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It wasn’t needed here as highway crews managed to push a path through on Rt. 600. £ -
Julie Portman was out skiing early Sunday morning near Route 614 in Gid Brown Hollow, when she fell and broke her ankle. Her neigBbor Ricky Pullen used his large fourwheel-drive pickup truck to get her back to her house but was unable to get through the drifts blocking Route 622. JBill
Pullen, another neighbor tried his luck with a log skidder and couldn’t get through either.
The call for an ambulance came into the Sheriffs Office at 9:21 Sunday morning. The highway department diverted a motor grader with-a large “drift-buster” plow mounted on front to Route 622. At noon a rescue crew reached Ms. Portmarfs house, which is near the intersection of Routes 614 and 622. .
The ambulance waited out at U.S. 211 and she was brought out in Ricky Pullen’s pickup. >«
Mr. Marshall said that many people called to complain that the snow plows had pushed up a wall of snow across their driveways. “There is simply no way to avoid that problem,” he said.
“I have only got so much equipment and so many people and we can only do so much. Our people have worked around the clock; I think we have the best people in the state,” he added.
His crews are responsible for nearly 220 miles of highways and byways in Rappahannock County.
As a footnote to Mr. Marshall’s comments, Nicki Lynch, the county’s Librarian lives in Clarke County. Her road was still impassable late Tuesday afternoon.
Rappahannock Electric Cooperative reported only isolated power outages, mostly in the area bounded by Rock Mills, Viewtown and Castleton. A spokesman said about 26 customers in that area were without power during the storm but power was restored by midnight Sunday.;Potomac
Edison reported that about 45 customers had lost power ih Harris Hollow, but again power was restored Sunday.
Both companies praised residents for their willingness to help the utility trucks get in to downed lines.
Although blocked roads stymied mail carriers on Monday, the news still got through. Washington resident Louise Van Dort praised John Semerling for delivering the Washington Post in the town on Saturday morning. ,
“He got here about 8 a.m. on Saturday and he was here about 11 a.m. on Sunday. I could not believe he got through,” she said. J.
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