Snow returned to much of Oklahoma on Sunday but reportedly caused little problem in Lincoln and Pottawatomie Counties.
Another round of snow moved in Tuesday morning and was still bringing flurries when we sent this week’s edition to the press.
Wendi Marcy, Lincoln County’s Emergency Management Director, said the county received about three inches, plus or minus, of the white stuff on Sunday.
“We had no power outages, there were a couple of minor traffic accidents is about all,” she reported.
Meeker’s Town Administrator Dickie Walton on Monday estimated there might be a couple of inches of snow still on the ground.
“But there’s no road problems. As I drove in this morning, even the bridge over the Deep Fork was good,” he added.
Walton noted, “We’re doing limbs today. Our crews are out doing that. We’re hauling them to the burn pile, this is a perfect day.”
Lincoln County’s District 3 Commissioner Lee Doolen pointed out, “There’s not enough snow to blade anything. We’re just waiting for it to dry out so we can start grading again,” he commented, pointing to more snow possibly coming to the area on Tuesday.
Marcy said from what she understood of the forecast, the amount of snow would be about the same as Sunday’s.
Schools in northern Pottawatomie County were in class on Monday. School Supt. Steve Stanley at McLoud said their students were in class and Dale School Supt. Ky Wilkins added their students were as well.
North Rock Creek Supt. Blake Moody said their students were in class.
Meeker School Supt. Jeff Pruitt said their students were attending virtually on Monday due to the weather.
White Rock School Supt. Alicia Ebers reported their students were attending virtually, too. “We sent everything home with students on Friday in anticipation of possible inclement weather. I didn’t call it until yesterday (Sunday), but was concerned about the overnight freeze,” she explained.
According to the Website for Chandler Schools, due to icy conditions Monday their students were attending virtually.