the great lakes act like a shield from snow..all snow systems from the south stay on the southern side of the great lakes and move east toward newyork, vermont, etc
ya it sure is... frickin idiothaha im kidding.. but even northern ontario getting more... and the years before ice storm we had like at least 7 HUGE storms of a ft. +.... at that point i was too young to enjoy it but to jump into it in my little snowpants