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Storms strand travelers amid deadly blizzard conditions
National Guardsmen aided stranded travelers as a blizzard dumped over a foot of snow across Colorado Texas Oklahoma and Kansas. Western Texas highways reopened slowly while western Kansas roads remained closed. A woman died in Missouri and a sledding accident claimed a Colorado girl. In Kansas and Texas motorists died in weather crashes. an 11 year old perished in Colorado. Guardsmen opened armories for shelter and aided about 30 truck drivers stuck at Liberal Kansas. Corporal Jose Ramirez sheltered in Meade Kansas after a 300 mile trek with his family.
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