Noticed a weird thing at Bay Village block party last weekend

I was standing near the grill talking to my neighbor Tom when a woman walked up and said she just moved here from Strongsville and asked if the lake effect snow is really that bad. Tom looked at her and said 'only if you park facing the wrong way' which made zero sense at first. But then I got to thinking about how so many of us have these little unwritten rules for living near the lake that nobody tells you about until you mess up. Has anyone else had that moment where a local tipped you off to something obvious you never would have figured out on your own?

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reed.ray4mo ago

Start with the grill thing for sure but also snowblowers... nobody warns you that you gotta treat that thing like a race car before winter hits. I spent two seasons fighting a dead battery and frozen carburetor before some old-timer told me to drain the gas and bring it inside the basement. Same with the lake effect bands themselves... locals just say "oh it'll be fine" but you really gotta watch the radar like a hawk or you'll get caught driving blind in a whiteout that came out of nowhere.

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river_adams254mo ago

Moved to a place near the lake about five years back and nobody told me that you have to bring your grill inside before the first big storm or it'll basically turn into a kite. First November wind came through and I watched my Weber sail across the yard and dent the neighbor's fence. Learned that one the hard way. Also took me way too long to figure out that the snow piles on the side of your driveway freeze into concrete if you don't chip at them right away.

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