(Radio Iowa) – Garner mayor Tim Schmidt says a preliminary review of the way they handled a sudden influx of stranded motorists during last weekend’s blizzard shows several positives. Schmidt says they got a call on the 28th that the hotel in Garner had quickly filled up and more people need a place to shelter.

He says they decided to take people to the Veterans Memorial Recreation Center and ended up with 24 people there. Schmidt says local businesses brought in warm food for the stranded travelers.

Schmidt says local law officers did a good job of making sure everyone was safe.

Schmidt says they are working with the Hancock County Emergency Management team to study how everything was handled so they can learn if there are things that can done better the next time there is this type of emergency.