But you cannot really disprove it by pointing to areas which are subject to this phenomenon.
There are lessons in life brought by lake effect storms. They are good lessons, if not often pleasant ones.
True. The warmer start to winter has kept the lakes warmer and ice-free longer allowing this kind of snow to happen now.
But my Lake Erie is freezing over on the western end, probably cutting off a lot of the lake effect snow on the south shore.