The jet stream once again smiling upon Colorado, with the storm cycle bringing copious amounts of powder to the San Juans over the last several days

The EPA’s recent passage of more stringent standards for soot and other fine particulates, considered among the deadliest forms of air pollution
 
Swift reactions in the face of last week’s school shooting tragedy, with legislation addressing high-capacity magazines and mental health care as well as large retailers, including Dick’s Sporting Goods and Wal-Mart, stopping sales of certain high-caliber rifles

The annual return of winter driving amnesia, with overconfident drivers thinking four-wheel drive makes them immune to treacherous conditions
 

The slew of copycat threats and crimes in the wake of last week’s tragedy, including threats to “finish the job” at a church in Newtown, Conn., as well as a vague gun threat at Bayfield Schools
 
The sudden surge in gun hording in the aftermath of the Newtown Massacre putting even more deadly weapons into the hands of potentially dangerous or mentally unstable people