[HN Gopher] The Michigan city that doesn't need to plow its roads
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       The Michigan city that doesn't need to plow its roads
        
       Author : rmason
       Score  : 8 points
       Date   : 2023-12-01 20:45 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.clickondetroit.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.clickondetroit.com)
        
       | rmason wrote:
       | The headline isn't exactly true. The city of Holland is on Lake
       | Michigan and gets a unique Michigan phenomena called lake effect
       | snows. Lake effect is snow falling on the lee side of a lake,
       | generated by cold dry air passing over warmer water.
       | 
       | Probably a half dozen times a year when the weather is right they
       | will get three or four inches an hour and overwhelm the heating
       | system. Still it works the majority of the time and is pretty
       | unique.
        
         | pimlottc wrote:
         | Not entirely unique, lake effect snow hits many parts of the
         | Great Lakes.
         | 
         | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake-effect_snow
        
         | dave78 wrote:
         | The article is also misleading (IMO) as to the scope of the
         | project. It amounts to about 5 blocks of road in the downtown
         | area. The article says "5 miles" but that must be counting the
         | length of all the sidewalks. It's certainly not 5 miles of
         | streets.
         | 
         | It's a very nice feature if you're visiting the downtown area,
         | but it's mostly a novelty for residents. Other than a lucky few
         | who actually live downtown, everyone still has to clear their
         | streets/driveways there just like anywhere else. If anything,
         | it probably benefits the tourists and tourism most.
        
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