Start your unlimited Newsweek trial A parked car is covered by a fallen tree branch as a winter storm hits the area Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008, in Billings, Mont,.© The Billings Gazette, Casey Riffe/AP ...

By the time crews began shoveling sidewalks in the area, the sun was shining brightly. But not every job can be done after the storm, some have to work right though it. "I'm in my way to work now ...