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Dozens Helped With Stalled Vehicles in Blizzard 2/26/13
Associated Press
2/26/13
AMARILLO, Texas - Numerous major Texas Panhandle highways were closed
for the night as subfreezing temperatures froze ice and compacted snow on the
pavement.
The Texas Department of Transportation website showed most major routes in
the region were closed.
The closing of U.S. 287 from Amarillo to east of Childress prompted the
American Red Cross to open a shelter for stranded motorists in Clarendon, 60
miles southeast of Amarillo. That's in addition to Red Cross shelters in Tulia
for stranded Interstate 27 motorists and Groom for stranded Interstate 40
motorists. Tulia is 50 miles south of Amarillo, and Groom is 45 miles east of
Amarillo.
Red Cross spokeswoman Martha Riddlesburger says about 50 stranded motorists
were housed at the Tulia shelter. Red Cross spokesman Steven Pair says 45
motorists sought shelter in Groom.