He served with distinction, weathered storms, cold and heat. He came through it all real well and was always rearing to go. He was a great mascot.

This was definitely one of the bigger storms of the year in terms of total snowfall.

During hurricane season our operations personnel are constantly monitoring storms in the Atlantic. The Friday before the storm hit, we were tracking the storm.

We had storms come through and we had 25 mile per hour winds. I went down to the lower lake and with that wind and the chop on the water, I couldn't see anything.

Bursts as a wave that from the clouds impends, And swell'd with tempests on the ship descends; White are the decks with foam; the winds aloud Howl o'er the masts, and sing through every shroud: Pale, trembling, tir'd, the sailors freeze with fears; And instant death on every wave appears.

They were on the air, and they had been struck by the tornado and the storms before we were, and they were just starting to get on the radio and use it as we activated our sirens. Once our sirens went silent, they could go back to normal.