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Last winter I was at Big Rock Point Nuclear Power Station helping map out some of the de-commissioning efforts. The day I arrived I flew into Pellston Michigan and on the drive down along the Lakeshore was a beautiful almost spring day, the snow was melting, the sky was blue and the Lake was gorgeous. That night I was awakened to the windows in my room shaking in a wind. The next morning it was 15 below zero and the Lake ice had blown into the shore. I never have seen such a dramatic weather change in less than 12 hrs. This is a view of Lake Charlevoix in Charlevoix Michigan, two days later. Charlevoix is just south of Petoskey and north of Traverse City. I almost wasn't able to leave. They closed the airport in Pellston 1/2 hr after I left. Coldest two weeks in January I have ever spent. Brrrrrrrrrrr..