Our daughter lives in Chicagoland too...had to walk 1 1/2 miles to her condo as no cabs available...she had on boots but they were her "work boots" so I'm sure they had heels big time....but she made it home.
In Possum Trot, we're dealing with wind gusts of 35 - 40 mph after it being almost 60...not nice weather even if it sounds like it...tornados like to show up on nights like this. Suppose to be high of 27 tomorrow...go figure, half of what it was today.
Take care, be safe and stay home when you can.