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		<title>Live Blogging hits the big time with CoveritLive on the National Post covering #snowmageddon</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Paterson</dc:creator>
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Toronto is facing &#8220;Snowmageddon&#8221; according to Environment Canada - who coined the phrase of the season!
From Friday to Sunday &#8211; the peak holiday period where Toronto is the main air hub for Canada &#8211; they expect an accumulation of up to 50CM of snow in repeating snow storms.
#snowmageddon has caught on big time on Twitter [...]]]></description>
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<p>Toronto is facing &#8220;Snowmageddon&#8221; according to <a href="http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/warnings/SWS_bulletins_e.html?prov=on">Environment Canada </a>- who coined the phrase of the season!</p>
<p>From Friday to Sunday &#8211; the peak holiday period where Toronto is the main air hub for Canada &#8211; they expect an accumulation of up to 50CM of snow in repeating snow storms.</p>
<p><a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23snowmageddon">#snowmageddon</a> has caught on big time on Twitter and is now the # 1 Trending item</p>
<p>The <a href="http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/toronto/archive/2008/12/19/live-blogging-the-winter-storm-dubbed-snowmageddon-in-toronto-part-2.aspx">National Post </a>are using <a href="http://www.coveritlive.com/">CoveritLive a brilliant Canadian new 2.0 tool </a>to provide second by second coverage from not only their own reporters and staff but ANYONE. This is the best coverage of a live event I have yet seen and this tool deserves every media outlets close attention.</p>
<p>CoveritLive allows the full power of a community to pitch in during a live event. The NP site is both fun and informative as the Wisdom and Humour of Crowds finds its voice.</p>
<p>This type of tool is perfect for this type of event &#8211; where millions are affected</p>

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