Distributed Mind

People are always asking me about lake effect snow. Lake effect snow was usually a moderate amount of extra snow, though some areas like South Bend got much more of it than we did, so for them it might not have been quite as moderate - though it doesn't exactly create blizzards. Chicago does sometimes get it, but it is really on the wrong side of the lake to get too much; Northwest Indian get more, though still not as much as North Central Indiana. APOD, I noticed, had posted this great image from the satellite SeaWiFS satellite a few days ago (though the image is from 2000):

Notice that in this case, Valparaiso appears to be snow free, while South Bend is getting plenty.