Guardsmen Aid States Hit by Cold Weather
AP Photo/The Joplin Globe, T. Rob Brown :: Anderson, Mo., area teenagers, from left, Dakota Wood, 15, Laramie Wood, 14, John Shoemaker, 15, and Robert Tallman, 18, watch the DVD movie, "Doom," on a laptop computer at the NationalGuard Armory in Anderson, Monday afternoon, Jan. 15, 2007, as Kayla Pinkerton, 11, glances over from her card game. They are among a number of people who have sought refuge at the armory due to a lack of water and power as a result of the recent ice storm.
Updated: 1/17/2007
Hundreds of National Guard soldiers and airmen are helping in four states hit hard by winter weather.
With power outages and frigid temperatures continuing through the region and heavy snow predicted for central Texas, the troops were helping in a number of missions, Guard officials said in a statement Wednesday.
According to the Guard:
_In Texas, 23 Guardsmen were helping with stranded motorists.
_In Missouri, 371 were helping support shelters and working on debris removal, water distribution and other tasks.
_Equipped in Oklahoma with generators, Humvees, and five-ton trucks, 63 Guardsmen were helping support power generation and water distribution.
_A small number also were helping with outages and water distribution in Arkansas.
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