"(PeteCresswell)" wrote in message
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The one time I got up to Lake-Effect-Snow Country it looked like they
did not plow the roads. Instead, they ran construction-type graders
over them to keep the snow level and free of ruts. The only blacktop I
saw was a rough circle about 50' across where the two main streets of
Watertown NY intersected.

I've seen both happen. When the snow gets over 3' there's not many places
to pile it so they pack it down. Black packed snow has been known to last
until June in Buffalo.

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Bobby G.