Tulsa World
By GAVIN OFF World Data Editor
Published: 2/9/20119:54 AM
Last Modified: 2/9/20113:24 PM
The Oklahoma Department of Transportation is moving its snow-clearing crews from southern Oklahoma to the northeastern portion of the state to help remove the more than 20 inches of snow that has blanketed area highways.
David Meuser, spokesman for the department, said Delaware, Osage and Washington counties seem to be the hardest hit.
Drifts in those areas measured 5 feet tall, he said.
“In some parts of the area, this storm has been just as bad (as last week’s blizzard),” Meuser said.
But the lack of ice this go-round has made road-clearing efforts easier, he said. All of the highways are passable.
Jack Damrill, spokesman for the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority, said today’s storm is more manageable than the blizzard that struck last week. There is less precipitation, lighter winds and fewer stalled vehicles, he said.
“Visibility is a bit better,” Damrill said... FULL ARTICLE
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Wed, February 9, 2011
by John Cox