The Seattle area has experience big snowstorms before, but there was one factor that stood out this February -- social media. It's the first major snow event when people could document it in real time.Historian Feliks Banel explains the significance of social media and the recent weather. 

<p>The Seattle area has experience big snowstorms before, but there was one factor that stood out this February -- social media. It's the first major snow event when people could document it in real time.Historian Feliks Banel explains the significance of social media and the recent weather. </p>

Dave Ross and Colleen O’Brien bring you the day’s most important news stories every weekday. Along with Chris Sullivan on traffic and KIRO 7 TV’s Nick Allard, it’s everything you need to get your day started right. 

<p>Dave Ross and Colleen O’Brien bring you the day’s most important news stories every weekday. Along with Chris Sullivan on traffic and KIRO 7 TV’s Nick Allard, it’s everything you need to get your day started right. </p>

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