Sunday’s Blizzard is closing several public venues and has caused the cancellation of thousands of flights.
The Adler Planetarium and Shedd Aquarium will close at 1:00 p.m. The Brookfield Zoo closed all day. The Lincoln Park Zoo will close at 2:00 p.m.
About 1,000 flight have been cancelled at O’Hare, 200 at Midway and 4,615 nationwide in the United States.
As of 11:30 a.m. Sunday local schools near Arlington Heights have NOT announced closings.
Due to the weather forecast, Lincoln Park Zoo will close at 2 p.m. today.
— Lincoln Park Zoo (@lincolnparkzoo) February 1, 2015
African #lion Sahar runs through the snow in our #PhotoOfTheWeek! pic.twitter.com/AADD5IZpvU
— Lincoln Park Zoo (@lincolnparkzoo) January 30, 2015
Due to the inclement weather, we are closed today, Feb. 1. Stay safe out there!
— Brookfield Zoo (@brookfield_zoo) February 1, 2015
For everyone's safety, we are closing at 1 today! If you preordered tix for today, we'll email you about a voucher. pic.twitter.com/yVK7WMOyZn
— Shedd Aquarium (@shedd_aquarium) February 1, 2015
We will be closing at 1pm today so that our staff & visitors can get home safely due to snow.
— Adler Planetarium (@adlerskywatch) February 1, 2015
@CrawSaidNaw we are open, but so far airlines have cancelled more than 1100 flights today
— O'Hare Intl. Airport (@fly2ohare) February 1, 2015
Due to winter weather, airlines have cxld over 200 flights. Please check flight status with airline.
— Midway Intl. Airport (@fly2midway) February 1, 2015
4,615 flights, about 15% of all daily airlines flights, cancelled in US today due to storm…. http://t.co/kacmkE9kKU
— FlightAware (@flightaware) January 27, 2015
Closes: Adler Planetarium, Shedd Aquarium, Brookfield Zoo, Thousands of Flights Canceled
http://t.co/kxncDSrsWA pic.twitter.com/BEDf6c6Lg7
— Cardinal News (@EarlyReport) February 1, 2015
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