-> Steven Horn wrote to Theodore Nikodem at 12:50 AM on 22 Sep 2003:
-> 
->  TN> I'm in Grand Rapids, on the western coast of the lower peninsula.
->  TN> We are about due east of Milwaukee Wisconsin.
->  TN> We get a lot of "lake effect" here to moderate our
climate. It is
->  TN> not nearly as much as one gets from the ocean, but it is still
->  TN> significant.
-> 
SH> Does the lake freeze?  If it does, life could get quite unpleasant.

How much freezes depends upon the lake. Lake Erie (between Ontario and
Ohio) is the shallowest. In the last thirty years, Lake Michigan almost
froze one year. Lake Superior, the deepest, (between Ontario and northern
Michigan) NEVER freezes even though it is the furthest north.

In general, we never worry about Lake Michigan freezing.
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