December 24, 2004

Heavy snow blankets district

       Over a foot of snow fell over the past twenty-four hours bringing travel in the area to a near standstill.  The snow began on Wednesday morning and by Thursday, the snow had tapered off to flurries, but not before leaving up to three to four feet deep drifts in many places.  County highway crews began digging out as soon as the snow began piling up.  The fire department had responded to several calls over the period, but "nothing out of the ordinary", said Battalion Chief Carey Slauter.  One ambulance was briefly stuck in the snow but no fire apparatus responses were seriously delayed because of the weather.  By Thursday evening all of the major thoroughfares in the area had been plowed, salted, and sanded enough to make emergency travel possible to all areas of the district.  The fire department maintains its own plow to move snow away from the fire houses and approach-ways.
 

     
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