Snow Bound Manistique is on Michigan's upper peninsula (UP) at 45°57′28″N 86°14′59″W. That's South-central UP, on the top shore of Lake Michigan. Lake Superior is less than 45 miles North of Manistique. Locals jokingly refer to the southern UP as the "Banana Belt." Average annual snowfall is 47" at Manistique. Due North, on the Lake Superior shoreline, it's 161". In the UP June, July and August are three months of bad sledding.
Much of Manistique's snow is lake-effect from Lake Superior. It comes in daily batches of an inch or two. This snow doesn't fall from clouds.Wind over open water picks up moisture which becomes snow. On an otherwise clear day blue sky is visible above the lake-effect snow. While this lake-effect does accumulate; it's easily removed.
However occasionally a storm from the East or South bring lake -effect snow from Lake Michigan. These storms can drop 12" of snow or more in a few hours. When that much snow comes, with strong winds, 3'-5' drifts are common. Deep drifts are tough to deal with. Cars are driven into large drifts and abandoned and county snow plows get stuck.
One such severe Lake Michigan storm left large drifts on my deck and against the storm door. The storm door was blocked, no chance of opening. The backdoor was blocked by earlier snows and there was 2'-4' of the stuff under the windows. How to get out? I removed the lower storm door panel, reached through, and dug out using a dustpan.
Wahoo! It's starting to snow again.