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Oklahoma emergency center responds to storm
BY MICHAEL MCNUTT
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Published: January 29, 2010
Oklahoman
State emergency management workers are prepared to spend the next couple of days working around the clock responding to local governments and agencies needing assistance from Thursday’s winter storm.
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