Tire predicament

LOL we had a pretty bad ice storm up here a few years ago, too. *I* didn't loose power, but tens of thousands of people *did*....

Lake Effect snow occurs when arctic air blows down from Canada across a large, unfrozen lake like Lake Ontario, picks up a ton of moisture, then dumps that moisture via lake effect snow "bands" on everybody who happens to be downwind of the lake at that time. The "bands" shift as the wind changes, and dump concentrated, wet, heavy snow over a narrow but elongated area. One area might get several feet of snow, while 1 mile away, the skies are clear. The bands can be 40 to 50 miles long or longer. And the bands shift all over the place as the wind changes, so it can be nasty & unpredictable. "Ornery"