Your ISP has a DHCP server. They can assign IPs by modem MAC addresses. When your modem comes online, it communicates to the network indicating it is looking for an IP address. The DHCP server listens to this communication and starts talking to the modem. The modem then transmits its MAC address to the DHCP server.
A storm that has dumped 60 inches of snow on Erie since Sunday night will bring another heavy blast of lake-effect snow to portions of Erie County Tuesday night and Wednesday. The National Weather Service in Cleveland is forecasting possible snow accumulation of an additional 7 inches Tuesday night and into the early morning Wednesday.
Erie Weatherman Tells Snow Story To The World Dec 28, 2017, 8:49 AM by Paul Greeley More than 65 inches of snow has fallen in Erie, Pa., in the past 60 hours, shattering all previous multi-day snowfall records there dating to 1893. Being one of the snowiest cities in the country, Erie is used to heavy lake-effect snow, but getting this much snow is so short a time is not something long-time residents have seen before. The city has declared a state of emergency and the story has gone global.