I know from living in a few snowbound areas that communities really pull together to help their immediate neighbors. Even Loveland, Colo., where I used to live and report, had a volunteer snow shoveling squad who would get up in the wee hours and help people on a predetermined list to shovel out. The map brings this to new heights.

There’s lots of people willing to help with snowblowers and four-wheel drives. Lots of bored teenagers, too, who are looking for something productive to do. And there’s people who need help and people who are offering help just blocks from each other. I bet they’ve never even met.

And check out this cool video about past storms in Spokane. The old timers were right. “This is nothing.”