Dave and I were there, on 4th Street, as the trucks brought load after load, dumping and then spreading the snow in preparation for the ceremonial start.
From his post on YouTube, "The ground was shaking from the earthquake and as soon as we saw people running we were running ourselves to save our lives."
This Jeep club in Canada realized that, with their very capable vehicles, they could help ferry hospital workers to and from work who might not have been able to make the trip in their own vehicles.
Many people associate the end-of-the-year holidays with colder temps, and most post cards that you can buy about Christmas and New Year's include some reference to snow; whether it be a snow man, snow balls, a snow-covered village, or CJ making yellow snow - most of them contain some reference to snow.
This amazing video is a time lapse of the sun setting behind a deck of clouds underneath the observatory at Mount Washington, New Hampshire. (That white fluffy stuff in the middle of the picture is not snow or waves, it's clouds!)
Alexi Catellier is only thirteen, but the Canadian youngster was one of the oldest kids on his school bus when it broke down during a Manitoban snowstorm. The storm had also knocked all the region's power out, making it impossible to call for help.
With this cold weather, it got us thinking about a crazy day in 2008. Hope you enoy this look at what goes on behind the scenes while the songs are playing on the radio.