JWM2
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Yeah, I remember watching news reports on your weather when I was stationed in NE. They don't do reports out here on you guys unless it's something bigger than normal or in the wrong season. Nebraska got cold with the wind chill taking it really low into the negatives. I remember it getting so cold the metal lightposts were snapping from a little wind. That doesn't happen out here, or those freakish lightning storms that never let the sky go dark.
Yeah that’s how it was in north west Illinois too. I can’t believe how fucking cold it gets. Windchill at -40 routinely. The lake really shields us from a lot of that shit. I don’t think people in Michigan really appreciate it for what it does. In the summer it keeps tornados and severe thunderstorms at bay and in the winter it keeps the cold on the other side. For the most part anyway.
Sure we get lots of snow but hell once you’re used to dealing with it, it’s not that big of a deal. Just bundle up and get the snowblower out and drive slower on the roads and watch for black ice.
But in Illinois we had way more ice to deal with. While it’s pretty when it coats the trees and houses it’s also super dangerous and life threatening. Screw that.