The blizzard of 2019 is over, but Shelby County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) Operations Director Jason Wickizer is still recommending motorists use caution on county secondary roads, as crews are actively working to clear them.  He says be prepared if you get stuck to stay with your vehicle and take care of yourself until help arrives, because it could be delayed. Wickizer says they did have to assist several stranded motorists over the weekend. He said a lot of people tried to “Power through” snowdrifts that were wider or deeper than they thought. Crews had to pick-up the stranded motorists until the plows could get out.

He said most of the incidents involved people who slid into a ditch or a snowbank and got stuck, but there were no injuries. Wickizer stressed persons wanting to know how the roads are, should call 5-1-1 or go to 511ia.org on the web. Those sources have the very latest information.  He says “We get a lot of people calling the 9-1-1 Center and the non-emergency number, wanting road reports. We want them to go to 5-1-1, because the plows, the Troopers, the Deputies, all feed information into that system. So that’s the most up-to-date information anybody is going to get on a road.