As everyone was gearing up for the ICE STORM of the century to hit St. Louis, my entire team was taken off their normal assignments to prepare for the storm. Only 2 teams were sent out, one to Jefferson City to assist the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) and another to the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in St. Louis County. The rest of us prepared internally to get sent out on whatever project was needed of us. We have the chainsaws, pole saws, generators, and lights all tested and ready to go as well as all of our bags packed and at the office, ready to leave on a minutes notice.
One thing is for sure, we were prepared for the worst and thankfully that did not happen. My friends from the north are laughing at the amount fear that the snow has put everyone in. We only got about 4-5 inches of snow in Soulard. Other parts of Missouri got up to 3 ft of snow! Truman State called a Snowday, which was the only one that i have ever heard of. The entire interstate 70 was closed yesterday because of poor visibility and stranded motorists. I actually played a role in finding warming shelters and parking for some of the stranded motorists. My bosses were on a State Emergency call and needed that information. While they were still on the call, i got on the phone and started calling the EOC in Warren County. Another member and I had been working on contacting all of the EOC's in the area in case we need to get into contact with them later on. I ended up talking to a lot of really important people yesterday and ended up helping out a lot of people as well. All of which is very cool.
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