27 shelters remain open for Oklahoma's winter storm victims

 
BY VALLERY BROWN | Published: February 4, 2010    Comment on this article Leave a comment

Shelters in communities hit hardest by this weekend’s snow and ice continue to close as residents in those areas regain power and head home.

Kyla Campbell, spokeswoman with the American Red Cross of Central Oklahoma, said 27 shelters remain open across the state. About 10 shelters closed between Tuesday and Wednesday.

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→Altus: First Baptist Church, 300 N Main

→Altus: Altus Community Center, 401 Falcon Road

→Apache: Clark Community Center, 301 E Evans St.

→Blair: Blair School, 610 Zinn

→Cache: Cahoma Building, 752 NW Quannah Road

→Carnegie: Carnegie First Baptist, 120 W Main

→Carnegie: Kiowa Complex, 100 Kiowa Way

→Cement: School Gym, 201 N Main

→Chickasha: Grady County Fairgrounds, 500 E Choctaw

→Cyril: Cyril Senior Center, 3 Ohio St.

→Duncan: Stephens County Fairgrounds, 2002 S 13th St.

→El Dorado: El Dorado Community Center, 514 W Main

→Elgin: Elgin Fire Department, 7892 U.S. 277

→Fletcher: American Legion, Selvey and Tenneppee streets

→Granite: Granite Public School, 206 W Parker

→Hinton: Hinton Cedar Lake, 13600 S Maple Road

→Hobart: First Methodist Church, 201 S Washington

→Lawton: Comanche Tribe Elder Center, 1107 SW H Ave.

→Lawton: Comanche Nation College, 1608 SW Ninth

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Campbell said the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army continue to run kitchens out of Altus, Carnegie, Chickasha, Duncan and Norman with the help of Baptist Disaster Relief.

Mobile units are deployed from the main shelter locations to surrounding communities that need food, Campbell said. More than 5,000 people were fed from the mobile kitchens Tuesday.

Lt. James Biddix with the Salvation Army said the shelter at the Grady County Fairgrounds is still housing more than a dozen people each night. About 70 people stayed overnight at the shelter when power outages were at their highest in Chickasha.

Wednesday evening, Salvation Army volunteers served hot dogs to Grady County residents who came to the shelter for a warm meal.

"It’s not home, but the folks are appreciative,” Biddix said.

At the peak of power outages, about 50 shelters were active, primarily in southwest portions of the state.






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