10 Tips On Surviving Michigan's 2017 Winter Season
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10 Tips On Surviving Michigan's 2017 Winter Season

You think the winter is your ally? You merely adopted the winter. Michiganders were born in it, molded by it.

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10 Tips On Surviving Michigan's 2017 Winter Season
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Another Michigan winter is upon us. We weren't ready last year, or the year before, but can we be ready this year?

Ah, we gotta love the unpredictability that is Michigan weather. Michiganders are trained in this kind of weather.

You think the winter is your ally? You merely adopted the winter. Michiganders were born in it...molded by it. We didn't see the sun until we were already ADULTS and by then it was nothing to us but BLINDING.

Newcomers are caught off guard, new drivers are panicked, and you aren't surprised when you don't start wearing your winter coat until the middle of December.

Still getting used to a Michigan winter? We don't blame you, it took us a while to learn, too. Keep in mind these 10 tricks of the trade to surviving a Michigan winter:

1. Keep your shovel/snowblower/ice pick inside.

Because otherwise, how are you going to get out of your house after an overnight snow?

2. Start dressing more like a yeti.

Eventually, Michiganders will evolve into this type of creature anyways.

3. Invest in those fancy ski shoes for your car.


4. Also, invest in many furry animals.

I wish I was that baby.

5. Study meteorology.

Because the weatherman is not usually right when it comes to Michigan.

6. You have easy gift ideas for birthdays/holidays.

Hats, gloves, and scarves GALORE. Who doesn't love lots of winter necessary accessories?!

7. Keep your ice scraper on you at all times.

You could be at the grocery store for 20 minutes and still need your little scraping buddy.

8. Do not expect spring too early.

Reference Tip #5

9. Shovel/snow blow accordingly

If you give all of your effort shoveling the first time, you're going to be too sore and exhausted to shovel 2 hours later when all the work you've done was for nothing. And for you lucky snowblowers out there, let's just hope you've got enough gas in that tank to last ya.

10. Do not, I repeat, do not attempt sticking your tongue to a pole.

It will stick. It will, I triple dog PROMISE you.


Good luck out there.

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