streets left many motorists with a buried car and a big shovel job.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Henry Mackinnon, 12, shovels around his family's car in front of his Old West Lawrence house Wednesday. The National Weather Service in Topeka said Lawrence received 8 inches of snow on Tuesday. The last time the city received that much snow in a single day was Feb. 8, 1980.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Henry Mackinnon, 12, helps shovel the sidewalk in front of his Old West Lawrence house Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. The National Weather Service in Topeka reports that Lawrence received 8 inches of snow on Tuesday.

photo by: Mike Yoder

People help a motorist out of a center lane snow pile on 9th Street Wednest, Feb. 2, 2011. City crews were pushing excess snow to the middle of streets in downtown leaving piles 2 to 4 feet high.

photo by: Mike Yoder

A young woman makes a leap off a large snow pile in the middle of Massachusetts Street Wednesday Feb. 2, 2011. After Tuesday's 8 inches of snow, city crews cleared the streets and moved excess snow to the middle of the lanes. City crews will later come through and haul away that snow.

photo by: Mike Yoder

A couple passes through an opening in a snow pile that runs the length of Massachusetts Street Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. Snow plows were busy clearing streets after Lawrence received 8 inches of snow on Tuesday. Eventually, they'll also remove the piled snow from downtown.

photo by: Jonathan Kealing

A Lawrence public works street plow clears a residential cul-de-sac in east Lawrence Wednesday morning, Feb. 2, 2011. The plow driver said the noon shift would be hitting the residential streets as well.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Trucks travel eastbound on I-70 through Lawrence Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2011. By late morning the wind and snow was increasing in the area. The latest update from the National Weather Service still calls for 9 to 13 inches of snow in the Douglas County area, as well as points east and northeast.

photo by: Mike Yoder

A Kansas Turnpike Authority snowplow clears an eastbound lane on I-70 at Michigan Street in Lawrence Tuesday Feb. 1, 2011. A total of about 8 inches of snow officially fell in the Douglas County area, with locally higher amounts reported.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Lawrence sanitation crews maneuver slick streets to pick up trash in the Oread neighborhood Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011 in a light blowing snow.

photo by: Mike Yoder

A pedestrian walks down the steep incline of 14th Street just east of Oread Ave. Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011 in a light blowing snow.

photo by: F. Kristine Flick | Special to the Journal-World

F. Kristine Flick submitted this photo of a deep snow drift on Gunnison Drive taken Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011.

photo by: Cassie Klemme | Special to the Journal-World

Cassie Klemme's dog Athena navigates her way through a snow drift on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011.

photo by: Sheila White | Special to the Journal-World

Sheila White submitted this photo of southeast Lawrence taken about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011.

photo by: Tobin Neis | Special to the Journal-World

Tobin Neis submitted this photo of Tillerman Drive taken about 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011.

photo by: Pete Haack | Special to the Journal-World

This picture was taken early in the afternoon...two stacked "Lawrence, Kansas" bricks, the bottom one already covered in a fresh layer of snow. (They are both now buried under a three-foot snow drift.)

photo by: Pete Haack | Special to the Journal-World

Lawrence resident Pete Haack took this photo Tuesday. "While I was content to stay indoors during the blizzard this afternoon, my dog Farley did need to head outside to brave the elements, if ever so briefly. It didn't take long, though, for him to be covered in blowing snow and ready to come back in."

photo by: Andrea Zuercher | Special to the Journal-World

Lawrence resident Andrea Zuercher submitted this photo of snow on Rhode Island Street on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011.

photo by: Nate Scott | Special to the Journal-World

Nate Scott from Eudora submitted this photo with the caption "Summer is a mindset!" on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011.

photo by: Chuck Wehner | Special to the Journal-World

Lawrence resident Chuck Wehner submitted this photo of a snow-covered hot tub on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011.

photo by: Danny Unz | Special to the Journal-World

Alon Unz sits on the buffalo statue near Clinton Parkway in this user-submitted photo taken on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011 by Danny Unz.

photo by: F. Kristine Flick | Special to the Journal-World

Visibility nears whiteout conditions on Gunnison Drive in this user-submitted photo taken by F. Kristine Flick on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011.

photo by: John Clayton | Special to the Journal-World

Lawrence resident John Clayton submitted this photo of snow piling up on his deck on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011.

photo by: Michael Rowland | Special to the Journal-World

In this user-submitted photo from Lawrence resident Michael Rowland, Penny the greyhound carefully explores her snow-covered backyard on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Cars inch up Iowa Street on Feb. 1, 2011, during the blizzard that struck Lawrence. Motorists had a difficult time navigating around Lawrence because of how much snow fell so quickly.

photo by: Mike Yoder

A city snowplow driver, left, delivers a shovel of sand to a stuck motorist at 15th and Iowa streets during Tuesday’s storm. Some northbound cars got stuck as they struggled to make it up the steep grade on Iowa Street in thick snow.

photo by: F. Kristine Flick I Submitted photo

A cardinal tries to stay warm as a blizzard rages in Lawrence in this submitted photo by F. Kristine Flick.

photo by: F. Kristine Flick I Submitted photo

Snow was piled high in this user-submitted photo from F. Kristine Flick

photo by: Linda Hanney I Submitted photo

Ellie belongs to Aaron, Adam and Evan Hoobler. She does not like her required out door visits.

photo by: Laci Gerhart I Submitted photo

Laci Gerhart took this photo of her backyard Feb 1, 2011, during the snowstorm. Notice the little robins trying to keep warm in the evergreen!

photo by: Mike Yoder

Blowing snow reduces visibility and made for some slick road conditions in the city and county Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011, as a blizzard moved into the area. A car travels on County Road 458 south of Lawrence in a barren landscape Tuesday. The latest update from the National Weather Service still calls for 9 to 13 inches of snow in the Douglas County area, as well as points east and northeast.

photo by: City of Lawrence

Snow is on the way to Lawrence and across northeastern Kansas Monday. In this user-submitted photo from the City of Lawrence Twitter account (@lawrenceks) few cars attempt to cross the snow-covered Kansas River Bridge on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011.

photo by: Mike Yoder

A salt and sand truck works on an eastbound lane of Kansas Highway 10, east of Lawrence Monday, Jan. 31, 2011.

photo by: Mike Yoder

A sand truck drives down Kansas Highway 10 on Monday, Jan. 31, 2011.

photo by: Josh Davis | Special to the Journal-World

Westar Energy crews repair a power line at Ninth and Connecticut streets Monday, Jan. 31, 2011. A piece of equipment failed, knocking out power to over 300 customers in east Lawrence.

photo by: Kevin Anderson

Elisha Friedman packs a new snow shovel into her trunk on Monday, Jan. 31, 2011. Friedman is visiting her mother from New York City.

photo by: Kevin Anderson

Cale Yost, left, and Mo Cassidy purchased shovels and ice melt at the Westlake Ace Hardware, 601 Kasold, Monday, Jan. 31, 2011.

photo by: Kevin Anderson

Rachel Dobbs applies Ice Melt to the sidewalk in front of her home on Ohio Street. With ice and heavy snow — up to 13 inches, according to the National Weather Service — in the forecast, she was one of many residents preparing for extreme conditions.

photo by: Kevin Anderson

Andy Jensen of Lawrence scraps ice off his car's windows before heading to the gym Monday afternoon. Freezing drizzle is the first phase of a major winter storm heading to the region.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Dick Rector, Lawrence, loads up a couple bags of ice melt outside Cottins Hardware, Monday, Jan. 31, 2011. Lawrence residents dealt with a freezing drizzle Monday and prepared for several inches of snow and winds forecast to swirl into the area Tuesday.

photo by: Kevin Anderson

Braving the cold and fresh snow, sledders took to the hills just west of Memorial Stadium after another day off of classes at KU on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011, brought throngs of wintery warriors trying to concur the slippery slopes.

photo by: Julie Hansen | Special to the Journal-World

Lawrence resident Julie Hansen's daschunds beg to come inside in this user-submitted photo taken on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011.

photo by: George Dugger | Special to the Journal-World

This user-submitted photo from George Dugger shows frost on a window in the Prairie Meadows neighborhood.

photo by: George Dugger | Special to the Journal-World

Mary Winslow & George Dugger's cat Frank the Wildcat (no relation) checks his shadow on Groundhog Day in this user-submitted photo.

photo by: Devin G. Harvey | Special to the Journal-World

Snow piles up on the Riverfront Plaza sign in Lawrence on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 in this user-submitted photo from Devin Harvey.

photo by: Kevin Anderson

Megan Painter, Ohio, and Kevin Porter, Wisconsin, wipe out on their way down one of the hills near Kansas University's Memorial Stadium Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. Students at KU received two days off after a blizzard took aim at and smashed into Lawrence.

photo by: Kevin Anderson

Jay Campbell, Springfield, Mo., gets a face full of snow on his landing on one of the hills near the Campanille at Kansas University Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. Hundreds took to the hills to take advantage of the fresh snow.