re: #163 lawhawk

No, they’ll focus on the fact that there’s more Great Lakes ice than we’ve seen in decades. Which, if you’re downwind of the lakes, you’re most grateful for because if the ice didn’t cover the lakes, the lakes would empty their moisture on all those folks homes/roads/businesses in the form of lake effect snow. Lots of it.

Lake effect snow shuts down as the open fetches of water freeze over. No moisture to for the winds to pick up, means no lake effect snow. It’s a savings grace for the moment, and it might actually help the lakes refill from what have been multi-year low levels too.

The lakes will benefit, though the full benefit won’t be seen till things thaw and much of the snow on the ground runs off into the lakes.