I just got off the phone with my uncle living in North Dakota, near the Canadian border.
He said that since early this morning the snow has gotten nearly waist high and is still falling. The temperature is dropping way below zero, and the north wind is increasing to near gale force.
Since this storm began; His wife has done nothing but look through the kitchen window and just stare.
He says that if it gets much worse, he may have to let her in.