This weather is very extreme! Easily the worst I've seen this early in the winter. Last night 360 cars were stranded on Highway 402 just outside Sarnia Ontario, which is near Detroit. The highway has been closed and people are getting re-supplied by snowmobile...some are getting evacuated. The thought is that the lake effect snow is worse because of the winds and cold over the great lakes that haven't had time to start to freeze yet.
Brian